A5067406527- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
University of Oregon
2021-2024
Background To combat losses and threats from fire exclusion extreme wildfire events, communities in the United States are increasingly self-organizing through locally led Prescribed Burn Associations (PBAs) to plan implement prescribed burns on private lands. Aim Our study aimed document expansion of PBAs provide insight into their structure, function, impacts. Methods Leaders 135 known across were invited participate an online survey. Key results Survey demonstrate a widespread emergence...
Abstract Prescribed fire has been increasingly promoted to reduce wildfire risk and restore fire‐adapted ecosystems. Yet, the complexities of forest ecosystem dynamics in response disturbances, climate change, drought stress, combined with myriad social policy barriers, have inhibited widespread implementation. Using succession model LANDIS‐II, we investigated likely impacts increasing prescribed frequency extent on severity carbon storage at local landscape scales. Specifically, ask how...
Federal land managers in the United States are permitted to manage wildfires with strategies other than full suppression under appropriate conditions achieve natural resource objectives. However, policy and scientific support for "managed wildfire" appear insufficient its broad use. We conducted case studies northern New Mexico southwestern Utah examine how stakeholders navigated shifting barriers opportunities use managed wildfire from 2018 2021. The of was fostered through an active...
This study examined how wildfire risk is framed by different entities and actors within a common region, during after experiencing several large events. Using social constructionist lens, we viewed as fluid variable concept that socially constructed through public discourse. Inconsistent constructions of may pose challenges for effective governance management, which requires the coordination diverse including government, land managers, homeowners, community groups. We sought to understand...
Managing wildfire risk across boundaries and scales is critical in fire-prone landscapes around the world, as a variety of actors undertake mitigation response activities according to jurisdictional, conceptual administrative boundaries, based on available human, organisational, technical financial resources. There need catalyse coordination more effectively collectively manage risk. We interviewed 102 people five large landscape case studies western United States categorise how...
Abstract This paper presents the first nationwide analysis detailing scope and scale of labor-intensive forestry contracts performed on National Forest System lands examines businesses contracted, location types work performed, distance traveled by between 2001 2020. During study period, 61,698 were awarded to 7,896 businesses, totaling $12.9 billion, perform work, with most being contracted for wildfire-related activities. Businesses typically located in western states non-minority owned...