Increasing home development in wildfire-prone areas, coupled with climate change, are exacerbating wildfire risks to many …
Land use planning can reduce wildfire risk to homes and communities
Wildfire risk to people and homes is increasing. While climate change and decades of fuel buildup have exacerbated wildfires, …
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Wildfire Trends Across the Western US: Forest Fires Have Increased in Size, Severity, and Frequency Across Western Forests
Wildfires have increased in size, severity, and frequency in most western forests over the last three decades, as demonstrated by …
Gambel oak Literature Synthesis
Click here for a list of Quercus gambelii resources. Photo by Rogers N. and F.C. Dennis. …
How the Natural Range of Variability of Frequent-Fire Forests Informs Restoration Treatments
This one-page topics paper is written for the general public and describes how a forest’s natural range of variability can inform …
Fourmile Canyon Fire Findings
Read the report.The Fourmile Canyon Fire burned in the fall of 2010 in the Rocky Mountain Front Range adjacent to Boulder, …
Firefighter Safety
Perhaps one of the most critical decisions made by firefighters during daily fire management operations is the identification of …
Critical New Wildland Firefighter Safety Zone Research
For many years, the Joint Fire Science Program has funded the wildfire safety zone work of Bret Butler who is a research …
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