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  • Trees have similar growth responses to first-entry fires and reburns following long-term fire exclusion

    This study explores how ponderosa pine trees respond to repeated low-severity wildfires after decades of fire exclusion in dry conifer forests. By comparing tree-ring growth between burned and unburned trees, […]

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  • Forest Resilience Planning Guide

    Forest Resilience Planning Guide

    “This guide offers a framework for agencies, private landowners and local collaboratives to align their forest management strategies, leverage resources and sustain forest health” Read more HERE

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  • The Impact of Investments in Wildfire Smoke Mitigation

    The Impact of Investments in Wildfire Smoke Mitigation

    The Impact of Investments in Wildfire Smoke Mitigation Efforts – highlighting several communities in the Southern Rockies regions: https://fireadaptednetwork.org/investments-in-wildfire-smoke-mitigation-efforts/

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  • Green is the new black: Study sheds light on reforestation and post-fire recovery

    Green is the new black: Study sheds light on reforestation and post-fire recovery

    PHYS.ORG | FEBRUARY 3, 2025 Post-fire tree planting significantly accelerates forest recovery in burned areas, increasing regrowth rates by 25.7%. That’s according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at the […]

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  • NIST Study Finds Wildfire Hazards in Residential Fences and Mulch Beds

    NIST Study Finds Wildfire Hazards in Residential Fences and Mulch Beds

    In a series of fire experiments, National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers explored how fences and mulch beds affect fire spread. Their findings suggest that certain common setups could […]

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  • Stand composition and development stage affect fuel characteristics of quaking aspen forests in Utah, USA

    Learn more about the quaking aspen and it’s relationship with fire. Aspen stands have previously been described as having low flammability, but this paper explores that statement further by investigating […]

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  • Changing Hazards, Exposure, and Vulnerability in the Conterminous United States, 2020–2070

    Changing Hazards, Exposure, and Vulnerability in the Conterminous United States, 2020–2070

    The working paper “Changing Hazards, Exposure and Vulnerability in the Conterminous United States, 2020–2070” from Resources for the Future looks at some of the hazards associated with climate change—wildfire, water scarcity and […]

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  • Field plot measurements from the 2017-2020 FASMEE Rx fires

    Vegetation characteristics measured before (pre-fire) and after (post-fire) a series of prescribed fires, from 2017 to 2020, on the Richfield Ranger District of the Fishlake National Forest in central Utah. […]

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  • Leveraging local habitat suitability models to enhance restoration benefits for species of conservation concern

    Restoring habitats with limited resources is challenging, but this study offers a data-driven approach to maximize impact. Using the Gunnison sage-grouse as a case study, researchers developed heatmaps to pinpoint […]

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  • Edge Effects Along Roadside Fuel Treatments in Sagebrush Steppe

    The construction of fuel breaks is a common strategy for suppressing wildfires in rangelands, but it can also increase the number of invasive species such as cheatgrass, ultimately increasing the […]

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