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Recorded Webinars

Jun 10, 2020

Certified Prescribed Burn Programs

Jan 27, 2020

New Findings on Policy Barriers and Opportunities: Strategies for Increasing Prescribed Fire Application on Federal Lands from Western Case Studies

May 16, 2016

California between two fires

Apr 25, 2016

Wildfire as a socio-ecological problem

Research Briefs

2020 Policy Barriers & Opportunities For Prescribed Fire Application In The Western US Northwest Fire Science Consortium

Syntheses

2013 Communicating science in politicized environments Arthur Lupia
2005 Forest structure and fire hazard in dry forests of the Western United States David L. Peterson et al.
2004 Effectiveness of thinning and prescribed fire in reducing wildfire severity Philip N. Omi et al.

Management Documents

2018 Environmental justice and U.S. Forest Service hazardous fuels reduction: a spatial method for impact assessment of federal resource management actions Mark D. Adams et al.
2014 Interagency prescribed fire planning and procedures guide U.S. Department of Agriculture et al.
2013 The national cohesive wildland fire management strategy: phase III western regional action plan Wildland Fire Executive Council
2010 Integrating fuel treatment into ecosystem management: a proposed project planning process Keith Stockmann et al.
2007 Treatment of data influenced by exceptional events; final rule U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Conference Proceedings

2004 Effectiveness of thinning and prescribed fire in reducing wildfire severity Philip N. Omi et al.
1999 Appropriate management responses to wildland fire: options and costs G. Thomas Zimmerman
1996 The ecological implications of fire in Greater Yellowstone, proceedings of the second biennial conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Jason Greenlee
1991 The evolution of National Park Service fire policy Jan W. van Wagtendonk
1988 Protecting people and homes from wildfire in the interior West: proceedings of the symposium and workshop William C. Fischer et al.

Technical Reports/White Papers

2016 Insights from wildfire science: a resource for fire policy discussions Tania L. Schoennagel et al.
2016 Wildfires in the United States: a primer Vera Brusentsev et al.
2015 Reduce wildfire risks or we'll continue to pay more for fire disasters Association for Fire Ecology et al.
2015 Wildland fire science and technology task force final report National Science and Technology Council
2015 Wildland fire management: insights from a foresight panel Robert L. Olson et al.
2015 Keeping it wild 2: an updated interagency strategy to monitor trends in wilderness character across the National Wilderness Preservation System Peter Landres et al.
2014 Interagency prescribed fire planning and procedures guide U.S. Department of Agriculture et al.
2014 Playing with fire: how climate change and development patterns are contributing to the soaring costs of western wildfires Rachel Cleetus et al.
2013 The rising cost of wildfire protection Ross Gorte
2009 Technical guide for monitoring selected conditions related to wilderness character Peter Landres et al.
2007 Treatment of data influenced by exceptional events; final rule U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2007 Guide to fuel treatments in dry forests of the Western United States: assessing forest structure and fire hazard Morris C. Johnson et al.
2006 Ecological science relevant to management policies for fire-prone forests of the western United States, Society for Conservation Biology scientific panel of fire in western U.S. forests Reed F. Noss et al.
2005 Forest structure and fire hazard in dry forests of the Western United States David L. Peterson et al.
2004 Effectiveness of thinning and prescribed fire in reducing wildfire severity Philip N. Omi et al.
2002 Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on air David V. Sandberg et al.
2000 Protecting people and sustaining resources in fire-adapted ecosystems: a cohesive strategy Lyle Laverty et al.
1999 Appropriate management responses to wildland fire: options and costs G. Thomas Zimmerman
1999 Western national forests: a cohesive strategy is needed to address catastrophic wildfire threats United States General Accounting Office
1991 The evolution of National Park Service fire policy Jan W. van Wagtendonk
1991 Some thoughts on prescribed natural fires Jack D. Cohen
1988 Protecting people and homes from wildfire in the interior West: proceedings of the symposium and workshop William C. Fischer et al.

Publications

2020

Evaluating wildland fire liability standards – does regulation incentivise good management?

Christopher J. Lauer et al.

2017

You own the fuel, but who owns the fire?

Michael Eburn et al.

2016

Introduction to the article by Elers Koch: the passing of the Lolo Trail

Elers Koch

Employing resilience in the United States Forest Service

Cassandra Moseley et al.

Does increased forest protection correspond to higher fire severity in frequent-fire forests of the western United States?

Curtis M. Bradley et al.

The science of firescapes: achieving fire-resilient communities

Alistair M. S. Smith et al.

U.S. federal fire and forest policy: emphasizing resilience in dry forests

Scott L. Stephens et al.

2015

Negative consequences of positive feedbacks in US wildfire management

David E. Calkin et al.

Wildfires burn science capacity

Christopher Topik

Principles of effective USA federal fire management plans

Marc D. Meyer et al.

Reform forest fire management

Malcolm P. North et al.

2014

US strategy for forest management adaption to climate change: building a framework for decision making

V. Alaric Sample et al.

2013

Perspectives on disconnects between scientific information and management decisions on post-fire recovery in western US

Xiaoli Chen et al.

Communicating science in politicized environments

Arthur Lupia

2012

Using fire to increase the scale, benefits, and future maintenance of fuels treatments

Malcolm P. North et al.

2011

Restoration relevance of recent National Fire Plan treatments in forests of the western United States

Tania L. Schoennagel et al.

Community wildfire protection planning: is the Healthy Forests Restoration Act's vagueness genius?

Pamela J. Jakes et al.

2010

Integrating fuel treatment into ecosystem management: a proposed project planning process

Keith Stockmann et al.

Alternatives to evacuation during wildland fire: exploring adaptive capacity in one Idaho community

Travis B. Paveglio et al.

2009

Implementation of National Fire Plan fuel treatments near the wildland-urban interface in the western United States

Tania L. Schoennagel et al.

2007

Factors in United States Forest Service district rangers' decision to manage a fire for resource benefit

Martha A. Williamson

Simulation of the consequences of different fire regimes to support wildland fire use decisions

Carol Miller

Is wildfire policy in the United States sustainable?

Toddi A. Steelman et al.

2006

Wilderness fire management in a changing world

Carol Miller

1984

Wildland fires: predicting the behavior of wildland fires-among nature's most potent forces-can save lives, money, and natural resources

Frank A. Albini

Videos

Dec 14, 2015

Interview with Tom Harbour - Part three of three

Jul 22, 2012

Managing wildfire: blazing the trail in the Southwest

Presentations

Feb 13, 2017

Tim Sexton - Terminology: PNF to WFU to WTF

May 25, 2016

Occupy wildfires: the story of the 1%

May 23, 2014

Burned area recovery project: a stakeholder perspective

Past Events

Oct 19, 2018
Law, Planning and Wildlife in Wildland-Urban Interface: The Future of Government and Governance of Disaster in the West
Oct 22, 2015
2015 Backyards and Beyond Wildland Fire Education Conference
Sep 24, 2015
Colorado Wildland Fire Conference 2015
Sep 17, 2015
Toward a Natural Forest: The Forest Service in Transition
May 1, 2015
9th Annual Wildland Fire Litigation Conference
Mar 10, 2015
Preparing for Wildfires: Moving from Crisis to Opportunity
Nov 1, 2012
Network of Fire Science Champions - Public Communication