From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Changing climatic conditions and an abundance of dense, mature pine forests have helped …
Wildfire triage: Targeting mitigation based on social, economic, and ecological values
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Evaluating the risks of wildfire relative to the valuable resources found in any managed …
Upwardly mobile in the western U.S. desert: Blackbrush shrublands respond to a changing climate
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Blackbrush (Colegyne ramosissima) is a desert shrubland species that is currently …
Seeing red: New tools for mapping and understanding fire severity
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Large, severe fires are ecologically and socially important because they have lasting …
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Fire on the mountain: What motivates homeowners to reduce their wildfire risk?
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:New home building in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) continues unabated, despite the …
Coming to a landscape near you: Natural resource changes in the Interior West
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:In the coming decades, population growth, economic growth, and associated land-use …
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Our relationship with a dynamic landscape: Understanding the 2013 Northern Colorado Flood
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:The summer of 2013 was drier than normal along the Front Range, so when rain started …
From watersheds to the web: Online tools for modeling forest soil erosion
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Forest erosion can lead to topsoil loss, and also to damaging deposits of sediment in …
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