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 …

Using forests to mitigate climate change has gained much interest in science and policy
discussions. We examine the evidence for carbon benefits, environmental and monetary …

Developing management strategies for addressing global climate change has become an
increasingly important issue influencing forest management around the globe. Currently …

A new methodology for establishing the spatial representativeness of tower albedo
measurements that are routinely used in validation of satellite retrievals from global land …

Ponderosa pine and dry mixed-conifer forests in the Southwest United States are
experiencing, or have become increasingly susceptible to, large-scale severe wildfire …

Policies can foster changes in forest management and product manufacture that reduce
carbon emissions over time while maintaining forests for environmental and societal …

To control and use wildland fires safely and effectively depends on creditable assessments
of fire potential, including the propensity for crowning in conifer forests. Simulation studies …

Carbon uptake by forests is a major sink in the global carbon cycle, helping buffer the rising
concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere, yet the potential for future carbon uptake by forests …

Carbon sequestration by forested ecosystems offers a potential climate change mitigation
benefit. However, wildfire has the potential to reverse this benefit. In the western United …

Many current stand management guidelines propose low initial stand densities and strong
density reductions in order to lower the costs of stand establishment, to accelerate stand …