Computational study of the interactions of three adjacent burning shrubs subjected to wind
View article. The burnout time for upstream shrubs increased with an increase in shrub separation distance for all shrub sizes and wind speeds considered. The burnout time for the downstream…
Read MoreDefining wildland firefighter safety and survival zone separation distances
View article. The significant variables for the fatal injury model were fire shelter use, slope steepness and flame height. The separation distances needed to ensure no more than a 1…
Read MoreFire severity impacts winter snowpack
View research brief. Fire is a strong driver of changes in montane forest structure in California’s Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade mountain ranges, which provide much of the snowpack and…
Read MorePreparing a community wildfire protection plan: A guide
View guide. In 2004, the Communities Committee of the Seventh American Forest Congress, Society of American Foresters, National Association of Counties, and the National Association of State Foresters sponsored and…
Read MoreCritique of the historical-fire-regime concept in conservation
View article. In North America, decisions about how and when to apply prescribed fire are typically based on the historical-fire-regime concept (HFRC), which holds that replicating the pattern of fires…
Read MoreNext-generation restoration for sage-grouse: A framework for visualizing local conifer cuts within a landscape context
View article. In this paper, optimization models successfully identified areas with low conifer canopy cover, high resilience and resistance to wildfire and annual grass invasion, and high bird abundance to enhance…
Read MoreHierarchical population monitoring of greater sage-grouse in Nevada and California—Identifying populations for management at the appropriate spatial scale
View report. This report identified leks and larger scale populations in immediate need of management, based on the occurrence of two criteria: (1) crossing of a destabilizing threshold designed to…
Read MoreGreater sage-grouse nesting and brood-rearing microhabitat in Nevada and California— Spatial variation in selection and survival patterns
View report. This report evaluated the nesting and brood-rearing microhabitat factors that influence selection and survival patterns in the Great Basin using a large dataset of microhabitat characteristics from study…
Read MoreUsing object-based image analysis to conduct high-resolution conifer extraction at regional spatial scales
View report. For this mapping process across the entire mapping extent, four sets of products are available, including (1) a shapefile representing accuracy results linked to mapping subunits; (2) binary rasters…
Read MoreAssessment of aspen ecosystem vulnerability to climate change for the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache and Ashley National Forests, Utah
View report. In this report, literature-based information and expert elicitation are used to define (a) components of sensitivity and exposure to climate change and (b) the capacity of these ecosystems…
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