A5032583603- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Oregon State University
2014-2022
US Forest Service
2017
Spies, T. A., E. M. White, J. D. Kline, A. P. Fischer, Ager, Bailey, Bolte, Koch, Platt, C. S. Olsen, Jacobs, B. Shindler, Steen-Adams, and R. Hammer. 2014. Examining fire-prone forest landscapes as coupled human natural systems. Ecology Society 19(3): 9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06584-190309
Spies, T. A., E. White, A. Ager, J. D. Kline, P. Bolte, K. Platt, Olsen, R. Pabst, M.G. Barros, Bailey, S. Charnley, Morzillo, Koch, M. Steen-Adams, H. Singleton, Sulzman, C. Schwartz, and B. Csuti. 2017. Using an agent-based model to examine forest management outcomes in a fire-prone landscape Oregon, USA. Ecology Society 22(1):25. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08841-220125
Barros, A. M. G., Ager, Day, H. K. Preisler, T. Spies, E. White, R. Pabst, Olsen, Platt, J. D. Bailey, and P. Bolte. 2017. Spatiotemporal dynamics of simulated wildfire, forest management, succession in central Oregon, USA. Ecology Society 22(1):24. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08917-220124
Disasters result from hazards affecting vulnerable people. Most disasters research by anthropologists focuses on vulnerability; this article natural hazards. We use the case of wildfire mitigation United States Forest Service lands in northwestern to examine social, political, and economic variables at multiple scales that influence fire hazard risk reduction treatments their effectiveness. Variables highlighted include policy direction prioritize wildland-urban interface, laws policies make...
Wildfire is an influential driver of social and ecological change that calls for adaptive governance on federal lands. We identify supporting limiting elements in the context wildfire management Deschutes National Forest (DNF). use key findings to propose actions leverage points increase US Service's ability engage governance. Our research suggests within Service are generally found at local scale. These supportive can be tapped shed national-scale rigidity traps lock into have had...