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A data‐driven analysis and optimization of the impact of prescribed fire programs on wildfire risk in different regions of the USA

Year of Publication
2023
Publication Type
In the current century, wildfires have shown an increasing trend, causing a huge amount of direct and indirect losses in society. Different methods and efforts have been employed to reduce the frequency and intensity of the damages, one of which is implementing prescribed fires. Previous works have established that prescribed fires are effective at reducing the damage caused by wildfires.

Minimize the bad days: Wildland fire response and suppression success

Year of Publication
2022
Publication Type
• Effective wildland fire response and suppression are critical for reducing the size of frequent and severe wildfires, thereby reducing the risk of post-fire conversion to invasive annual grass-dominated plant communities. • Wildland firefighter safety and strategic deployment of resources are paramount for timely initial attack to prevent incidents from escalating.

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

Year of Publication
2016
Publication Type
The prevailing paradigm in the western U.S. is that the increase in stand-replacing wildfires in historically frequent-fire dry forests is due to unnatural fuel loads that have resulted from management activities including fire suppression, logging, and grazing, combined with more severe drought conditions and increasing temperatures.

Species composition influences management outcomes following mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine-dominated forests

Year of Publication
2015
Publication Type
Mountain pine beetle outbreaks have killed lodgepole pine on more than one million hectares of Colorado and southern Wyoming forest during the last decade and have prompted harvest operations throughout the region. In northern Colorado, lodgepole pine commonly occurs in mixed stands with subalpine fir, Engelmann spruce, and aspen.

Recovery of small pile burn scars in conifer forests of the Colorado Front Range

Year of Publication
2015
Publication Type
The ecological consequences of slash pile burning are a concern for land managers charged with maintaining forest soil productivity and native plant diversity. Fuel reduction and forest health management projects have created nearly 150,000 slash piles scheduled for burning on US Forest Service land in northern Colorado. The vast majority of these are small piles (<5 m diameter).