Reburns and post-fire fuels

Peterson, D. W., Dodson, E. K., & Harrod, R. J. (2015). Post-fire logging reduces surface woody fuels up to four decades following wildfire. Forest Ecology and Management, 338, 84–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FORECO.2014.11.016    

Beschta, R. L., Rhodes, J. J., Kauffman, J. B., Gresswell, R. E., Minshall, G. W., Karr, J. R., Perry, D. A., Hauer, F. R., & Frissell, C. A. (2004). Postfire management on forested public lands of the western United States. In Conservation Biology (Vol. 18, Issue 4, pp. 957–967). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00495.x

Donato, D. C., Fontaine, J. B., Campbell, J. L., Robinson, W. D., Kauffman, J. B., & Law, B. E. (2006). Post-wildfire logging hinders regeneration and increases fire risk. Science, 311(5759), 352. https://doi.org/10.1126/SCIENCE.1122855/SUPPL_FILE/DONATO.SOM.REVISED.PDF   

Donato, D. C., Fontaine, J. B., Kauffman, J. B., Robinson, W. D., & Law, B. E. (2013). Fuel mass and forest structure following stand-replacement fire and post-fire logging in a mixed-evergreen forest. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 22(5), 652–666. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF12109   

Johnson, Morris C.; Halofsky, Jessica E.; Peterson, David L. 2013. Effects of salvage logging and pile-and-burn on fuel loading, potential fire behaviour, fuel consumption and emissions. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 22: 757-769. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF12080 

McIver, J. D., & Ottmar, R. (2007). Fuel mass and stand structure after post-fire logging of a severely burned ponderosa pine forest in northeastern Oregon. Forest Ecology and Management, 238(1–3), 268–279. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FORECO.2006.10.021  

Monsanto, P. G., & Agee, J. K. (2008). Long-term post-wildfire dynamics of coarse woody debris after salvage logging and implications for soil heating in dry forests of the eastern Cascades, Washington. Forest Ecology and Management, 255(12), 3952–3961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.048   

Thompson, J. R., Spies, T. A., & Ganio, L. M. (2007). Reburn severity in managed and unmanaged vegetation in a large wildfire. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0700229104

Jennings TN, Smith JE, Cromack K, Sulzman EW, McKay D, Caldwell BA, Beldin SI. Impact of postfire logging on soil bacterial and fungal communities on biogeochemistry in a mixed-conifer forest in central Oregon. Plant Soil [Internet]. 2010; 350:19. Available from: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/journals/pnw_2012_jennings001.pdf   

Wagenbrenner JW. Effects of post-fire salvage logging and a skid trail treatment on ground cover, soils, and sediment production in the interior western United States MacDonald LH. Forest Ecology and Management. 2015, 335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.09.016

Morris C. Johnson, Maureen C. Kennedy, Sarah C. Harrison, Derek Churchill, James Pass, Paul W. Fischer, Effects of post-fire management on dead woody fuel dynamics and stand structure in a severely burned mixed-conifer forest, in northeastern Washington State, USA, Forest Ecology and Management, Volumes 470–471, 2020, 118190, ISSN 0378-1127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118190

Maureen C. Kennedy, Morris C. Johnson, Sarah C. Harrison, Model analysis of post-fire management and potential reburn fire behavior, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 351, 2024, 119664, ISSN 0301-4797, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119664

Povak, N. A., D. J. Churchill, C. A. Cansler, P. F. Hessburg, V. R. Kane, J. T. Kane, J. A. Lutz, and A. J. Larson. 2020. Wildfire severity and postfire salvage harvest effects on long-term forest regeneration. Ecosphere 11(8):e03199. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3199

Reburn severity in managed and unmanaged vegetation in a large wildfire.  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.070022910

Morgan, P., Moy, M., Droske, C.A. et al. Vegetation Response to Burn Severity, Native Grass Seeding, and Salvage Logging. Fire Ecology 11, 31–58 (2015). https://doi.org/10.4996/fireecology.1102031

Cansler, C. Alina; Kane, Van R.; Hessburg, Paul F.; Kane, Jonathan T.; Jeronimo, Sean M.A.; Lutz, James A.; Povak, Nicholas A.; Churchill, Derek J.; Larson, Andrew J. 2022. Previous wildfires and management treatments moderate subsequent fire severity. Forest Ecology and Management, 504(1): 119764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119764.

Prichard, S.J., Salter, R.B., Hessburg, P.F. et al. The REBURN model: simulating system-level forest succession and wildfire dynamics. Fire Ecology 19, 38 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-023-00190-7

Andrew J. Larson, Sean M.A. Jeronimo, Paul F. Hessburg, James A. Lutz, Nicholas A. Povak, C. Alina Cansler, Van R. Kane, Derek J. Churchill, Tamm Review: Ecological principles to guide post-fire forest landscape management in the Inland Pacific and Northern Rocky Mountain regions, Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 504, 2022, 119680, ISSN 0378-1127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119680

Johnson, Morris C., et al. "Effects of post-fire management on dead woody fuel dynamics and stand structure in a severely burned mixed-conifer forest, in northeastern Washington State, USA." Forest Ecology and Management 470 (2020): 118190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118190

Fitzgerald S., Berger C., Leavell D., & Grand L. (n.d.). Fire FAQs—Salvage Cutting: What are the effects on fire behavior and severity? | OSU Extension Service. Retrieved September 10, 2024, from https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pub/em-9195-fire-faqs-salvage-cutting-what-are-effects-fire-behavior-severity

Seeking Consensus In Post-Fire Management: The Canyon Creek Example

Impacts of forest structure and fire severity on reburn potential in western Cascadia

Assessing tree mortality and salvage logging

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/video/assessing-post-fire-survivability-trees-potential-salvage-harvesting-recorded 

PNW SciCast Webinar: Understanding the Consequences of Passive and Active Forest Management Following Large Stand-Replacing Wildfires  

https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/products/multimedia/webinars/pnw-scicast-webinar-understanding-consequences-passive-and-active     

NWFSC Research Brief #10: Post-Fire Logging: Examing Long-Term Effects On Understory Vegetation.  https://www.nwfirescience.org/our-products/nwfsc-research-brief-10-post-fire-logging-examing-long-term-effects-understory   

Vizcarra N. Reburn in the Rain Shadow. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; 2018. https://nwfirescience.org/sites/default/files/publications/scifi211-2.pdf   

Evaluating Soil Risks Associated With Severe Wildfire and Ground-Based Logging. https://www.fs.usda.gov/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr840.pdf 

Duncan, Sally; Mciver, Jim; Ottmar, Roger. 2002. Postfire logging: is it beneficial to a forest. Science Findings. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. October (47): 1-5.  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/products/science-findings/postfire-logging-it-beneficial-forest   

Kirkland, John; Johnson, Morris. 2022. Passive or active management? Understanding consequences and changes after large stand-replacing wildfires. Science Findings 247. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 6p. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/64149  

Interactive Map of Post-Fire Vegetation and Management Case Studies

https://drewlyons.shinyapps.io/fire_map/ 

Umatilla National Forest 2021 Fire Season and Long-Term Restoration

https://usfs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=dbf6c4cac3874062b0b8694d6181be13