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Hunter
Prescribed fire can result in significant benefits to ecosystems and society. Examples include improved wildlife habitat, enhanced biodiversity, reduced threat of destructive wildfire, and enhanced ecosystem resilience. Prescribed fire can also come…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Merrick, Morandini, Greer, Koprowski
Drought, past fire suppression, insect invasion, and high-severity fire represent a disturbance cascade characteristic of forests in the western United States. The result is altered forest ecosystems diminished in their function and capacity to…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
The USDA, USFS, and USGS have put together a new Burn Severity Portal, which is a single access point for as much post-fire mapping and field plot data as possible. The portal includes data gathered through a wide range of federal programs including…
Year: 2021
Type: Website
Maestas, Boeck, Crist
Jeremy Maestas, Wildlife Biologist and National Sagebrush Ecosystem Specialist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Justin Boeck, Fire Management Specialist with the Bureau of Land Management National Interagency Fire Center (BLM…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Mott, Hofstetter, Antoninka
Increasing drought and changing temperatures drive researchers to seek more efficient and effective means to aid management of coniferous forests across the western United States. Thinning allows for effective removal of biomass, but with few…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Reidy, Thompson, Rowin, Schwope, Mueller
The juniper (Juniperus ashei) - oak (Quercus sp.) woodlands of central Texas are susceptible to crown fire due to climate change, land use change, and fire suppression. Low-intensity prescribed fire is one method used to reduce fuel loads and lower…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Weiss, Brower
Controlled low‐intensity fires are commonly used in ecosystem management for both habitat restoration and wildfire management. Animals in those ecosystems may respond to fire by shifting energy allocation away from reproduction and growth, and…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Innes
This review summarizes the information that was available in the scientific literature as of 2021 on the biology, ecology, and effects of fire and control methods on spotted knapweed in North America.
Spotted knapweed is a nonnative, invasive forb…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Cushman, Ganey, Jones
In this webinar, RMRS research ecologist Sam Cushman, wildlife biologist Joe Ganey, and research ecologist Gavin Jones discussed their latest research on spotted owls and wildfire, including modeling the impacts of habitat loss under climate change…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Zeller, Lewison, Fletcher, Tulbure, Jennings
Landscape connectivity is increasingly promoted as a conservation tool to combat the negative effects of habitat loss, fragmentation, and climate change. Given its importance as a key conservation strategy, connectivity science is a rapidly growing…
Year: 2020
Type: Document