The costs of wildland fire in the United States are enormous, not only in terms of the financial impacts of fire suppression and post-fire rehabilitation of property and ecosystems, but also in terms of loss of lives, impacts on physical health of nearby communities, effects on local and regional economies from losses of revenue, and the impacts of cascading events such as landslides and flooding. Wildland fire management has become even more difficult because of increasingly dry conditions in some areas of the country and the expansion of the urban-wildland interface, among other factors. Within the federal government, for example, more than 50% of the Forest Service's annual budget was dedicated to wildland fire in 2015, up from 16% in 1995.
Scott Stephens talks about the differences between fire alone and mechanical treatment and fire together in mixed-conifer…
Travis Paveglio talks about tayloring responses to wildland fire based on each community's unique situation or perspective
Meg Krawchuk presents information on fire regimes and the role of fire in the United States.
Craig Allen of the US Geological Survey speaks on effects of various drivers affecting fire behavior
J. Kevin Hiers covers the problems of translating fire science into fire management
Mark Finney talks on the fire problem in the United States
Toddi Steelman talks about restoring fire adapted ecosystems
Patty Champ talks about wildland fire risk and perceptions of risk