Indigenous communities in the Pacific West of North America have long depended on fire to
steward their environments, and they are increasingly asserting the importance of cultural …

Despite increasing concern about wildland fire risk in Canada, there is little synthesis of
knowledge that could contribute to the development of a comprehensive risk framework for a …

Forest landscapes across western North America (wNA) have experienced extensive
changes over the last two centuries, while climatic warming has become a global reality over …

Large and severe wildfires are an observable consequence of an increasingly arid
American West. There is increasing consensus that human communities, land managers …

Wildfires occur worldwide and affect different territories in diverse ways. New challenges in
wildfire management are emerging, fueled by climatic, land cover, and sociodemographic …

Abstract Background The PODs (potential operational delineations) concept is an adaptive
framework for cross-boundary and collaborative land and fire management planning. Use of …

Wildfires pose a significant challenge to the natural and the built environments, as well as
the safety and economic wellbeing of the communities residing in wildfire-prone areas. The …

We consider the problem of, given a landscape represented by a gridded network and a fire
ignition location, deciding where to locate the available fire suppression resources to …

Supporting wildfire management activities is frequently identified as a benefit of forest roads.
As such, there is a growing body of research into forest road planning, construction, and …

Context Connections among ecosystems and their components are critical to maintaining
ecological functions and benefits in human-modified landscapes, including urban areas …