Successful fire exclusion in the 20th century has created severe fire problems across the West. Not every forest is at risk of
uncharacteristically severe wildfire, but drier forests are in need of active management to mitigate fire hazard. We summarize a
set of simple principles important to address in fuel...
Successful fire exclusion in the 20th century has created severe fire problems across the West. Not every forest is at risk of
uncharacteristically severe wildfire, but drier forests are in need of active management to mitigate fire hazard. We summarize a
set of simple principles important to address in fuel...
Western juniper has increased in density and distribution in the interior Pacific Northwest since the late 1800s. Management
goals for many juniper woodlands are now focused on reducing tree densities and promoting biodiversity, prompting the use of
fuel reduction treatments. Fuel reduction often involves mechanical cutting and disturbances such as...
Fuel reduction treatments prescribed in fire-suppressed forests of western North America pose an
apparent paradox with respect to terrestrial carbon management. Such treatments have the immediate
effect of reducing forest carbon stocks but likely reduce future carbon losses through the combustion and
mortality caused by high-severity wildfires. Assessing the long-term...
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of forest fuels reduction on diet quality, botanical composition, relative preference, and foraging efficiency of beef cattle grazing at different stocking rates. A split plot factorial design was used, with whole plots (3 ha) being fuel reduced or no treatment (control), and...
It has been suggested that thinning trees and other fuel-reduction practices aimed at reducing the probability
of high-severity forest fire are consistent with efforts to keep carbon (C) sequestered in terrestrial pools, and
that such practices should therefore be rewarded rather than penalized in C-accounting schemes. By evaluating how fuel...
The 12-site National Fire and Fire Surrogate study (FFS) was a multivariate experiment that evaluated ecological consequences of alternative fuel-reduction treatments in seasonally dry forests of the US. Each site was a replicated experiment with a common design that compared an un-manipulated control, prescribed fire, mechanical and mechanical + fire...
Policymakers seek ways to encourage fuel reduction among private forest landowners to augment similar efforts on federal and state lands. Motivating landowners to contribute to landscape-level wildfire protection requires an understanding of factors that underlie landowner behaviour regarding wildfire. We developed a conceptual framework
describing landowners’ propensity to conduct fuel...
The degree of wildfire risk depends on both the probability of an ignition and the potential for damage or harm (such as loss of trees, homes, or even lives). Recognizing that you may have a high wildfire risk is the first step in doing something about it. Whether you own...
Strategies and recommendations for performing skeletal reductions of multicomponent surrogate fuels are presented, through the generation and validation of skeletal mechanisms for a three-component toluene reference fuel. Using the directed relation graph with error propagation and sensitivity analysis method followed by a further unimportant reaction elimination stage, skeletal mechanisms valid...