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Drought Conditioning: Improving Environmental Resilience and Outplanting Success with Nursery-Grown Ponderosa Pine Seedlings

Rocky Mountain Research StationsScience you can use: This research reveals how drought conditioning in nursery-grown ponderosa pine seedlings can improve their survival rates in water-limited environments, enhancing their resilience against […]
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Using PODs to integrate fire and fuels planning

PODs: The authors of the article “Using PODs to Integrate Fire and Fuels Planning” have also published two-page research briefs about the three case studies from the paper—the San Isabel NF, San Juan NF and Washington DNR. […]
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Climate influences on future fire severity: a synthesis of climate‑fire interactions and impacts on fire regimes, high‑severity fire, and forests in the western United States

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Fact Sheet: The Evolution of Wildfire Policy Governing Management of Natural Ignitions

Explore the evolution of wildfire management, from complete suppression to a more flexible approach that balances ecological benefits, risk reduction, and community safety—this article dives into how land management policies […]
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Wildland-urban fire disasters aren’t actually a wildfire problem

Problem fires were defined as an issue of wildfires that involved houses. In reality, they are urban fires initiated by wildfires. That’s an important distinction—and one that has big repercussions […]
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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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Drivers of soil microbial and detritivore activity across global grasslands

This study reveals how climate, grazing, and nutrients shape soil life in grasslands across five continents.
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Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

In the Great Plains, ranchers and conservation professionals ignored expanding eastern red cedar trees or spent valuable time and resources cutting out the thickest infestations only to feel like their […]
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Modeling Songbird Density-Habitat Relationships to Predict Population Responses to Environmental Change Within Pinyon-juniper and Sagebrush Ecosystems

As wildlife populations decline in the shifting landscapes of sagebrush and pinyon-juniper ecosystems, land managers face a tough challenge—how can conservation efforts for one habitat avoid harming another?
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Predicted 2020 densities for 11 songbird species across the western United States

Understanding how songbird populations respond to changing habitats is crucial for effective wildlife management—this study analyzes 13 years of data across the western U.S. to map and predict densities of […]
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