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In 2017, the Dimensions of Resilience workshop was held at the beginning of the Joint Fire Science Project-funded research: What makes for a resilient landscape? Climate, fire and forests in the Northern Rockies project. The first workshop identified pressing questions from the management community about resilience, climate, and fire; and identified characteristics (such as vegetation patterns, wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, timber, carbon storage, and protection of communities from fire) of interest to be modeled.

As a follow up to the first workshop, the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network partnered with the University of Wisconsin for the Learning about Resilient Futures workshop in February, 2020. At this 2020 workshop, the research team shared simulation results at stand, landscape, and regional scales through the end of the 21st century. The research team and managers jointly interpreted what these projections mean for resilience; identified tradeoffs among different dimensions of resilience; determined what management interventions may resolve or inadvertently intensify tradeoffs; and reviewed limitations and appropriate use of modeling results. The group compared expectations from Workshop #1 to model results and identified potential avenues for promoting landscape resilience. Participants were asked to evaluate the process and suggested additional outreach projects for communicating the results more widely.  

The research team was led by Monica G. Turner (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and team members participating in the workshops included Kristin Braziunas, Tyler Hoecker, Zak Ratajczak, Adena Rissman, Rupert Seidl, Leroy Westerling, and Monica Turner. 

NRFSN published a research brief summarizing work from this project. Related publications are shown below.  Keep checking this webpage for updates, as new publications will be displayed here as they become available.

Related Documents from the Research and Publications Database

What makes a resilient landscape? Climate, fire, and forests in the Northern Rockies (Research brief) Monica G. Turner

Looking beyond the mean: Drivers of variability in postfire stand development of conifers in Greater Yellowstone Kristin H. Braziunas et al.

It takes a few to tango: changing climate and fire regimes can cause regeneration failure of two subalpine conifers Winslow D. Hansen et al.

Short-interval severe fire erodes the resilience of subalpine lodgepole pine forests Monica G. Turner et al.

Can wildland fire management alter 21st-century subalpine fire and forests in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA? Winslow D. Hansen et al.

Forest management for novelty, persistence, and restoration influenced by policy and society Adena R. Rissman et al.

Content analysis of resilience in forest fire science and management Owen A. Selles 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.

What makes for a resilient landscape? Climate, fire and forests in the Northern Rockies - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program Monica G. Turner et al.

View of landscape vegetation mosaics created by a lightning-caused fire in the Bob Marshall Wilderness

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