Federal land managers in the United States are permitted to manage wildfires with
strategies other than full suppression under appropriate conditions to achieve natural …

State and Federal agencies in the United States manage wildland fires to minimize forest
loss and reduce fire impacts on communities living near forests. Despite changes to policy …

Wildfire is a complex problem because of the diverse mix of actors and landowners involved,
uncertainty about outcomes and future conditions, and unavoidable trade-offs that require …

Numerous wildfire management agencies and institutions rely primarily on simple risk
approaches to wildfire that focus on technical risk assessments that do not reflect the …

Background Wildfire mitigation is becoming increasingly urgent, but despite the availability
of mitigation tools, such as prescribed fire, managed wildfire, and mechanical thinning, the …

There is increasing discussion in the academic and agency literature, as well as popular
media, about the need to address the existing deficit of beneficial fire on landscapes. One …

There are fundamental spatial and temporal disconnects between the specific policies that
have been crafted to address our wildfire challenges. The biophysical changes in fuels …

Fuels reduction projects are an increasing focus of policy, funding, and management actions
aimed at reducing wildfire risk to human populations while improving landscape health. This …

Efforts to suppress wildfires have become increasingly problematic in recent years as costs
have risen, threats to firefighter safety have escalated, and detrimental impacts to …

Abstract In the western United States and elsewhere, the need to change society's
relationship with wildfire is well-recognized. Suppressing fewer fires in fire-prone systems is …