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Experiments to enhance post-fire aspen seedling survival and growth

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Sexual and vegetative recruitment of trembling aspen following a high-severity boreal wildfire

“High-severity fire is rare in trembling aspen-dominated forests of the boreal region. The post-fire recruitment strategy of aspen, by either vegetative suckering or sexually (i.e., by seed), has considerable implications for subsequent forest structure, genetic diversity, and ecological resilience to shifting climatic and disturbance regimes. In this study, we take advantage of the unique opportunity…
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Engineering Fire-Resilient Forests: Applications of Remote Sensing to Assess Aspen’s Distribution and Potential to Reduce Fire Hazard

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Going Slow to Go Fast: Landscape Designs to Achieve Multiple Benefits

The article “Going Slow to Go Fast: Landscape Designs to Achieve Multiple Benefits” looks at the compatibility of management intended to protect communities from wildfire and that intended to promote forest resilience, carbon stores and biodiversity. The work was based in the Tahoe Central Sierra Initiative study area.
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Development and Evaluation of the Forest Drought ResponseIndex (ForDRI): An Integrated Tool for Monitoring DroughtStress Across Forest Ecosystems in the Contiguous United States

Authors of the article “Development and Evaluation of the Forest Drought Response Index (ForDRI): An Integrated Tool for Monitoring Drought Stress Across Forest Ecosystems in the Contiguous United States” looked at correlations between ForDRI and Tree-Ring Growth Index and Bowen Ratio. Results varied between regions and forest types.
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The path to wildfire-resistant building codes in Colorado offers lessons for other states

“Building codes are one of the most effective tools to reduce wildfire risk. Homes built to wildfire-resistant standards are far more likely to survive a fire—by as much as 40 to 60%. These codes are also economically advantageous: research shows that while homes built to code may cost slightly more than traditional construction, they can prevent catastrophic future losses.” Read more…
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Analysis of USDA Forest Service national BMP monitoring results for fiscal years 2015 through 2018: wildland fire management, recreation management, and water uses management

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A generalized wildfire containment algorithm

“Accounting for the effects of fire suppression and containment efforts has posed a challenge in wildfire modeling. Fire suppression is a complex phenomenon depending on factors such as resource availability, weather, terrain, and fire suppression priorities in a given place and time. Suppression is an influential factor in wildfire growth though, and should be considered…
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A quantitative analysis of firefighter availability and prescribed burning in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

“Wildfire activity in the western United States has been on the rise since the mid-1980s, with longer, higher-risk fire seasons projected for the future. Prescribed burning mitigates the risk of extreme wildfire events, but such treatments are currently underutilized. Fire managers have cited lack of firefighter availability as a key barrier to prescribed burning” Read…
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August heat will continue to dry fuels bringing likelihood of more wildfires

“PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 5, 2025 — As August begins, fire weather forecasters predict higher than average temperatures will continue to dry fuels in the region and, along with lightning, cause numerous natural fire starts across Oregon and Washington. “ Read more HERE
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Test Blog Grid

Experiments to enhance post-fire aspen seedling survival and growth

Sexual and vegetative recruitment of trembling aspen following a high-severity boreal wildfire

Engineering Fire-Resilient Forests: Applications of Remote Sensing to Assess Aspen’s Distribution and Potential to Reduce Fire Hazard

Going Slow to Go Fast: Landscape Designs to Achieve Multiple Benefits

Development and Evaluation of the Forest Drought ResponseIndex (ForDRI): An Integrated Tool for Monitoring DroughtStress Across Forest Ecosystems in the Contiguous United States

The path to wildfire-resistant building codes in Colorado offers lessons for other states

Analysis of USDA Forest Service national BMP monitoring results for fiscal years 2015 through 2018: wildland fire management, recreation management, and water uses management

A generalized wildfire containment algorithm

A quantitative analysis of firefighter availability and prescribed burning in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

August heat will continue to dry fuels bringing likelihood of more wildfires

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