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Firebrand piles are known to ignite combustible infrastructure resulting in significant damage; however, the parameters that impact the heat transfer from firebrand piles to a combustible surface are not well understood. Heat transfer from a…
Author(s): Brian Y. Lattimer, Steven Wong, Jonathan L. Hodges
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Cairpol and Aeroqual air quality sensors measuring CO, CO2, NO2, and other species were tested on fresh biomass burning plumes in field and laboratory environments. We evaluated the sensors by comparing 1 min sensor measurements to collocated…
Author(s): Andrew Whitehill, Russell W. Long, Shawn P. Urbanski, Maribel Colón, Andrew Habel, Matthew S. Landis
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Accurate assessment of burn severity is a critical need for an improved understanding of fire behavior and ecology and effective post-fire management. Although NASA Landsat satellites have a long history of use for remotely sensed mapping of burn…
Author(s): Alexander A. Howe, Sean A. Parks, Brian J. Harvey, Saba Saberi, James A. Lutz, Larissa L. Yocom
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The number and size of wildfires in the western United States have increased dramatically in the last 30 years. The rising cost of wildfire suppression has become a significant concern for all levels of government, although most attention has been…
Author(s): Chelsea P. McIver, Philip S. Cook, Dennis Becker
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Forests mitigate climate change by sequestering massive amounts of carbon, but recent increases in wildfire activity are threatening carbon storage. Currently, our understanding of wildfire impacts on forest resilience and the mechanisms controlling…
Author(s): Kelsey N. Bryant, Jeffrey E. Stenzel, Justin Mathias, Hyojung Kwon, Crystal A. Kolden, Laurel Lynch, Tara W. Hudiburg
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Wildfires are a perennial event globally, and the biogeochemical underpinnings of soil responses at relevant spatial and temporal scales are unclear. Soil biogeochemical processes regulate plant growth and nutrient losses that affect water quality,…
Author(s): Alexander S. Honeyman, Timothy S. Fegel, Henry F. Peel, Nicole A. Masters, David C. Vuono, William Kleiber, Charles C. Rhoades, John R. Spear
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Remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) are providing fresh perspectives for the remote sensing of fire. One opportunity is mapping tree crown scorch following fires, which can support science and management. This proof-of-concept shows that crown…
Author(s): Christopher J. Moran, Valentijn Hoff, Russell A. Parsons, Lloyd P. Queen, Carl A. Seielstad
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Native American and Alaska Native tribes manage millions of acres of land and are leaders in forestry and fire management practices despite inadequate and inequitable funding. Native American tribes are rarely considered as research partners due to…
Author(s): Michael J. Dockry, Serra Hoagland, Adrian Leighton, Jim Durglo, Amit Pradhananga
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Over the past several decades, the management of historically frequent-fire forests in the western U.S. has received significant attention due to the linked ecological and social risks posed by the increased occurrence of large, contiguous patches…
Author(s): Scott M. Ritter, Chad M. Hoffman, Michael A. Battaglia, Theresa B. Jain
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Purpose of Review Fire and insects are major disturbances in North American forests. We reviewed literature on the effects of fire on bark beetles, defoliators, and pollinators, as well as on the effects of bark beetle and defoliator epidemics on…
Author(s): Christopher J. Fettig, Justin B. Runyon, Crystal S. Homicz, Patrick M. A. James, Michael D. Ulyshen
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Managing wildfire risk across boundaries and scales is critical in fire-prone landscapes around the world, as a variety of actors undertake mitigation and response activities according to jurisdictional, conceptual and administrative boundaries,…
Author(s): Heidi Huber-Stearns, Emily Jane Davis, Anthony S. Cheng, A. Deak
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The current study presents a series of experiments investigating the smoldering behavior of woody fuel arrays at various porosities under the influence of wind. Wildland fuels are simulated using wooden cribs burned inside a bench scale wind tunnel…
Author(s): J. Cobian-Iniguez, Franz Richter, Luca Camignani, Christina Liveretou, Hanyu Xiong, Scott L. Stephens, Mark A. Finney, Michael J. Gollner, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello
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In 2016, the US Forest Service initiated small-group safety discussions among members of its wildland firefighting organisation. Known as the Life First National Engagement Sessions, the discussions presented an opportunity for wildland firefighters…
Author(s): David Flores, Emily Haire
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Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.) is an ecologically important subalpine and treeline forest tree of the western U.S. and Canada. It is categorized as endangered by the IUCN and by Canada under the Species at Risk Act and was recently…
Author(s): Diana F. Tomback, Robert E. Keane, Anna W. Schoettle, Richard A. Sniezko, Melissa Jenkins, Cara R. Nelson, A. D. Bower, Clay R. DeMastus, Emily Guiberson, Jodie Krakowski, Michael P. Murray, Elizabeth R. Pansing, Julee Shamhart
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Background: Mountain pine beetle (MPB) is a native disturbance agent across most pine forests in the western US. Climate changes will directly and indirectly impact frequencies and severities of MPB outbreaks, which can then alter fuel…
Author(s): Robert E. Keane, Barbara J. Bentz, Lisa M. Holsinger, Victoria A. Saab, Rachel A. Loehman
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Fire is a natural ecosystem process that helps maintain and revitalize healthy landscapes, but wildfires can pose significant threats to public and firefighter safety, property, water and air quality, and other values. Finding an appropriate balance…
Author(s): Matthew P. Thompson, David L. Martell, Erin J. Belval
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Ecological resilience is the capacity of a system to maintain function following disturbance. With the frequency and severity of wildfire activity increasing due to warmer and drier global climate conditions, there are increasing reports of declines…
Author(s): Rebecca K. Gibson, Laura White, Samuel Hislop, Rachael H. Nolan, Josh Dorrough
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Wildfires are an essential part of a healthy ecosystem, yet the expansion of the wildland-urban interface, combined with climatic changes and other anthropogenic activities, have led to the rise of wildfire hazards in the past few decades. Managing…
Author(s): Negar Elhami-Khorasani, Hamed Ebrahimian, Lawrence Buja, Susan L. Cutter, Branko Kosović, Neil P. Lareau, Brian J. Meacham, Eric Rowell, Ertugrul Taciroglu, Matthew P. Thompson, Adam C. Watts
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Wildfire-mediated changes to forests have prompted numerous studies on post-fire forest recovery of coniferous forests. Given climate change, a growing body of work demonstrates that conifer regeneration in temperate and boreal forests is declining…
Author(s): Camille Stevens-Rumann, Susan J. Prichard, Ellen Whitman, Marc-Andre Parisien, Arjan J. H. Meddens
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Rapidly scaling up the use of prescribed fire is being promoted as an important pathway for reducing the growing damages of wildfire events in the United States, including limiting the health impacts from smoke emissions. However, we do not…
Author(s): Benjamin A. Jones, Shana McDermott, Patricia A. Champ, Robert P. Berrens
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