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Exploring the impact of resident proximity to wildfires in the northern Rocky Mountains: perceptions of climate change risks, drought, and policy
Wildfire disaster risks are being heighted globally due to climate change. Here, we present a United States-based wildfire case study of the northern Rocky Mountains to investigate links between wildfire experience, knowledge, and perceived risk due…
Author(s): Christopher A. Craig, Myria W. Allen, Song Feng, Matthew L. Spialek
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Policy Barriers & Opportunities For Prescribed Fire Application In The Western US
Prescribed fire is an important tool for maintaining the resilience of fire-dependent ecosystems. Despite broad recognition of its value, however, prescribed fire application in the western US has not been applied at the necessary levels. Past…
Author(s): Northwest Fire Science Consortium
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Content analysis of resilience in forest fire science and management
To better understand the implications of the word resilience for western forest and fire management, this study explores its emerging use in a large body of policy and management documents produced between 1980 and 2016. We performed a computer-…
Author(s): Owen A. Selles, Adena R. Rissman
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North American Blueprint for Wildland Fire Science Collaboration
We need a comprehensive strategy to improve collaboration and capacity for wildland fire science in North America. Every year, wildfires burn across large areas of Continental North America. These fires recognize no political boundaries; some cross…
Author(s): Diego Pérez Salicrup, Stacy Sankey, William Matt Jolly, Jonathan Boucher, Eric Toman, Christy Arseneau, Michael Norton
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After the fire: Perceptions of land use planning to reduce wildfire risk in eight communities across the United States
Wildfires are increasingly common in the United States, the result of climate change, altered wildfire regimes, and expanding residential development in close proximity to wildland vegetation. Both suppression expenditures and damages are increasing…
Author(s): Miranda H. Mockrin, Hilary Fishler, Susan I. Stewart
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Toward Fire-Adapted Rangeland Communities: A Policy Analysis of Outcome-Based Approaches to Managing Fire Risk in Idaho
Policy approaches to rangelandfiremanagement may be most effective if they seek to utilize a full suite of options, including promoting the social and economic wellbeing of working ranches. One avenue for this includesthe administration of federal…
Author(s): Dennis Becker, Chloe B. Wardropper, Katherine Wollstein
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Effects of policy change on wildland fire management strategies: evidence for a paradigm shift in the western US?
In 2009, new guidance for wildland fire management in the United States expanded the range of strategic options for managers working to reduce the threat of high-severity wildland fire, improve forest health and respond to a changing climate.…
Author(s): Jesse Young, Alexander M. Evans, Jose M. Iniguez, Andrea E. Thode, Marc D. Meyer, Shaula J. Hedwall, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Patrick Shin, Ching-Hsun Huang
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Evaluating wildland fire liability standards – does regulation incentivise good management?
Fire spread on forested landscapes depends on vegetation conditions across the landscape that affect the fire arrival probability and forest stand value. Landowners can control some forest characteristics that facilitate fire spread, and when a…
Author(s): Christopher J. Lauer, Claire A. Montgomery, Thomas G. Dietterich
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