The realm of wildland fire science encompasses both wild and prescribed fires. Most of the
research in the broader field has focused on wildfires, however, despite the prevalence of …

The growing frequency of large wildland fires has raised awareness of the 'wildfire
paradox'and the 'firefighting trap'that are both rooted in the fire exclusion paradigm …

Wildland fire research has historically orbited around a physical paradigm of fire. This
strategy has yielded remarkable results, yet increasingly it cannot speak to the core issues …

Wildland fire management has reached a crossroads. Current perspectives are not capable
of answering interdisciplinary adaptation and mitigation challenges posed by increases in …

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 …

Whether ignited by lightning or by Native Americans, fire once shaped many North American
ecosystems. Euro–American settlement and 20th‐century fire suppression practices …

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 …

The southern region of the US uses prescribed fire as a management tool on more of its
burnable land than anywhere in the US, with ecosystem restoration, wildlife habitat …

Wildland fire use as a concept had its origin when humans first gained the ability to suppress
fires. Some fires were suppressed and others were allowed to burn based on human values …

Fire performs many beneficial ecosystem functions in dry forests and rangelands across
much of North America. In the last century, however, the role of fire has been dramatically …