Vegetation characteristics measured before (pre-fire) and after (post-fire) a series of prescribed fires, from 2017 to 2020, on …
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Smoke 101 and differences between wildfire and prescribed fire smoke in the western U.S.
Rocky Mountain Research StationScience You Can Use 101 Read about the challenges concerning public health, land managers, and …
Managed Wildfire: A Research Synthesis and Overview
APRIL 2023 An in-depth review of managed wildfire touching on the history, surrounding policies, and the future of managed …
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Low-intensity fires reduce wildfire risk by 60%
Discover how prescribed fires—once seen as mere preventative measures—are proving to be powerful tools for reducing wildfire risk. …
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Smoke: How new emissions data could enable more prescribed fire
Wildfires have become more severe and have burned larger swaths of the western United States and Canada in recent decades. The …
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PRESCRIBED FIRE AND U.S. WILDERNESS AREAS
Barriers and Opportunities for Wilderness Fire Management in a Time of Change …
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Characteristics of burns conducted under modified prescriptions to mitigate limited fuels in a semi-arid grassland
FULL PUBLICATION HERE In semi-arid grasslands of the North American Great Plains, fire has traditionally been viewed as having …
Burn Severity Portal
From the U.S. Forest Service and Department of Interior. The intent of this web portal is to provide a single point of access to …