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Briefing: Climate and Wildfire in Western U.S. Forests

Year of Publication
2014
Publication Type

Wildfire in western U.S. federally managed forests has increased substantially in recent decades, with large (>1000 acre) fires in the decade through 2012 over five times as frequent (450 percent increase) and burned area over ten times as great (930 percent increase) as the 1970s and early 1980s.

Climate, fire size, and biophysical setting control fire severity and spatial pattern in the northern Cascade Range, USA

Year of Publication
2014
Publication Type

Warmer and drier climate over the past few decades has brought larger fire sizes and increased annual area burned in forested ecosystems of western North America, and continued increases in annual area burned are expected due to climate change. As warming continues, fires may also increase in severity and produce larger contiguous patches of severely burned areas.

Fuel Treatments and Fire Severity: A Meta-Analysis

Year of Publication
2013
Publication Type

We employed meta-analysis and information theory to synthesize findings reported in the literature on the effects of fuel treatments on subsequent fire intensity and severity. Data were compiled from 19 publications that reported observed fire responses from 62 treated versus untreated contrasts.