We review science‐based adaptation strategies for western North American (wNA) forests
that include restoring active fire regimes and fostering resilient structure and composition of …

The prevailing paradigm in the western US is that the increase in stand-replacing wildfires in
historically frequent-fire dry forests is due to unnatural fuel loads that have resulted from …

Every year worldwide some extraordinary wildfires occur, overwhelming suppression
capabilities, causing substantial damages, and often resulting in fatalities. Given their …

Prescribed fire is one of the most widely advocated management practices for reducing
wildfire hazard and has a long and rich tradition rooted in indigenous and local ecological …

The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and
disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary …

Successful fire exclusion in the 20th century has created severe fire problems across the
West. Not every forest is at risk of uncharacteristically severe wildfire, but drier forests are in …

Wildland fire is a critical process in forests of the western United States (US). Variation in fire
behavior, which is heavily influenced by fuel loading, terrain, weather, and vegetation type …

Wildfire hazard abatement is one of the major reasons to use prescribed burning. Computer
simulation, case studies, and analysis of the fire regime in the presence of active prescribed …

Forest‐fire policy of US federal agencies has evolved from the use of small patrols in newly
created National Parks to diverse policy initiatives and institutional arrangements that affect …

For at least two decades, expansion of low-density residential development at the wildland–
urban interface has been widely recognized as a primary factor influencing the management …