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Right fuel treatment, right place: Managing wildfire in sagebrush country

“Sagebrush, the iconic gray-green shrub of the American West, occupies an area so vast it is often described as an ocean or sea. The Sagebrush Sea once stretched across nearly 175,000 square miles in western North America, but it has dwindled to nearly half that size since the arrival of European settlers in the 1800s.…
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Hotter and drier fire seasons increase risk of severe wildfires in western US forests

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State of Wildfires 2024–2025

“Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme wildfires globally, yet our understanding of these high-impact events remains uneven and shaped by media attention and regional research biases. The State of Wildfires project systematically tracks global and regional fire activity of each annual fire season, analyses the causes of prominent extreme wildfire events,…
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PRESCRIBED FIRE IN THE WEST: A SURVEY OF CURRENT STATE PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCREASE THE PACE AND SCALE OF PLANNED BURNS

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Defend Your Core – An Invasive Annual Grasses Story

UWyo-led institute releases new film on managing invasive annual grasses. The University of Wyoming’s Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems (IMAGINE) has released a new educational film for Western communities grappling with the spread of invasive annual grasses. Watch the film.
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FUELING THE FLAMES: EXOTIC ANNUAL GRASSES TURNING UP THE HEAT

“LANDOWNERS, MANAGERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND AGENCIES: WATCH FOR THESE INVASIVES”
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Recovery Playbook

ROUTT COUNTY LONG-TERM WILDFIRE RECOVERY PLAYBOOK Read HERE
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Firesheds and the Fireshed Registry

Firesheds are a way to delineate where fires ignite and are likely to, or not to, spread to communities and expose buildings. The fireshed registry is the geospatial portal that portrays the past, present, and future in terms of agency investments in forest and fuel management in relation to historical and predicted fire activity. The…
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Hotter and drier fire seasons increase risk of severe wildfires in western US forests

“Wildfire activity has been increasing across western US forests, impacting public health, infrastructure, water quality, and the economy. While total annual area burned is often used to track wildfire trends, high-severity fire (fire that kills all or most trees) can have longer lasting impacts on forests and communities and may be a more meaningful measure.…
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Relating Collaborative Capacity to Social-Ecological Outcomes in the United States– Bridging Academic and Practitioner Perspectives

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