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The effects of wildfire smoke on asthma and allergy
Noah, Worden, Rebuli, Jaspers
Purpose of Review: To review the recent literature on the effects of wildfire smoke (WFS) exposure on asthma and allergic disease, and on potential mechanisms of disease. Recent Findings: Spatiotemporal modeling and increased ground-level monitoring…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Missing the mark: Effectiveness and funding in community wildfire risk reduction
Dale, Barrett
[Executive Summary] Wildfire risk has many dimensions – for example, fires can impact ecosystems and wildlife, and smoke increases greenhouse gas emissions. However, this research report is narrowly focused on the effectiveness of specific…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

The wildland–urban interface in the United States based on 125 million building locations
Carlson, Helmers, Hawbaker, Mockrin, Radeloff
The wildland–urban interface (WUI) is the focus of many important land management issues, such as wildfire, habitat fragmentation, invasive species, and human–wildlife conflicts. Wildfire is an especially critical issue, because housing growth in…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Full-Cost Accounting Remeasurement of the 2010 Schultz Fire – Understanding the Long-term Socio-Economic Implications of High-Severity Wildfire and Post-Wildfire Flooding
Colavito, Hjerpe, Edgeley
The 2010 Schultz Fire was ignited by an abandoned campfire on June 20 and burned 15,075 acres northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. Following the fire, intense monsoon rains over the burned area produced flooding that resulted in extensive damage. In…
Year: 2021
Type: Media

Integration of Fire Ecology and the Bioeconomy into Wildfire Management
Faivre, Amoako, Bird, Conedera
Sparking FireSmart Policies in the EU: The Importance of an Integrated Fire Management Approach - Nicolas Faivre, Policy Officer, DG Research and Innovation (RTD), European Commission, Belgium The presentation will introduce the recent EU policy…
Year: 2020
Type: Media

Prescribed fire on private land in New Mexico
Allbee, Krasilovsky
Over a century of fire exclusion and suppression has led to negative impacts for fire-adapted ecosystems across New Mexico through the increasing prevalence of uncharacteristically large and severe fires that threaten lives, property, forests,…
Year: 2019
Type: Document

Altered vegetation structure from mechanical thinning treatments changed wildfire behaviour in the wildland-urban interface on the 2011 Wallow Fire, Arizona, USA
Johnson, Kennedy
Fuel reduction treatments are designed to meet multiple management objectives, resulting in unique vegetation structures that do not conform to standard classifications and vary considerably over space and time. We evaluated how different post-…
Year: 2019
Type: Document

Old school and high tech: a comparison of methods to quantify Ashe Juniper biomass as fuel or forage
Tolleson, Rhodes, Malambo, Angerer, Redden, Treadwell, Popescu
Ashe juniper invasion is a widespread issue on Texas and Oklahoma rangelands. Increased densities of Ashe juniper trees increase the risk of wildfire and decrease herbaceous forage production. Browsing animals, such as goats, are one tool that can…
Year: 2019
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

Controlled burning on private land in New Mexico
Evans, Rodriguez, Krasilovsky
A century of fire exclusion has negatively impacted fire-adapted ecosystems across New Mexico. One significant impact is the increasing prevalence of uncharacteristically large, severe fires, which threaten lives, property, clean water, wildlife,…
Year: 2017
Type: Document