U.S. federal fire and forest policy: emphasizing resilience in dry forests

Post-fire vegetation and fuel development influences fire severity patterns in reburns

(2016) Michelle Coppoletta et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Restoring forest structure and process stabilizes forest carbon in wildfire-prone southwestern ponderosa pine forests

(2016) Matthew D. Hurteau et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Managed Wildfire Effects on Forest Resilience and Water in the Sierra Nevada

(2016) Gabrielle Boisramé et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Tamm Review: Management of mixed-severity fire regime forests in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California

(2016) Paul F. Hessburg et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Variability in vegetation and surface fuels across mixed-conifer-dominated landscapes with over 40 years of natural fire

(2016) Brandon M. Collins et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tamm Review: Are fuel treatments effective at achieving ecological and social objectives? A systematic review

(2016) Elizabeth L. Kalies et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Megafires: an emerging threat to old-forest species

(2016) Gavin M Jones et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Wildfire risk as a socioecological pathology

(2016) A Paige Fischer et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Application of Wildfire Risk Assessment Results to Wildfire Response Planning in the Southern Sierra Nevada, California, USA

(2016) Matthew Thompson et al.   Forests

Wildfire impacts on California spotted owl nesting habitat in the Sierra Nevada

(2016) Scott L. Stephens et al.   Ecosphere

Patterns and Trends in Burned Area and Fire Severity from 1984 to 2010 in the Sierra De San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico

(2016) Hiram Rivera-Huerta et al.   Fire Ecology

Novel characterization of landscape-level variability in historical vegetation structure

(2015) Brandon M. Collins et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

A statistical model for determining impact of wildland fires on Particulate Matter (PM2.5) in Central California aided by satellite imagery of smoke

(2015) Haiganoush K. Preisler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Updating models for restoration and management of fiery ecosystems

(2015) Jennifer M. Fill et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Forest Fire Severity Patterns of Resource Objective Wildfires in the Southern Sierra Nevada

(2015) Marc D. Meyer   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

Constraints on Mechanized Treatment Significantly Limit Mechanical Fuels Reduction Extent in the Sierra Nevada

(2015) Malcolm North et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

The Economic Foundations of Firefighting Organizations and Institutions

(2015) Dean Lueck et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

Restoring fire-prone Inland Pacific landscapes: seven core principles

(2015) Paul F. Hessburg et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Restoration of forest resilience: An achievable goal?

(2015) Adrian C. Newton et al.   NEW FORESTS

Progressive forest canopy water loss during the 2012–2015 California drought

(2015) Gregory P. Asner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reform forest fire management

(2015) M. P. North et al.   SCIENCE

Perspectives on Trends, Effectiveness, and Impediments to Prescribed Burning in the Southern U.S.

(2015) Leda Kobziar et al.   Forests

Historical and current landscape-scale ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forest structure in the Southern Sierra Nevada

(2015) Scott L. Stephens et al.   Ecosphere

Evaluating short- and long-term impacts of fuels treatments and simulated wildfire on an old-forest species

(2015) Douglas J. Tempel et al.   Ecosphere

California Spotted Owl, Songbird, and Small Mammal Responses to Landscape Fuel Treatments

(2014) Scott L. Stephens et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Beyond reducing fire hazard: fuel treatment impacts on overstory tree survival

(2014) Brandon M. Collins et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Examining fire-prone forest landscapes as coupled human and natural systems

(2014) Thomas A. Spies et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Historical conditions in mixed-conifer forests on the eastern slopes of the northern Oregon Cascade Range, USA

(2014) R. Keala Hagmann et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Temperate and boreal forest mega-fires: characteristics and challenges

(2014) Scott L Stephens et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Large wildfire trends in the western United States, 1984-2011

(2014) Philip E. Dennison et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Causes and Implications of Extreme Atmospheric Moisture Demand during the Record-Breaking 2011 Wildfire Season in the Southwestern United States*

(2014) A. Park Williams et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Wildland fire management and air quality in the southern Sierra Nevada: Using the Lion Fire as a case study with a multi-year perspective on PM2.5 impacts and fire policy

(2014) Don Schweizer et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Wildfire exposure and fuel management on western US national forests

(2014) Alan A. Ager et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Twenty Years of Forest Service Land Management Litigation

(2014) Amanda M.A. Miner et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

Interactions between societal goals and restoration of dry forest landscapes in western North America

(2014) Jerry F. Franklin et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Learning to coexist with wildfire

(2014) Max A. Moritz et al.   NATURE

Contrasting Spatial Patterns in Active-Fire and Fire-Suppressed Mediterranean Climate Old-Growth Mixed Conifer Forests

(2014) Danny L. Fry et al.   PLoS One

Spatial and seasonal patterns of particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

(2014) Ricardo Cisneros et al.   Atmospheric Pollution Research

Structuring Decisions for Managing Threatened and Endangered Species in a Changing Climate

(2013) ROBIN GREGORY et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Latent resilience in ponderosa pine forest: effects of resumed frequent fire

(2013) Andrew J. Larson et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Long-term effects of fire severity on oak–conifer dynamics in the southern Cascades

(2013) Matthew I. Cocking et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Previous Fires Moderate Burn Severity of Subsequent Wildland Fires in Two Large Western US Wilderness Areas

(2013) Sean A. Parks et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

A Risk-Based Approach to Wildland Fire Budgetary Planning

(2013) Matthew P. Thompson et al.   FOREST SCIENCE

Prescribed fire in North American forests and woodlands: history, current practice, and challenges

(2013) Kevin C Ryan et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Evidence for the effect of homes on wildfire suppression costs

(2013) Patricia H. Gude et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Forest fire management to avoid unintended consequences: A case study of Portugal using system dynamics

(2013) Ross D. Collins et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Early forest dynamics in stand-replacing fire patches in the northern Sierra Nevada, California, USA

(2013) Brandon M. Collins et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

How risk management can prevent future wildfire disasters in the wildland-urban interface

(2013) D. E. Calkin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Managing Forests and Fire in Changing Climates

(2013) S. L. Stephens et al.   SCIENCE

The Effects of Forest Fuel-Reduction Treatments in the United States

(2012) Scott L. Stephens et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Do thinning and/or burning treatments in western USA ponderosa or Jeffrey pine-dominated forests help restore natural fire behavior?

(2012) Peter Z. Fulé et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Research and development supporting risk-based wildfire effects prediction for fuels and fire management: status and needs

(2012) Kevin Hyde et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Social science research related to wildfire management: an overview of recent findings and future research needs

(2012) Sarah McCaffrey et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Estimating US federal wildland fire managers? preferences toward competing strategic suppression objectives

(2012) David E. Calkin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Using Fire to Increase the Scale, Benefits, and Future Maintenance of Fuels Treatments

(2012) Malcolm North et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program: A History and Overview of the First Projects

(2012) Courtney A. Schultz et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

Land Management Practices Associated with House Loss in Wildfires

(2012) Philip Gibbons et al.   PLoS One

Risk Preferences in Strategic Wildfire Decision Making: A Choice Experiment with U.S. Wildfire Managers

(2012) Matthew J. Wibbenmeyer et al.   RISK ANALYSIS

Differences in wildfires among ecoregions and land management agencies in the Sierra Nevada region, California, USA

(2012) Jay D. Miller et al.   Ecosphere

Quantifying the Threat of Unsuppressed Wildfires Reaching the Adjacent Wildland-Urban Interface on the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, USA

(2012) Joe H. Scott et al.   Fire Ecology

Climate change and growth scenarios for California wildfire

(2011) A. L. Westerling et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Tree spatial patterns in fire-frequent forests of western North America, including mechanisms of pattern formation and implications for designing fuel reduction and restoration treatments

(2011) Andrew J. Larson et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Progress towards and barriers to implementation of a risk framework for US federal wildland fire policy and decision making

(2011) David C. Calkin et al.   FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS

Can fuel-reduction treatments really increase forest carbon storage in the western US by reducing future fire emissions?

(2011) John L Campbell et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Impediments to prescribed fire across agency, landscape and manager: an example from northern California

(2011) Lenya N. Quinn-Davidson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Uncertainty and risk in wildland fire management: A review

(2011) Matthew P. Thompson et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Impacts of fire exclusion and recent managed fire on forest structure in old growth Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests

(2011) Brandon M. Collins et al.   Ecosphere

Spatial patterns of overstory trees in late-successional conifer forests

(2010) Andrew J. Larson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Move it or lose it? The ecological ethics of relocating species under climate change

(2010) Ben A. Minteer et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Fire regimes, forest change, and self-organization in an old-growth mixed-conifer forest, Yosemite National Park, USA

(2010) Andrew E. Scholl et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Operational approaches to managing forests of the future in Mediterranean regions within a context of changing climates

(2010) Scott L Stephens et al.   Environmental Research Letters

A comparison of landscape fuel treatment strategies to mitigate wildland fire risk in the urban interface and preserve old forest structure

(2010) Alan A. Ager et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Stand-replacing patches within a ‘mixed severity’ fire regime: quantitative characterization using recent fires in a long-established natural fire area

(2010) Brandon M. Collins et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Forest responses to increasing aridity and warmth in the southwestern United States

(2010) A. P. Williams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Managing Wildfire Events: Risk-Based Decision Making Among a Group of Federal Fire Managers

(2010) Robyn S. Wilson et al.   RISK ANALYSIS

The national Fire and Fire Surrogate study: effects of fuel reduction methods on forest vegetation structure and fuels

(2009) Dylan W. Schwilk et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Scientific and social challenges for the management of fire-prone wildland–urban interfaces

(2009) A Malcolm Gill et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Alternative community states maintained by fire in the Klamath Mountains, USA

(2009) Dennis C. Odion et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Novel ecosystems: implications for conservation and restoration

(2009) Richard J. Hobbs et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Interactions Among Wildland Fires in a Long-Established Sierra Nevada Natural Fire Area

(2008) Brandon M. Collins et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Objectives and considerations for wildland fuel treatment in forested ecosystems of the interior western United States

(2008) Elizabeth D. Reinhardt et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The economics of alternative fuel reduction treatments in western United States dry forests: Financial and policy implications from the National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study

(2008) Bruce R. Hartsough et al.   FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS

Factors influencing large wildland fire suppression expenditures

(2008) Jingjing Liang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Ecological effects of large fires on US landscapes: benefit or catastrophe?

(2008) Robert E. Keane et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE