Forest restoration and fuels reduction work: Different pathways for achieving success in the S ierra N evada

SL Stephens, DE Foster, JJ Battles… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fire suppression and past selective logging of large trees have fundamentally changed
frequent‐fire‐adapted forests in California. The culmination of these changes produced …

Degradation and restoration of Indigenous California black oak (Quercus kelloggii) stands in the northern Sierra Nevada

SL Stephens, L Hall, CW Stephens, AA Bernal… - Fire Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Background The cultural connections of the Maidu to the lands they inhabit are profound
with burning being a major component of their culture. California black oak plays an …

Modeling Juvenile Stand Development and Fire Risk of Post-Fire Planted Forests under Variations in Thinning and Fuel Treatments Using FVS–FFE

I Allen, N Pawlikowski, S Chhin, M Premer, J Zhang - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the past, the dry mixed conifer forests of California's Sierra Nevada mountains
experienced frequent low to mixed severity fires. However, due to fire suppression and past …