Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions
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 …
that include restoring active fire regimes and fostering resilient structure and composition of …
Forest restoration and fuels reduction work: Different pathways for achieving success in the S ierra N evada
Fire suppression and past selective logging of large trees have fundamentally changed
frequent‐fire‐adapted forests in California. The culmination of these changes produced …
frequent‐fire‐adapted forests in California. The culmination of these changes produced …
Managing nature-based solutions in fire-prone ecosystems: competing management objectives in California forests evaluated at a landscape scale
C Herbert, BK Haya, SL Stephens… - Frontiers in Forests and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
California's cap-and-trade compliance offset market incentivizes forest managers to maintain
elevated carbon stocks. It provides these incentives without enforcing standardized fire …
elevated carbon stocks. It provides these incentives without enforcing standardized fire …
Identifying opportunity hot spots for reducing the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in western US conifer forests
The escalating climate and wildfire crises have generated worldwide interest in using
proactive forest management (eg forest thinning, prescribed fire, cultural burning) to mitigate …
proactive forest management (eg forest thinning, prescribed fire, cultural burning) to mitigate …
Pyrosilviculture: Combining prescribed fire with gap-based silviculture in mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada
RA York, H Noble, LN Quinn-Davidson… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
We used a prescribed fire study to demonstrate the concept of pyrosilviculture, defined here
as (i) using prescribed fire to meet management objectives or (ii) altering nonfire silvicultural …
as (i) using prescribed fire to meet management objectives or (ii) altering nonfire silvicultural …
Towards Zero-Carbon Buildings: Challenges and Opportunities from Reversing the Material Pyramid
The decarbonization of the built environment, both in new construction and renovation, is
crucial to mitigate its relevant impact on climate change and achieve the Paris Agreement …
crucial to mitigate its relevant impact on climate change and achieve the Paris Agreement …
Longer-term impacts of fuel reduction treatments on forest structure, fuels, and drought resistance in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests have undergone significant changes in structure and
composition and are increasingly vulnerable to altered disturbance regimes and climate …
composition and are increasingly vulnerable to altered disturbance regimes and climate …
Evidence for multi-decadal fuel buildup in a large California wildfire from smoke radiocarbon measurements
In recent decades, there has been a significant increase in annual area burned in
California's Sierra Nevada mountains. This rise in fire activity has prompted the need to …
California's Sierra Nevada mountains. This rise in fire activity has prompted the need to …
[HTML][HTML] Unoccupied aerial system (UAS) Structure-from-Motion canopy fuel parameters: Multisite area-based modelling across forests in California, USA
S Reilly, ML Clark, L Loechler, J Spillane… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is a pressing need for well-informed management to reduce wildfire hazard and
restore fire's beneficial ecological role in the Mediterranean-and temperate-climate forests of …
restore fire's beneficial ecological role in the Mediterranean-and temperate-climate forests of …
Probability-based accounting for carbon in forests to consider wildfire and other stochastic events: synchronizing science, policy, and carbon offsets
T Buchholz, J Gunn, B Springsteen, G Marland… - … Adaptation Strategies for …, 2022 - Springer
Forest carbon offset protocols reward measurable carbon stocks to adhere to accepted
greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting principles. This focus on measurable stocks threatens …
greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting principles. This focus on measurable stocks threatens …