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Recorded Webinars

Mar 19, 2024

Fuels Treatment Effectiveness

Apr 5, 2023

Landscape Fuel Treatment Effectiveness

Oct 29, 2019

Answering Questions about the Appropriateness of Woody Vegetation Treatments

Jan 31, 2019

2018 National Prescribed Fire Use Survey Report

Oct 30, 2017

Recovery and Adaptation after Wildfire, 2000-2013

Jan 13, 2016

Effectiveness of wildfire mitigation activities in the wildland-urban interface (WUI)

Nov 21, 2014

Working across fence lines: multijurisdictional planning and prescribed fire

Aug 20, 2013

Fire management, fuels, and climate change tipping points

Research Briefs

2023 Connected Science - How Effective Are Landscape Scale Fuel Treatments?
2021 What makes a resilient landscape? Climate, fire, and forests in the Northern Rockies Monica G. Turner
2021 Lick Creek: Lessons learned after 20+ years of fuel treatments in Ponderosa pine Sharon M. Hood et al.
2020 Climatic Controls on Post-fire Ponderosa Pine and Douglas-fir Regeneration and Growth Kimberley T. Davis et al.
2020 Can prescribed fire do the work we hired it to do? Sylvia Kantor et al.
2015 Collaborative fuels reduction and restoration - Experiences from the Southwestern Crown of the Continent Corey L. Gucker
2015 Fire, fuels, and streams: the effects and effectiveness of riparian treatments Josh McDaniel
2014 A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States: mechanical, chemical, and biological fuel treatment methods Theresa B. Jain et al.
2014 A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States: inventory and model-based economic analysis of mechanical fuel treatments Theresa B. Jain et al.
2014 A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States: prescribed fire Theresa B. Jain et al.
2014 Fuels treatments in ponderosa pine - Visits to the Boise National Forest and Boise Basin Exp. Forest Corey L. Gucker
2014 Restoration fuels treatments in old-growth: Visiting research plots in western larch and ponderosa pine forests Corey L. Gucker
2014 A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States: monitoring Theresa B. Jain et al.
2014 Characterizing spatial reference conditions in southwestern warm/dry mixed-conifer forests Kyle Rodman et al.
2013 Ignition devices for prescribed burning Dale D. Wade
2013 Integrated fuel/restoration treatments - Field tour at the Priest River Experimental Forest Corey L. Gucker
2009 Breakthrough at the Missouri River Breaks: a quick tool for comparing burned and unburned sites Rachel Clark
2008 Paying our way: thinking strategically to offset the cost of reducing fire hazard in western forests Rhonda L. Mazza
2008 Forests at risk: integrating risk science into fuel management strategies Jonathan Thompson
2006 Paying for hazardous fuel treatments with revenue from removed biomass U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
2006 Two-aged silvicultural treatments in lodgepole pine stands can be economically viable Ward W. McCaughey et al.
2005 Economics research unit explores biomass utilization opportunities on the Bitterroot National Forest David E. Calkin
2004 Red Lodge, Montana: steps to improve community preparedness for wildfire Victoria Sturtevant et al.
2004 Fuels planning: science synthesis and integration; social issues fact sheet 4: three critical topics to cover when talking about hazards Dennis Mileti
2004 Fuels planning: science synthesis and integration; forest structure and fire hazard fact sheet 4: role of silviculture in fuel treatments Morris C. Johnson
2004 Fuels planning: science synthesis and integration; environmental consequences fact sheet 2: First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) Steve Sutherland

Syntheses

2022 A systematic review of empirical evidence for landscape-level fuel treatment effectiveness Shawn T. McKinney et al.
2014 Fire behavior in masticated fuels: a review Jesse K. Kreye et al.
2012 Do thinning and/or burning treatments in western USA ponderosa or Jeffrey pine-dominated forests help restore natural fire behavior? Peter Z. Fule et al.
2012 Management guide to ecosystem restoration treatments: two-aged lodgepole pine forests of central Montana, USA Sharon M. Hood et al.
2012 The effects of forest fuel-reduction treatments in the United States Scott L. Stephens et al.
2012 Tree spatial patterns in fire-frequent forests of western North America, including mechanisms of pattern formation and implications for designing fuel reduction and restoration treatments Andrew J. Larson et al.
2012 A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States Theresa B. Jain et al.
2012 Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study James D. McIver et al.
2011 Can fuel-reduction treatments really increase forest carbon storage in the western US by reducing future fire emissions? John L. Campbell et al.
2011 Review of fuel treatment effectiveness in forests and rangelands and a case study from the 2007 megafires in central, Idaho, USA Andrew T. Hudak et al.
2011 Comprehensive fuels treatment practices guide for mixed conifer forests: California, central and southern Rockies, and the Southwest Alexander M. Evans et al.
2010 Fuel reduction management practices in riparian areas of the Western USA Katharine R. Stone et al.
2010 Mitigating old tree mortality in long-unburned, fire-dependent forests: a synthesis Sharon M. Hood
2009 Ecological effects of prescribed fire season: a literature review and synthesis for managers Eric E. Knapp et al.
2008 Synthesis of knowledge from woody biomass removal case studies Alexander M. Evans
2008 Maintaining soil productivity during forest or biomass-to-energy thinning harvests in the western United States Marcia Patton-Mallory et al.
2008 Managing fire risk in the forests of the U.S. inland Northwest: a classic "wicked problem" in public land policy Matthew S. Carroll et al.
2008 Objectives and considerations for wildland fuel treatment in forested ecosystems of the interior western United States Elizabeth D. Reinhardt et al.
2007 Science information for informing forest fuel management in dry forests of the western United States Sarah M. McCaffrey et al.
2006 Wildlife and invertebrate response to fuel reduction treatments in dry coniferous forests of the Western United States: a synthesis David S. Pilliod et al.
2006 Timber markets and fuel treatments in the western U.S. Karen L. Abt et al.
2006 Ponderosa pine ecosystems Russell T. Graham et al.
2006 Modeling fuel treatment costs on Forest Service lands in the western United States David E. Calkin et al.
2005 Forest structure and fire hazard in dry forests of the Western United States David L. Peterson et al.
2005 Fire ecology of ponderosa pine and the rebuilding of fire-resilient ponderosa pine ecosystems Stephen A. Fitzgerald
2004 Effectiveness of thinning and prescribed fire in reducing wildfire severity Philip N. Omi et al.
2001 Can the fire-dependent whitebark pine be saved? Robert E. Keane

Management Documents

2014 Interagency prescribed fire planning and procedures guide U.S. Department of Agriculture et al.
2010 Integrating fuel treatment into ecosystem management: a proposed project planning process Keith Stockmann et al.
1998 Environmental assessment: Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest - Vegetative treatment research project, Kings Hill Ranger District, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Meagher County, Montana Gloria E. Flora et al.

Annotated Bibliographies

2007 Hazardous fuels reduction treatments in the Northern Rockies: an annotated bibliography Sharon Ritter et al.

Conference Proceedings

2015 Initial results from a field experiment to support the assessment of fuel treatment effectiveness in reducing wildfire intensity and spread rate Eric Mueller et al.
2014 Fuel treatment effectiveness in reducing fire intensity and spread rate -- an experimental overview Eric Mueller et al.
2011 Human relationships to fire prone ecosystems: mapping values at risk on contested landscapes Kari Gunderson et al.
2009 Mapping tradeoffs in values at risk at the interface between wilderness and non-wilderness lands Alan E. Watson et al.
2009 Willingness-to-pay function for two fuel treatments to reduce wildfire acreage burned: a scope test and comparison of white and hispanic households John B. Loomis et al.
2008 Restoration of northern Rocky Mountain moist forests: integrating fuel treatments from the site to the landscape Theresa B. Jain et al.
2008 Forest harvest can increase subsequent forest fire severity Carter Stone et al.
2008 Managing fire risk in the forests of the U.S. inland Northwest: a classic "wicked problem" in public land policy Matthew S. Carroll et al.
2008 The homeowner view of thinning methods for fire hazard reduction: more positive than many think Sarah M. McCaffrey
2008 Maintaining soil productivity during forest or biomass-to-energy thinning harvests in the western United States Marcia Patton-Mallory et al.
2008 The effects of hazardous fuel reduction treatments in the wildland urban interface on the activity of bark beetles infesting ponderosa pine Christopher J. Fettig et al.
2007 Effects of alternative treatments on canopy fuel characteristics in five conifer stands Joe H. Scott et al.
2007 Free selection: a silvicultural option Russell T. Graham et al.
2007 Testing the modeled effectiveness of an operational fuel reduction treatment in a small western Montana interface landscape using two spatial scales Michael G. Harrington et al.
2006 Mastication: a fuel reduction and site preparation alternative Jeff Halbrook et al.
2006 Estimating Fuel Bed Loadings in Masticated Areas Sharon M. Hood et al.
2006 Design and objectives of FTM-West model Peter J. Ince et al.
2006 FTM-West model results for selected fuel treatment scenarios Andrew Kramp et al.
2006 Biomass utilization modeling on the Bitterroot National Forest Robin P. Silverstein et al.
2006 Estimating timber harvesting costs for fuel treatment in the West: preliminary results Rodrigo Arriagada et al.
2006 Integrating fuel treatments into comprehensive ecosystem management Kevin D. Hyde et al.
2006 Estimating woody biomass supply from thinning treatments to reduce fire hazard in the US West Kenneth E. Skog et al.
2006 The use of silviculture and prescribed fire to manage stand structure and fuel profiles in a multi-aged lodgepole pine forest Colin C. Hardy et al.
2006 FTM-West: fuel treatment market model for US West Peter J. Ince et al.
2006 Organizational characteristics that contribute to success in engaging the public to accomplish fuels management at the wilderness/non-wilderness interface Katie Knotek et al.
2006 Changes in downed wood and forest structure after prescribed fire in ponderosa pine forests Victoria A. Saab et al.
2005 Fire ecology of ponderosa pine and the rebuilding of fire-resilient ponderosa pine ecosystems Stephen A. Fitzgerald
2005 Effect of alternative silvicultural treatments on snow accumulation in lodgepole pine stands, Montana, U.S.A. Scott W. Woods et al.
2005 Predicting cumulative watershed effects of fuel management with improved WEPP technology William J. Elliot et al.
2004 Effectiveness of thinning and prescribed fire in reducing wildfire severity Philip N. Omi et al.
2003 Research on stand management options for reducing fuels and restoring two-aged lodgepole pine communities on the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest Ward W. McCaughey
2003 Comparing potential fuel treatment trade-off models: initial results David R. Weise et al.
2003 Performance of fuel treatments subjected to wildfires Erik J. Martinson et al.
2003 Combining simulation and optimization for evaluating the effectiveness of fuel treatments for four different fuel conditions at landscape scales Jimmie D. Chew et al.
2002 Simulating fire hazard reduction, wood flows, and economics of fuel treatments with FVS, FEEMA, and FIA data Glenn A. Christensen et al.
2002 Use of fire and silvicultural techniques for whitebark pine restoration successes, caveats, and assessment techniques Robert E. Keane et al.
2001 Alternative ponderosa pine restoration treatments in the western United States James D. McIver et al.
2001 Manipulations to regenerate aspen ecosystems Wayne D. Shepperd
2000 The Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project: what we have learned, symposium proceedings; May 18-20, 1999; Missoula, MT Helen Y. Smith
2000 Fire applications in ecosystem management Michael G. Harrington
2000 Silvicultural treatments Carl E. Fiedler
2000 The Fire and Fire Surrogates Study: providing guidelines for fire in future forest watershed management decisions Carleton B. Edminster et al.
2000 Ecosystem-based management in the lodgepole pine zone Colin C. Hardy et al.
2000 Ecosystem-based management in the whitebark pine zone Robert E. Keane et al.
2000 Sequential use of simulation and optimization in analysis and planning Hans R. Zuuring et al.
2000 Ecosystem-based management at lower elevations Stephen F. Arno
1999 Use of the helitorch to enhance diversity on riparian corridors in mature pinyon-juniper communities: a conceptual approach G. Allen Rasmussen et al.
1999 Applying simulation and optimization to plan fuel treatments at landscape scales J. Greg Jones et al.
1998 Modeling effects of prescribed fire on wildlife habitat: stand structure, snag recruitment and coarse woody debris Colin C. Hardy et al.

Presentation Slides

2006 Landscape assessment methods - powerpoint U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Dissertations/Theses

Technical Reports/White Papers

2023 Can fuel treatments change how a wildfire burns across a landscape? Theresa B. Jain et al.
2022 Effectiveness of Fuel Treatments at the Landscape Scale: State of Understanding and Key Research Gaps - Joint Fire Science Project Final Report Theresa B. Jain et al.
2020 Insights and Suggestions for Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Programs Megan Matonis
2019 Effects of variable density thinning and burning treatments on the spatial patterns of drought-related tree mortality - Final Report to JFSP Jeffrey M. Kane et al.
2019 Lick Creek Demonstration-Research Forest: 25-Year Fire and Cutting Effects on Vegetation and Fuels - Final Report to JFSP Christopher R. Keyes et al.
2018 Long-term effects of restoration fire and thinning on soil fungi, fine root biomass, and litter depth - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program Jane E. Smith et al.
2018 Monitoring Effectiveness of Forest Restoration Treatments: The Importance of Time and Space - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program Jonathan D. Bakker et al.
2018 Physical and chemical characteristics of surface fuels in masticated mixed-conifer stands of the U.S. Rocky Mountains Robert E. Keane et al.
2017 Surface fuel characteristics, temporal dynamics, and fire behavior of masticated mixed-conifer fuelbeds of the U.S. Southeast and Rocky Mountains Robert E. Keane et al.
2017 Spatiotemporal Evaluation of Fuel Treatment and Previous Wildfire Effects on Suppression Costs - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program Helen T. Naughton et al.
2017 Production rates for United States Forest Service brush disposal planning in the northern Rocky Mountains Dan R. Loeffler et al.
2017 Do Fuel Treatments Restore Ecosystem Function? Water Use Efficiency Before and After Fire Suppression and Fuels Treatments in Fire-Prone Pine Forests in the Western United States - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program Alan H. Taylor et al.
2017 Do fuel treatment costs affect wildfire suppression costs and property damages? An analysis of costs, damages avoided and return on investment - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program Armando Gonzalez-Caban et al.
2016 Assessing the effectiveness of spatially heterogeneous fuels reduction restoration treatments - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program Chad M. Hoffman et al.
2016 Evaluation and optimization of fuel treatment effectiveness with an integrated experimental/modeling approach - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program Nick Skowronski et al.
2016 Longevity and Effectiveness of Mechanical Mastication Treatments - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program J. Morgan Varner et al.
2015 2015 National Prescribed Fire Use Survey Report Mark A. Melvin
2015 Evaluating the effectiveness of wildfire mitigation activities in the wildland-urban interface Alexander M. Evans et al.
2014 Interagency prescribed fire planning and procedures guide U.S. Department of Agriculture et al.
2013 Wildland fire management: are actively managed forests more resilient than passively managed forests? Jay O'Laughlin
2013 The merits of prescribed fire outweigh potential carbon emission effects Association for Fire Ecology et al.
2013 Fuel treatments and fire severity: a meta-analysis Erik J. Martinson et al.
2012 Management guide to ecosystem restoration treatments: two-aged lodgepole pine forests of central Montana, USA Sharon M. Hood et al.
2012 Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study James D. McIver et al.
2012 A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States Theresa B. Jain et al.
2011 Review of fuel treatment effectiveness in forests and rangelands and a case study from the 2007 megafires in central, Idaho, USA Andrew T. Hudak et al.
2011 Comprehensive fuels treatment practices guide for mixed conifer forests: California, central and southern Rockies, and the Southwest Alexander M. Evans et al.
2010 Large scale forest fuels projects and collaborative groups improvement study: analysis of a survey conducted for the Western Governors' Association's Forest Health Advisory Committee (FHAC) Cheryl R. Renner
2010 Mitigating old tree mortality in long-unburned, fire-dependent forests: a synthesis Sharon M. Hood
2010 Wildfire risk and hazard: procedures for the first approximation David E. Calkin et al.
2010 Evaluating wildland fire danger and prioritizing vegetation and fuels treatments Paul F. Hessburg et al.
2009 Ecological effects of prescribed fire season: a literature review and synthesis for managers Eric E. Knapp et al.
2009 Willingness-to-pay function for two fuel treatments to reduce wildfire acreage burned: a scope test and comparison of white and hispanic households John B. Loomis et al.
2008 Synthesis of knowledge from woody biomass removal case studies Alexander M. Evans
2008 The homeowner view of thinning methods for fire hazard reduction: more positive than many think Sarah M. McCaffrey
2008 Forest harvest can increase subsequent forest fire severity Carter Stone et al.
2008 Restoration of northern Rocky Mountain moist forests: integrating fuel treatments from the site to the landscape Theresa B. Jain et al.
2008 Managing fire risk in the forests of the U.S. inland Northwest: a classic "wicked problem" in public land policy Matthew S. Carroll et al.
2007 Effects of alternative treatments on canopy fuel characteristics in five conifer stands Joe H. Scott et al.
2007 Treatments that enhance the decomposition of forest fuels for use in partially harvested stands in the moist forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains (Priest River Experimental Forest) Russell T. Graham et al.
2007 Free selection: a silvicultural option Russell T. Graham et al.
2007 Guide to fuel treatments in dry forests of the Western United States: assessing forest structure and fire hazard Morris C. Johnson et al.
2007 Stand and fuel treatments for restoring old-growth ponderosa pine forests in the interior west (Boise Basin Experimental Forest) Russell T. Graham et al.
2006 Ponderosa pine ecosystems Russell T. Graham et al.
2006 Evaluation of silvicultural treatments and biomass use for reducing fire hazard in western states Kenneth E. Skog et al.
2006 Wildlife and invertebrate response to fuel reduction treatments in dry coniferous forests of the Western United States: a synthesis David S. Pilliod et al.
2006 Prescribed fire: what influences public approval? Sarah M. McCaffrey
2006 Developing statistical wildlife habitat relationships for assessing cumulative effects of fuels treatments - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program Samuel A. Cushman et al.
2005 Forest structure and fire hazard in dry forests of the Western United States David L. Peterson et al.
2005 Cumulative effects of fuel management on landscape-scale fire behavior and effects - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program Mark A. Finney
2005 Stand establishment and tending in the inland northwest Russell T. Graham et al.
2005 Root diseases in coniferous forests of the Inland Northwest: potential implications of fuels treatments Raini C. Rippy et al.
2004 Thinning and prescribed fire and projected trends in wood product potential, financial return, and fire hazard in Montana R. James Barbour et al.
2004 Strategic assessment of biofuels potential for the western U.S. Craig Rawlings et al.
2004 A strategic assessment of crown fire hazard in Montana: potential effectiveness and costs of hazard reduction treatments Carl E. Fiedler et al.
2004 Effectiveness of thinning and prescribed fire in reducing wildfire severity Philip N. Omi et al.
2000 Synergy between ecological needs and economic aspects of ecosystem restoration Charles E. Keegan et al.
1999 Applying simulation and optimization to plan fuel treatments at landscape scales J. Greg Jones et al.
1999 The effects of thinning and similar stand treatments on fire behavior in western forests Russell T. Graham et al.
1998 Miller Creek Demonstration Forest - A forest born of fire: a field guide Penelope A. Latham et al.
1998 Guidelines for estimating volume, biomass, and smoke production for piled slash Colin C. Hardy
1998 Fuel reduction in residential and scenic forests: a comparison of three treatments in a western Montana ponderosa pine stand Joe H. Scott
1996 The role of fire in Research Natural Areas in the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest Sarah E. Greene et al.
1996 Dealing with public concerns in restoring fire to the forest Leslie A. C. Weldon
1996 Silvicultural applications: restoring ecological structure and process in ponderosa pine forests Carl E. Fiedler
1996 Prescribed fire applications: restoring ecological structure and process in ponderosa pine forests Michael G. Harrington
1991 Woody fuel and duff consumption by prescribed fire in northern Idaho mixed conifer logging slash Elizabeth D. Reinhardt
1987 Guide to understory burning in ponderosa pine-larch-fir forests in the Intermountain West Bruce M. Kilgore et al.

Publications

2024

Many Benefits Realized After a Long-Term Fuel Reduction and Restoration Study in Western Montana

Justin S. Crotteau et al.

Strategic fire zones are essential to wildfire risk reduction in the Western United States

Malcolm P. North et al.

Constraints on mechanical fuel reduction treatments in United States Forest Service Wildfire Crisis Strategy priority landscapes

George A. Woolsey et al.

Evaluation and comparison of simple empirical models for dead fuel moisture content

J. Sharples et al.

Litter and root sources of soil organic matter in a temperate forest: Thirty years in the DIRT

Richard D. Bowden et al.

Vegetation, fuels, and fire-behavior responses to linear fuel-break treatments in and around burned sagebrush steppe: are we breaking the grass-fire cycle?

Matthew J. Germino et al.

Early treatment effects on plantation growth and biodiversity in mature ponderosa pine forest

Jainwei Zhang et al.

Forest thinning and prescribed burning treatments reduce wildfire severity and buffer the impacts of severe fire weather

Emily G. Brodie et al.

Long-term efficacy of fuel reduction and restoration treatments in Northern Rockies dry forests

Sharon M. Hood et al.

2023

Fuel treatments in shrublands experiencing pinyon and juniper expansion result in trade-offs between desired vegetation and increased fire behavior

Claire Williams et al.

Landscape-scale fuel treatment effectiveness: lessons learned from wildland fire case studies in forests of the western United States and Great Lakes region

Alexandra K. Urza et al.

2022

The Economic Value of Fuel Treatments: A Review of the Recent Literature for Fuel Treatment Planning

Molly E. Hunter et al.

Comparing risk-based fuel treatment prioritization with alternative strategies for enhancing protection and resource management objectives

Matthew P. Thompson et al.

Low- and moderate-severity fire offers key insights for landscape restoration in ponderosa pine forests

Jeffery B. Cannon et al.

Targeted grazing and mechanical thinning enhance forest stand resilience under a narrow range of wildfire scenarios

Victoria M. Donovan et al.

2021

Introduction to the article by Harold Biswell: Prescribed Burning in Georgia and California Compared

Scott L. Stephens et al.

2020

Longer-term post-fire succession on Wyoming big sagebrush steppe

Jonathan D. Bates et al.

Can we manage a future with more fire? Effectiveness of defensible space treatment depends on housing amount and configuration

Kristin H. Braziunas et al.

Vegetation dynamics following compound disturbance in a dry pine forest: fuel treatment then bark beetle outbreak

Justin S. Crotteau et al.

Ecological niches of tree species drive variability in conifer regeneration abundance following fuels treatments

Kathleen Fialko et al.

Can Mowing Substitute for Fire in Semiarid Grassland?

Lance T. Vermeire et al.

Fuel treatment effectiveness in the context of landform, vegetation, and large, wind‐driven wildfires

Susan J. Prichard et al.

2019

Long-Term Impacts of Fuel Treatment Placement with Respect to Forest Cover Type on Potential Fire Behavior across a Mountainous Landscape

Seth A. Ex et al.

Characterizing fire effects on conifers at tree level from airborne laser scanning and high-resolution, multispectral satellite data

Carine Klauberg et al.

Contain and control: wildfire suppression effectiveness at incidents and across landscapes

Matt P. Plucinski

Fuel dynamics after reintroduced fire in an old-growth Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest

C. Alina Cansler et al.

Drying rates of saturated masticated fuelbeds from Rocky Mountain mixed-conifer stands

Robert E. Keane et al.

Fighting flames and forging firelines: wildfire suppression effectiveness at the fire edge

Matt P. Plucinski

Getting back to fire suméŝ: exploring a multi-disciplinary approach to incorporating traditional knowledge into fuels treatments

Monique D. Wynecoop et al.

Short- and long-term effects of ponderosa pine fuel treatments intersected by the Egley Fire Complex, Oregon, USA

Jessie M. Dodge et al.

Determining burnability: Predicting completion rates and coverage of prescribed burns for fuel management

Thomas J. Duff et al.

Fire and Forest Management in Montane Forests of the Northwestern States and California, USA

Iris Allen et al.

2018

Long-Term Effect of Prescribed Burning Regimes and Logging on Coarse Woody Debris in South-Eastern Australia

Mitchell G. Stares et al.

Prescribed fire regimes subtly alter ponderosa pine forest plant community structure

Becky K. Kerns et al.

Multiobjective prioritization of preselected fuel treatment strategies for public forestland: a case study in Flathead County, Montana

Tony Prato et al.

Negligible impacts of biomass removal on Douglas-fir growth 29 years after outplanting in the northern Rocky Mountains

Woongsoon Jang et al.

It matters when you measure it: using snow-cover Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to isolate post-fire conifer regeneration

Melanie K. Vanderhoof et al.

2017

An evaluation of the Forest Service Hazardous Fuels Treatment Program—Are we treating enough to promote resiliency or reduce hazard?

Nicole M. Vaillant et al.

Impacts of Mastication Fuel Treatments on California, USA, Chaparral Vegetation Structure and Composition

Teresa J. Brennan et al.

Predicting post-fire tree mortality for 12 western US conifers using the First-Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM)

Sharon M. Hood et al.

Uneven-aged silviculture can reduce negative effects of forest management on beetles

Klara Joelsson et al.

Effects of accelerated wildfire on future fire regimes and implications for the United States federal fire policy

Alan A. Ager et al.

Long-term precommercial thinning effects on Larix occidentalis (western larch) tree and stand characteristics

Michael S. Schaedel et al.

Importance of fuel treatment for limiting moderate-to-high intensity fire: Findings from comparative fire modelling

Geoffrey J. Cary et al.

Predicting forest floor and woody fuel consumption from prescribed burns in southern and western pine ecosystems of the United States

Susan J. Prichard et al.

Density-dependent woody detritus accumulation in an even-aged, single-species forest

Michael S. Schaedel et al.

Early forest thinning changes aboveground carbon distribution among pools, but not total amount

Michael S. Schaedel et al.

2016

Forest fuels and potential fire behaviour 12 years after variable-retention harvest in lodgepole pine

Justin S. Crotteau et al.

Tamm Review: Are fuel treatments effective at achieving ecological and social objectives? A systematic review

Elizabeth L. Kalies et al.

The Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System: functionality for fuels treatment planning

Stacy Drury et al.

Fuel size impacts on carbon residuals and combustion dynamics in masticated woody debris

Dan K. Thompson et al.

2015

Prioritization of forest restoration projects: tradeoffs between wildfire protection, ecological restoration, and economic objectives

Kevin C. Vogler et al.

Long-term effects on distribution of forest biomass following different harvesting levels in the Northern Rocky Mountains

Woongsoon Jang et al.

Theory and Practice of Wildland Fuels Management

Philip N. Omi

Optimizing fuel treatments to reduce wildland fire risk

Woodam Chung

Measurements, datasets and preliminary results from the RxCADRE project - 2008, 2011 and 2012

Roger D. Ottmar et al.

Post-fire logging reduces surface woody fuels up to four decades following wildfire

David W. Peterson et al.

Effects of tree cutting and fire on understory vegetation in mixed conifer forests

Scott R. Abella et al.

2014

Fire behavior in masticated fuels: a review

Jesse K. Kreye et al.

Contrasting effects of wildfire and ecological restoration in old-growth western larch forests

Taylor Hopkins et al.

One-hundred years of wildfire research: A legacy of the Priest River, Deception Creek, and Boise Basin Experimental Forests of Idaho

Russell T. Graham et al.

2013

The rising Great Plains fire campaign: citizens' response to woody plant encroachment

Dirac Twidwell et al.

Silviculture research: the intersection of science and art across generations

Theresa B. Jain

Restoring forest resilience: from reference spatial patterns to silvicultural prescriptions and monitoring

Derek J. Churchill et al.

Developing a computerized approach for optimizing individual tree removal to efficiently reduce crown fire potential

Marco A. Contreras et al.

Wildfire exposure and fuel management on western US national forests

Alan A. Ager et al.

Social and ecological factors influencing attitudes toward the application of high-intensity prescribed burns to restore fire adapted grassland ecosystems

David Toledo et al.

Modeled forest inventory data suggest climate benefits from fuels management

Jeremy S. Fried et al.

2012

Effects of fuels reductions on plant communities and soils in a piñon-juniper woodland

Matthew R. Ross et al.

Burning questions for managers: fuels management practices in riparian areas

Kristen E. Meyer et al.

Tree spatial patterns in fire-frequent forests of western North America, including mechanisms of pattern formation and implications for designing fuel reduction and restoration treatments

Andrew J. Larson et al.

Effects of ungulate herbivory on aspen, cottonwood, and willow development under forest fuels treatment regimes

Bryan A. Endress et al.

Pattern and process of prescribed fires influence effectiveness at reducing wildfire severity in dry coniferous forests

Robert S. Arkle et al.

The effects of forest fuel-reduction treatments in the United States

Scott L. Stephens et al.

Modeling tree-level fuel connectivity to evaluate the effectiveness of thinning treatments for reducing crown fire potential

Marco A. Contreras et al.

Do thinning and/or burning treatments in western USA ponderosa or Jeffrey pine-dominated forests help restore natural fire behavior?

Peter Z. Fule et al.

Roads impact the distribution of noxious weeds more than restoration treatments in a lodgepole pine forest in Montana, U.S.A.

Jennifer L. Birdsall et al.

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.

Simulating fuel treatment effects in dry forests of the western United States: testing the principles of a fire-safe forest

Morris C. Johnson et al.

Can fuel-reduction treatments really increase forest carbon storage in the western US by reducing future fire emissions?

John L. Campbell et al.

2010

Prescribed fires as ecological surrogates for wildfires: a stream and riparian perspective

Robert S. Arkle et al.

Restoration treatment effects on stand structure, tree growth, and fire hazard in a ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forest in Montana

Carl E. Fiedler et al.

Fuel reduction management practices in riparian areas of the Western USA

Katharine R. Stone et al.

Effects of fuel treatments on carbon-disturbance relationships in forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains

Elizabeth D. Reinhardt et al.

A comparison of landscape fuel treatment strategies to mitigate wildland fire risk in the urban interface and preserve old forest structure

Alan A. Ager et al.

Fine fuel heating by radiant flux

David Frankman et al.

Thinning and burning in dry coniferous forests of the western United States: effectiveness in altering diameter distributions

Andrew P. Youngblood

Maintaining soil productivity during forest or biomass-to-energy thinning harvests in the western United States

Deborah S. Page-Dumroese et al.

Effects of biomass removal treatments on stand-level fire characteristics in major forest types of the Northern Rocky Mountains

Elizabeth D. Reinhardt et al.

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

Keith Stockmann et al.

2009

Crucial factors influencing public acceptance of fuels treatments

Sarah M. McCaffrey

Fire treatment effects on vegetation structure, fuels, and potential fire severity in western U.S. forests

Scott L. Stephens et al.

Assessing fuel treatment effectiveness using satellite imagery and spatial statistics

Michael C. Wimberly et al.

Fuel treatment guidebook: illustrating treatment effects on fire hazard

Crystal L. Raymond

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

Tania L. Schoennagel et al.

The national fire and fire surrogate study: effects of fuel reduction methods on forest vegetation structure and fuels

Dylan W. Schwilk et al.

2008

Market impacts of a multiyear mechanical fuel treatment program in the U.S.

Jeffrey P. Prestemon et al.

Objectives and considerations for wildland fuel treatment in forested ecosystems of the interior western United States

Elizabeth D. Reinhardt et al.

Spatial-endogenous fire risk and efficient fuel management and timber harvest

Masashi Konoshima et al.

Contingent valuation of fuel hazard reduction treatments

John B. Loomis et al.

Estimating harvest costs for fuel treatments in the west

Rodrigo Arriagada et al.

Fire probability, fuel treatment effectiveness and ecological tradeoffs in Western U.S. public forests

Jonathan J. Rhodes et al.

Reproductive output of ponderosa pine in response to thinning and prescribed burning in western Montana

Gregory D. Peters et al.

2007

Simulation of long-term landscape-level fuel treatment effects on large wildfires

Mark A. Finney et al.

Rapid assessment of postfire plant invasions in coniferous forests of the western United States

Jonathan P. Freeman et al.

Ten-year responses of ponderosa pine growth, vigor, and recruitment to restoration treatments in the Bitterroot Mountains, Montana, USA

Alex Fajardo et al.

Science information for informing forest fuel management in dry forests of the western United States

Sarah M. McCaffrey et al.

Managing forest structure and fire hazard - A tool for planners

Morris C. Johnson et al.

2006

Modeling fuel treatment costs on Forest Service lands in the western United States

David E. Calkin et al.

Effects of fire exclusion on forest structure and composition in unlogged ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests

Eric G. Keeling et al.

Effects of slash, machine passes, and soil moisture on penetration resistance in a cut-to-length harvesting

Han-Sup Han et al.

Wilderness fire management in a changing world

Carol Miller

Estimating volumes and costs of forest biomass in western Montana using forest inventory and geospatial data

Dan R. Loeffler et al.

Snow accumulation in thinned lodgepole pine stands, Montana, USA

Scott W. Woods et al.

Post-wildfire logging hinders regeneration and increases fire risk

Daniel C. Donato et al.

Timber markets and fuel treatments in the western U.S.

Karen L. Abt et al.

2005

Testing transferability of willingness to pay for forest fire prevention among three states of California, Florida, and Montana

John B. Loomis et al.

When to prescribe

Carol Miller

Forest fuel management: a spatial decision-support system developed by RMRS provides forest managers with the tools to effectively remove a build-up of fuels while adhering to principles of ecological multiple-use...

Judy M. Troutwine

Restoration treatments in a Montana ponderosa pine forest: effects on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties

Michael J. Gundale et al.

Forest fuel treatments in western North America: merging silviculture and fire management

Morris C. Johnson et al.

2004

Snags and Coarse Woody Debris: An Important Legacy of Forests in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Daniel B. Tinker et al.

Restoring vigor and reducing hazard in an old growth western larch stand (Montana)

Carl E. Fiedler et al.

2002

Effect of thinning and prescribed burning on crown fire severity in ponderosa pine forests

Jolie Pollet et al.

2001

Can the fire-dependent whitebark pine be saved?

Robert E. Keane

2000

Effects of selection harvest and prescribed fire on the soil nitrogen status of ponderosa pine forests

Thomas H. DeLuca et al.

1999

Fire hazard and potential treatment effectiveness: a statewide assessment in Montana

Carl E. Fiedler et al.

1998

Effects of slash pile burning on the physical and chemical soil properties of Vassar soils

Brian P. Oswald et al.

Reduce fire hazards in ponderosa pine by thinning

Joe H. Scott

1997

Managerial and institutional factors affect prescribed burning costs

Armando Gonzalez-Caban

Podcasts

Jan 6, 2024

In the Woods Episode 44: Slash Piles

Storymaps

Forest change in a future with more fire

Videos

May 16, 2019

Restoring Western Dry Forests: Individuals, Clumps and Openings

Feb 19, 2019

Understanding Fuels: Forest Fire Science

Jul 18, 2014

Prescribed fire: a multipurpose tool

Presentations

Jan 16, 2020

Reintroducing wildland fire in the Wales Creek Wilderness Study Area

May 9, 2019

MASTIDON: a monster of a mastication project

Jan 9, 2017

Elizabeth Reinhardt - Beyond Hazardous Fuels: Restoring Fire (Opening Plenary)

Oct 29, 2015

The role of prescribed fire councils in restoring the West

Oct 16, 2012

Fire perceptions

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Interagency fuel treatment decision support system (IFTDSS)

Past Events

Jun 16, 2022
Reintroducing fire in mixed and high-severity fire regimes: Prescribed fire planning, implementation and effects in lodgepole and subalpine forests
May 31, 2018
Fuel Treatment Effects in Ponderosa Pine and Dry Mixed Conifer Forests: 17 Years after the Fire-Fire Surrogate Study
May 23, 2018
Fuel Treatment Effects in Ponderosa Pine-Douglas-fir Forests: 18 Years after the Lubrecht Fire-Fire Surrogate Study
Dec 2, 2016
Landscape-Level Restoration Workshop: From Theory to Practice: Landscape-Level Restoration Principles to Implementing Priority Work on the Ground
Dec 1, 2016
Landscape-Level Restoration Workshop: From Theory to Practice: Landscape-Level Restoration Principles to Implementing Priority Work on the Ground
Oct 17, 2016
Northern California WTREX
Apr 11, 2016
The Future of Fire and Fuels Management: Adapting Fuels Treatments in a Changing Climate
Apr 11, 2016
5th Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference - Wicked Problem, New Solutions: Our Fire, Our Problem
Mar 16, 2016
5th Annual Washington Prescribed Fire Conference
Mar 8, 2016
Fire and Fuels Ecology and Management in Riparian Areas of the Klamath-Siskiyous: A Workshop and Field Trip for Land Managers
Nov 3, 2015
Natural Areas Conference
Sep 29, 2015
America's Grasslands Conference
Sep 18, 2015
Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation - 2015 Science and Management Workshop
Sep 16, 2015
Prescribed Fire Training Day
Aug 19, 2015
Prescribed Fire Training Day
Jul 16, 2015
Prescribed Fire Training Day
Mar 24, 2015
Wildland Urban Interface Conference
Feb 10, 2015
Washington Prescribed Fire Council Conference
Jan 31, 2015
68th Annual Society for Range Management Meeting: Managing Diversity
Jan 27, 2015
Wildfire Risk and Fuel Treatment Analysis Workshop
Dec 2, 2014
Scaling Up: Exploring Managed Wildfire and Landscape-Scale Prescribed Fire in California
Sep 17, 2014
Boise Basin Field Tour
May 19, 2014
Defining Fuel Treatment Success: Workflows, Metrics, and Evaluation
Jun 13, 2013
Priest River Experimental Forest Integrated Fuel Treatment

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