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EDIS, 2023 This publication gives an introductory overview of the role of fire in forest systems, the benefits of using prescribed fire as a part of forest management, and the necessary safety and regulatory precautions that landowners and land managers need to ...
Michael G. Andreu +2 more
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Climate change is narrowing and shifting prescribed fire windows in western United States. [PDF]
Commun Earth Environ, 2023 Escalating wildfire activity in the western United States has accelerated adverse societal impacts. Observed increases in wildfire severity and impacts to communities have diverse anthropogenic causes—including the legacy of fire suppression policies ...
Swain DL +6 more
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Fire, 2021 Prescribed burning by Indigenous people was once ubiquitous throughout California. Settler colonialism brought immense investments in fire suppression by the United States Forest Service and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CAL ...
Tony Marks-Block, William Tripp
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Prescribed fire gains momentum [PDF]
California Agriculture, 2019 In recent decades, California has made sparing use of fire as a land management tool. But policy changes, partnerships and attitude shifts are creating conditions for expanded use of prescribed fire.
Lucien Crowder
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Land, 2022 Prescribed fire is increasingly being considered as a viable management tool by public and private land managers. Fully expanding prescribed fire use in a land management context, where it is an ecologically effective but not commonly applied tool ...
Autumn S. Clark +5 more
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Spatiotemporal Prescribed Fire Patterns in Washington State, USA [PDF]
Fire, 2021 We investigate the spatiotemporal patterns of prescribed fire and wildfire within Washington State, USA using records from the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Harry Podschwit +2 more
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Encountering Prescribed Fire: Characterizing the Intersection of Prescribed Fire and Wildfire in the CONUS. [PDF]
ACS EST AirPrescribed fire is applied across the United States as a fuel treatment to manage the impact of wildfires and restore ecosystems. While the recent application of prescribed fire has largely been confined to the southeastern US, the increase in catastrophic wildfires has accelerated the growth of prescribed fire more broadly.
Beidler JL +3 more
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Increasing Pace and Scale of Prescribed Fire via Catastrophe Funds for Liability Relief
Fire, 2021 Increased prescribed burning is needed to provide a diversity of public benefits, including wildfire hazard reduction, improved forest resilience, and biodiversity conservation.
J. Morgan Varner +6 more
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California Prescribed Fire Monitoring Program: dataset 2019-2024 [PDF]
Scientific DataThe California Prescribed Fire Monitoring Program dataset (2019–2024) provides comprehensive ecological monitoring data from prescribed fire treatments across California’s diverse forest ecosystems.
Rut Domènech +11 more
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We’re Not Doing Enough Prescribed Fire in the Western United States to Mitigate Wildfire Risk
Fire, 2019 Prescribed fire is one of the most widely advocated management practices for reducing wildfire hazard and has a long and rich tradition rooted in indigenous and local ecological knowledge. The scientific literature has repeatedly reported that prescribed
Crystal A. Kolden
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