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Bucking the suppression status quo: incentives to shift the wildfire management paradigm around natural ignitions

The technical note “Bucking the Suppression Status Quo: Incentives to Shift the Wildfire Management Paradigm Around Natural Ignitions” is based on a multi-round survey of fire and land management professionals in Arizona and New Mexico. Read HERE
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Tree rings reveal persistent Western Apache (Ndee) fire stewardship and niche construction in the American Southwest

The article “Tree Rings Reveal Persistent Western Apache (Ndee) Fire Stewardship and Niche Construction in the American Southwest” examines the effects of fire use by a low-density population on the fire history of east-central Arizona. Read HERE
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Fire directly affects tree carbon balance and indirectly affects hydraulic function: Consequences for post-fire mortality in two conifers

“The mechanistic links between fire-caused injuries and post-fire tree mortality are poorly understood. Current hypotheses differentiate effects of fire on tree carbon balance and hydraulic function, yet critical uncertainties remain about the relative importance of each and how they interact. — We utilize two prescribed burns with Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine to examine: the relative…
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Quality assured spatial dataset of wildfire containment firelines and engagement outcomes 2017 to 2024

“The escalation of wildfires in the USA, coupled with rising firefighting costs and decreasing workforce capacity, underscores the critical need to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of containment measures. However, the existing spatial data that records the locations and types of containment measures and wildfire perimeters contains numerous errors and redundancies. This paper presents a…
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A panoramic picture of fires in ponderosa pine ecosystems

“Individual fire history studies paint a picture of how often and how severely fires burned on specific landscapes, providing valuable points of evidence for land management decisions. Syntheses of multiple fire history studies weave these individual pictures into a panoramic tapestry, providing a more complete understanding of historical fire regimes. For example, syntheses of fire…
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Resilience test: Can ponderosa pine bounce back after high-severity fire?

“Ponderosa pine forests were historically shaped by frequent, low- to mixed-severity fires. Land managers and scientists are concerned that recent high-severity fires, which have left expansive treeless patches in their wake, may prevent ponderosa pine from successfully regenerating in much of its former area. If ponderosa pine does not reclaim these sites, these areas will…
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North Pacific ocean–atmosphere responses to Holocene and future warming drive Southwest US drought

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Projections of Lightning-Ignited Wildfire Risk in the Western United States

“Cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning is a major source of summer wildfire ignition in the western United States (WUS). However, future projections of lightning are uncertain since lightning is not directly simulated by most global climate models. To address this issue, we use convolutional neural network (CNN)-based parameterizations of daily June-September CG lightning….” Read More HERE
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Workbook to Create a Cultural Burn Pathway

The First Nations Emergency Services Society and the Indigenous Leadership Initiative have released “Worksheets to Create a Cultural Burn Pathway.” The workbook “aims to help Indigenous Nations create cultural burn programs that reduce wildfire risk and revitalize a core part of our relationship with the land.” View HERE
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A new geodatabase of fuel treatments across federal lands in the USA

“Catastrophic wildfires threaten landscapes across the United States, and fuel treatments are key to mitigating this risk. Yet, information regarding when, where, and what types of treatments have occurred is scattered across multiple systems of record. Limited accessibility and utility of these data have impeded the coordinated tracking of treatment implementation and assessment of treatment…
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Test Blog Grid

Bucking the suppression status quo: incentives to shift the wildfire management paradigm around natural ignitions

Tree rings reveal persistent Western Apache (Ndee) fire stewardship and niche construction in the American Southwest

Fire directly affects tree carbon balance and indirectly affects hydraulic function: Consequences for post-fire mortality in two conifers

Quality assured spatial dataset of wildfire containment firelines and engagement outcomes 2017 to 2024

A panoramic picture of fires in ponderosa pine ecosystems

Resilience test: Can ponderosa pine bounce back after high-severity fire?

North Pacific ocean–atmosphere responses to Holocene and future warming drive Southwest US drought

Workbook to Create a Cultural Burn Pathway

A new geodatabase of fuel treatments across federal lands in the USA

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