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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 dominant on over three million acres of the transition zone between the cold […]
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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 effects on vegetation and soils, can potentially threaten people and property, and […]
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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 high financial and human costs of fighting fires in these areas. The […]
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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 changes – in concert with climate change – will influence forests and rangelands […]
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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 falling on the northern end on September 9, […]
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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 aquatic ecosystems. For this reason, forest managers must be […]
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Fire and forethought: Fire effects syntheses are a powerful tool for planning and management across resource fields

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station: The Rocky Mountain Research Station’s Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) team synthesizes information about wildland fires, their history in U.S. ecosystems, and their effects […]
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Burgeoning biomass: Creating efficient and sustainable forest biomass supply chains in the Rockies

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station: Woody biomass could be used to generate energy in the western U.S. if the utilization process is both economically feasible and ecologically sustainable. The […]
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Living with fire: How social scientists are helping wildland-urban interface communities reduce wildfire risk

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station: Reducing wildfire risk to lives and property is a critical issue for policy makers, land managers, and citizens who reside in high-risk fire areas […]
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Protecting the source: Tools to evaluate fuel treatment cost vs. water quality protection

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station: High-intensity wildfires are one of the leading causes of severe soil erosion in western U.S. watersheds. This erosion can lead to disruptive deposits of […]
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