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Ecological effects of fire
Bond, Keane
Fire is both a natural and anthropogenic disturbance influencing the distribution, structure, and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems around the world. Many plants and animals depend on fire for their continued existence. Others species, such as…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Prescribed Fire: Smoke Management and Regulatory Challenges
Lahm, Melvin, Uhl
The Western Governors’ Association hosted the webinar, Prescribed Fire: Smoke Management and Regulatory Challenges on Dec. 19, 2017 as part of the series for the National Forest and Rangeland Management Initiative. Prescribed fire is a…
Year: 2017
Type: Media

A framework for evaluating forest restoration alternatives and their outcomes, over time, to inform monitoring: bioregional inventory originated simulation under management
Fried, Jain, Loreno, Keefe, Bell
The BioSum modeling framework summarizes current and prospective future forest conditions under alternative management regimes along with their costs, revenues and product yields. BioSum translates Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data for input…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Putting pyrodiversity to work for animal conservation
Kelly, Brotons, McCarthy
We reason that applying appropriate levels of pyrodiversity for animal conservation requires recognizing that context is important (i.e., there is no one-size-fits-all approach); understanding the different mechanisms underpinning the overarching…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Returning fire to the land: celebrating traditional knowledge and fire
Lake, Wright, Morgan, McFadzen, McWethy, Stevens-Rumann
Indigenous peoples' detailed traditional knowledge about fire, although superficially referenced in various writings, has not for the most part been analyzed in detail or simulated by resource managers, wildlife biologists, and ecologists…. Instead…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Potential climate feedbacks of changing fire regimes in the U.S.: a review - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program
Chen, Birdsey
Fire is a major ecosystem disturbance that profoundly impacts vegetation dynamics, atmospheric trace gases and aerosol composition, climate, and the welfare of wildlife and human society. While climate is generally a critical driving factor shaping…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Wildland fire risk reduction: multiple factors affect federal-nonfederal collaboration, but action could be taken to better measure progress
Officials GAO interviewed from the five federal agencies responsible for wildland fire management-the Forest Service with in the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Using Fire and Grazing to Maintain Productive and Ecologically Resilient Grasslands
Helzer
Fire, grazing, and climate are the major forces that maintain ecological health in grasslands. Today’s grasslands are increasingly threatened by climate change, habitat loss and fragmentation, and degradation of ecological processes and communities…
Year: 2017
Type: Media

Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes
Schoennagel, Balch, Brenkert-Smith, Dennison, Harvey, Krawchuk, Mietkiewicz, Morgan, Moritz, Rasker, Turner, Whitlock
Wildfires across western North America have increased in number and size over the past three decades, and this trend will continue in response to further warming. As a consequence, the wildland–urban interface is projected to experience…
Year: 2017
Type: Document

Tamm Review: Shifting global fire regimes: lessons from reburns and research needs
Prichard, Stevens-Rumann, Hessburg
Across the globe, rising temperatures and altered precipitation patterns have caused persistent regional droughts, lengthened fire seasons, and increased the number of weather-driven extreme fire events. Because wildfires currently impact an…
Year: 2017
Type: Document