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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Clintonia uniflora (queencup beadlily) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire management…
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Fire managers define the wildland-urban interface as all areas were flammable wildland fuels are adjacent to homes and communities. With this definition, the wild-land-urban interface may encompass a much broader landscape than traditionally…
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The Scripps Experimental Climate Prediction Center has been routinely making regional forecasts of atmospheric elements and fire danger indices since 27 September 1997. This study evaluates these forecasts using selected remote automated weather…
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Information about avian responses to fire in the U.S. Rocky Mountains is based solely on studies of crown fires. However, fire management in this region is based primarily on studies of low-elevation ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests…
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Organizations managing forest land often make fire management decisions that seem overly risk-averse in relation to their stated goals for ecosystem restoration, protection of sensitive species and habitats, and protection of water and timber…
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Research reveals that human error contributes 60 to 80 percent of error in aviation accidents and disasters. Thus, despite innovations in technology and safety materials, individuals must be able to make speedy yet intelligent decisions and be able…
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This 3-year research project is identifying the climate drivers of regional fire and fuel dynamics in the Northern Rockies in the past, present, and future. We are identifying regional fire years from two sources: multicentury tree-ring…
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The natural fuels stereo photo series is a collection of geo-referenced data and photographs that display a range of natural conditions, fuel loadings, and other fuelbed characteristics in a wide variety of forest-, woodland-, shrub-, and grass-…
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In recent years, extreme climate has increasingly triggered record boreal wildfires. The year 2023 saw a significant surge in wildfire occurrences in Canada, far surpassing the historical record. In this study, multi-source data were utilized for a…
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Fire hazard reflects the potential fire behavior and magnitude of effects as a function of fuel conditions. This fact sheet discusses crown fuels, surface fuels, and ground fuels and their contribution and involvement in wildland fire.
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This chapter describes the snags and coarse woody debris (CWD) in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Severe forest fires, such as those that occurred in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of 1988, create ephemeral forests of dead trees. For many…
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Invasion of non-native plant species into natural and managed ecosystems is a widespread problem, with potentially devastating ecological and economic consequences. Increased occurrence and severity of wildland fires has been identified as a…
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This paper presents the computation procedures for estimating average annual water yields based on annual precipitation and vegetation cover types. This procedures allows for an estimation of water yields under current conditions, under various…
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Causes and implications of spatial variability in postfire tree density and understory plant cover for patterns of aboveground net primary production (ANPP) and leaf area index (LAI) were examined in ninety 11-year-old lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Sorghum halepense (Johnson grass) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, invasiveness of the species, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes, and fire…
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Fuels planning: science synthesis and integration; economic uses fact sheet 8: prescribed fire costs
Although the use of prescribed fire as a management tool is widespread, there is great variability and uncertainty in the treatment costs. Given specific site variables and management objectives, how much will it cost to use prescribed fire? This…
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Land managers need cost-effective methods for mapping and characterizing fire fuels quickly and accurately. The advent of sensors with increased spatial resolution may improve the accuracy and reduce the cost of fuels mapping. The objective of this…
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This FEIS species review synthesizes information on the relationship of Lepidium latifolium (perennial pepperweed) to fire--how fire affects the species and its habitat, invasiveness of the species, effects of the species on fuels and fire regimes,…
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Over the past decade, an increase in larger wildland fires has converged with rapid growth in the wildland-urban interface. Suppression resources, including firefighters, equipment and money, are pressed to their limits. Attacking every fire with…
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Exotic species were monitored following treatments designed to reduce wildfire hazard and initiate restoration of forest structure and process in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)/Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga mensiezii) forests to compare response among…
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