Wildland fires dramatically affect forest ecosystems, altering the loss of their biodiversity and
their sustainability. In addition, they have a strong impact on the global carbon balance and …

Wildfires substantially disrupt and reshape the structure, composition and functioning of
ecosystems. Monitoring post-fire recovery dynamics is crucial for evaluating resilience and …

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

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

Despite the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of wildfires, little attention has been paid
to the spatiotemporal patterns of nighttime fire activity across the conterminous United States …

In 2016, the USDA Forest Service, the largest wildfire management organization in the
world, initiated the risk management assistance (RMA) program to improve the quality of …

Protecting the future of forests in the United States and other countries depends in part on
our ability to monitor and map forest health conditions in a timely fashion to facilitate …

Background Current guidance for implementation of United States federal wildland fire
policy charges agencies with restoring and maintaining fire-adapted ecosystems while …

Abstract Purpose of Review The objectives of this paper are to briefly review basic risk
management and analytics concepts, describe their nexus in relation to wildfire response …

Background High-severity fire in forested landscapes often produces a post-fire condition of
high shrub cover and large loads of dead wood. Given the increasing patch size of high …