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Prescribed fire in North America forests and woodlands: history, current practice, and challenges

Year: 2013

Whether ignited by lightning or by Native Americans, fire once shaped many North American ecosystems. Euro–American settlement and 20th-century fire suppression practices drastically altered historic fire regimes, leading to excessive fuel accumulation and uncharacteristically severe wildfires in some areas and diminished flammability resulting from shifts to more fire-sensitive forest species in others. Prescribed fire is a valuable tool for fuel management and ecosystem restoration, but the practice is fraught with controversy and uncertainty. Here, we summarize fire use in the forests and…

Prescribed Burning, Public Perceptions of Fire and Smoke, Social and Community Impacts of Fire

indigenous fire stewardship, management

Publication Type: Journal Article

Making monitoring count: project design for active adaptive management

Year: 2013

Ongoing environmental change requires that managers develop strategies capable of achieving multiple objectives in an uncertain future. Active adaptive management (AAM) offers a robust approach to reducing uncertainty while also considering diverse stakeholder perspectives. Important features of AAM include recognition of learning as a management objective, integration of monitoring throughout all aspects of project design and implementation, and use of experimental design in project planning. These features facilitate collaborator engagement and adaptive management based on credible…

Communicating about Fire, Public Perceptions of Fire and Smoke

collaboration, management, adaptation

Publication Type: Journal Article