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Cross Timbers Fire Ecology Curricula

This website hosts an abundance of curricula that focuses on the fire ecology of the Cross Timbers ecoregion, which is the largest contiguous tract of old-growth forest remaining in the […]
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Colorado Dept of Public Health & Environment Post-Fire Playbook

Developed for counties, tribes, municipalities, and water providers, the post-fire playbook was designed to fill in the gaps in knowledge these aforementioned groups usually have in relation to post-fire effects. […]
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Working Together to Increase the Pace and Scale of Prescribed Fire: A Case Study

All hands approaches that leverage the capacity of federal, state, tribal, and non-governmental partners are essential to increasing the implementation of prescribed fire. Working together, partners used a variety of […]
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Colorado State University unveils educational resources on potential restoration of wolves in Colorado

Other than humans, the grey wolf is historically the most widely distributed mammal in North America. Due to habitat loss and predator control programs, grey wolves have been eradicated throughout […]
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Reducing Wildfire Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Policy, Trends, and Solutions

Increasing home development in wildfire-prone areas, coupled with climate change, are exacerbating wildfire risks to many communities. Better land use planning can work with other mitigation measures to reduce wildfire […]
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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, ongoing home development in wildfire-prone lands is also driving wildfire risks […]
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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 published literature and federal data summaries. Historically, fire was an […]
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Federal wildfire policy and the legacy of suppression

Federal wildfire policy that emphasizes suppression—a legacy of early-1900s forest management—has resulted in a paradox: accumulated fuels and larger, more severe wildfires. For communities to truly become fire-adapted, suppression efforts […]
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Gambel oak Literature Synthesis

Click here for a list of Quercus gambelii resources. Photo by Rogers N. and F.C. Dennis.
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Historical and Modern Disturbance Regimes, Stand Structures, and Landscape Dynamics in Piñon‐Juniper Vegetation of the Western U.S.

Piñon‐juniper is one of the major vegetation types in western North America. It covers a huge area, provides many resources and ecosystem services, and is of great management concern. Management […]
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