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Sarah M. McCaffrey, PhD

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Sarah M. McCaffrey, PhD

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Rocky Mountain Research Station

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Stephen D. Fillmore, Rachel Bean, Jose Iniguez, Alexander M. Evans, Sepideh Dadashi, Jesse D. Young, Marc D. Meyer, Andrea E. Thode, Shaula J. Hedwall, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2022. Comparing geography and severity of managed wildfires in California and the Southwest USA before and after the implementation of the 2009 policy guidance
Katie McGrath Novak, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Courtney A. Schultz. 2022. Comparing land manager and community perceptions of a Colorado prescribed fire outreach program
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Ana G. Rappold, Mary Clare Hano, Kathleen M. Navarro, Tanya F. Phillips, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Ambarish Vaidyanathan, Karen Abt, Colleen E. Reid, Jason D. Sacks. 2022. Social Considerations: Health, Economics, and Risk Communication
David L. Peterson, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Toral Patel-Weynand. 2022. Wildland Fire Smoke in the United States: A Scientific Assessment
David L. Peterson, Daniel A. Jaffe, Sarah M. McCaffrey, John Hall, Timothy J. Brown. 2022. Assessing the State of Smoke Science
Maureen Essen, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Jesse Abrams, Travis Paveglio. 2022. Improving wildfire management outcomes: Shifting the paradigm of wildfire from simple to complex risk
Gayle S. W. Hagler, Sarah B. Henderson, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Fay H. Johnston, Susan Stone, Ana Rappold, Wayne E. Cascio. 2021. Editorial: Understanding and communicating wildland fire smoke risk
Heidi R. Huber‑Stearns, Anna R. Santo, Courtney A. Schultz, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2021. Network governance in the use of prescribed fire: Roles for bridging organizations and other actors in the western United States
Stephen D. Fillmore, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Alistair M. S. Smith. 2021. A mixed methods literature review and framework for decision factors that may influence the utilization of managed wildfire on federal lands, USA
Fantina Tedim, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Vittorio Leone, Carmen Vazquez-Varela, Yaella Depietri, Petra Buergelt, Raffaella Lovreglio. 2021. Supporting a shift in wildfire management from fighting fires to thriving with fires: The need for translational wildfire science
Hugh Walpole, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Claire Rapp, Robyn Wilson. 2021. Operationalising homeowner wildfire risk mitigation in fire-prone areas
Jesse D. Young, Alexander M. Evans, Jose Iniguez, Andrea Thode, Marc D. Meyer, Shaula J. Hedwall, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Patrick Shin, Ching-Hsun Huang. 2020. Effects of policy change on wildland fire management strategies: Evidence for a paradigm shift in the western US?
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Tara K. McGee, Michael Coughlan, Fantina Tedim. 2020. Understanding wildfire mitigation and preparedness in the context of extreme wildfires and disasters [Chapter 8]
Tara K. McGee, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Fantina Tedim. 2020. Resident and community recovery after wildfires [Chapter 9]
Fantina Tedim, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Vittorio Leone, Giuseppe Mariano Delogu, Marc Castelnou, Tara K. McGee, Jose Aranha. 2020. What can we do differently about the extreme wildfire problem: An overview [Chapter 13]
Rebecca M. Niemiec, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Megan S. Jones. 2020. Clarifying the degree and type of public good collective action problem posed by natural resource management challenges
Hugh D. Walpole, Robyn S. Wilson, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2020. If you love it, let it go: The role of home attachment in wildfire evacuation decisions
J. Kevin Hiers, Joseph J. O'Brien, J. Morgan Varner, Bret W. Butler, Matthew B. Dickinson, James Furman, Michael R. Gallagher, David Godwin, Scott Goodrick, Sharon M. Hood, Andrew T. Hudak, Leda N. Kobziar, Rodman Linn, E. Louise Loudermilk, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Kevin Robertson, Eric M. Rowell, Nicholas Skowronski, Adam C. Watts, Kara Yedinak. 2020. Prescribed fire science: the case for a refined research agenda
Courtney A. Schultz, Matthew P. Thompson, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2019. Forest Service fire management and the elusiveness of change
Courtney A. Schultz, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Heidi R. Huber-Stearns. 2019. Policy barriers and opportunities for prescribed fire application in the western United States
Rebecca Rasch, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2019. Exploring wildfire-prone community trust in wildfire management agencies
Rebecca Rasch, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2019. Local public priorities and preferences for public land management in the Northern Region
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Guy L. Duffner, Lynn M. Decker. 2018. Social dynamics of wildland fire in California [Chapter 27]
Fantina Tedim, Vittorio Leone, Malik Amraoui, Christophe Bouillon, Michael R. Coughlan, Giuseppe M. Delogu, Paulo M. Fernandes, Carmen Ferreira, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Tara K. McGee, Joana Parente, Douglas Paton, Mario G. Pereira, Luís M. Ribeiro, Domingos X. Viegas, Gavriil Xanthopoulos. 2018. Defining extreme wildfire events: Difficulties, challenges, and impacts
Sonya Sachdeva, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2018. Using social media to predict air pollution during California wildfires
Rachel S. Madsen, Hylton J. G. Haynes, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2018. Wildfire risk reduction in the United States: Leadership staff perceptions of local fire department roles and responsibilities
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Robyn Wilson, Avishek Konar. 2017. Should I stay or should I go now? Or should I wait and see? Influences on wildfire evacuation decisions
Robyn S. Wilson, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Eric Toman. 2017. Wildfire communication and climate risk mitigation
Sonya Sachdeva, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Dexter H. Locke. 2017. Social media approaches to modeling wildfire smoke dispersion: spatiotemporal and social scientific investigations
Tara K. McGee, Allan Curtis, Bonita L. McFarlane, Bruce Shindler, Amy Christianson, Christine Olsen, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2016. Facilitating knowledge transfer between researchers and wildfire practitioners about trust: An international case study
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Eric Toman, Melanie Stidham, Bruce Shindler. 2015. Social science findings in the United States
William H. Butler, Ashley Monroe, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2015. Collaborative implementation for ecological restoration on US public lands: implications for legal context, accountability, and adaptive management
Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2015. Community wildfire preparedness: a global state-of-the-knowledge summary of social science research
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Alan Rhodes, Melanie Stidham. 2015. Wildfire evacuation and its alternatives: perspectives from four United States' communities
Toddi A. Steelman, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Anne-Lise Knox Velez, Jason Alexander Briefel. 2015. What information do people use, trust, and find useful during a disaster? Evidence from five large wildfires
Toddi A. Steelman, Branda Nowell, Deena Bayoumi, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2014. Understanding information exchange during disaster response: Methodological insights from infocentric analysis
Melanie Stidham, Christine Olsen, Eric Toman, Stacey Frederick, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Bruce Shindler. 2014. Longitudinal Social Science Research in Natural Resource Communities: Lessons and Considerations
Eric Toman, Bruce Shindler, Sarah M. McCaffrey, James Bennett. 2014. Public acceptance of wildland fire and fuel management: Panel responses in seven locations
Melanie Stidham, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Eric Toman, Bruce Shindler. 2014. Policy tools to encourage community-level defensible space in the United States: A tale of six communities
Eric Toman, David M. Hix, P. Charles Goebel, Stanley D. Gehrt, Robyn S. Wilson, Jennifer A. Sherry, Alexander Silvis, Priscilla Nyamai, Roger A. Williams, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2014. Hazardous fuels management in mixed red pine and eastern white pine forest in the northern Lake States: A synthesis of knowledge
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Melanie Stidham, Hannah Brenkert-Smith. 2013. Little Bear Fire Summary Report
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Anne-Lise Knox Velez, Jason Alexander Briefel. 2013. Difference in information needs for wildfire evacuees and non-evacuees
Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Melanie Stidham. 2013. Pine Ridge Fire summary report
Eric Toman, Melanie Stidham, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Bruce Shindler. 2013. Social science at the wildland-urban interface: a compendium of research results to create fire-adapted communities
Toddi A. Steelman, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2013. Best practices in risk and crisis communication: Implications for natural hazards management
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Christine S. Olsen. 2012. Research perspectives on the public and fire management: a synthesis of current social science on eight essential questions
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Eric Toman, Melanie Stidham, Bruce Shindler. 2012. Social Science Research Related to Wildfire Management: An Overview of Recent Findings and Future Research Needs
Shiloh Sundstrom, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Cassandra Moseley, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2012. Woody biomass utilization trends, barriers, and strategies: Perspectives of U.S. Forest Service managers
Toddi A. Steelman, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2011. What is limiting more flexible fire management—public or agency pressure?
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Melanie Stidham, Eric Toman, Bruce Shindler. 2011. Outreach programs, peer pressure, and common sense: What motivates homeowners to mitigate wildfire risk?
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Greg Winter. 2011. Understanding homeowner preparation and intended actions when threatened by a wildfire
Melanie Stidham, Eric Toman, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Bruce Schinder. 2011. Improving an inherently stressful situation: the role of communication during wildfire evacuations
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher. 2011. Abstracts of proceedings of the second conference on the human dimensions of wildland fire
Christine Vogt, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Greg Winter. 2011. Defensible space features: impact of voluntary versus mandatory programs on a homeowner's attitudes and actions
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher. 2011. Proceedings of the second conference on the human dimensions of wildland fire
Dennis R. Becker, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Dalia Abbas, Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Pamela J. Jakes, Cassandra Moseley. 2011. Conventional wisdoms of woody biomass utilization on federal public lands
Eric Toman, Melanie Stidham, Bruce Shindler, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2011. Reducing fuels in the wildland urban interface: Community perceptions of agency fuels treatments
Christine Vogt, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Greg Winter. 2010. What parts of a house and yard landscape are homeowners maintaining for wildfire safety?
Greg Winter, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Christine A. Vogt. 2009. The role of community policies in defensible space compliance
Anne E. Black, Krista Gebert, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Toddi Steelman, Janie Canton-Thompson. 2009. A multi-disciplinary approach to fire management strategy, suppression costs, community interaction, and organizational performance
Bruce A. Shindler, Eric Toman, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2009. Public perspectives of fire, fuels, and the Forest Service in the Great Lakes Region: a survey of citizen-agency communication and trust
Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2009. Crucial factors influencing public acceptance of fuels treatments
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Alan Rhodes. 2009. Public Response to Wildfire: Is the Australian "Stay and Defend or Leave Early" Approach an Option for Wildfire Management in the United States?
Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2008. The homeowner view of thinning methods for fire hazard reduction: more positive than many think
Eric L. Toman, Bruce Shindler, Jim Absher, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2008. Postfire communications: the influence of site visits on local support.
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Jason J. Moghaddas, Scott L. Stephens. 2008. Different interest group views of fuels treatments: survey results from fire and fire surrogate treatments in a Sierran mixed conifer forest, California, USA
Gwo-Bao Liou, Christine Vogt, Greg Winter, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2008. Residents' values and fuels management approaches
Jeamok Kwon, Christine Vogt, Greg Winter, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2008. Forest fuels treatments for wildlife management: do local recreation users agree?
Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2008. Understanding public perspectives of wildfire risk
Rachel White, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2007. Fuels planning: science synthesis and integration
Sarah M. McCaffrey, Russell T. Graham. 2007. Science information for informing forest fuel management in dry forests of the western United States
Christine Vogt, Greg Winter, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2007. Community views of fuels management: are national forest local recreation users more supportive?
Armando González-Cabán, Richard Haynes, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Evan Mercer, Alan E. Watson. 2007. Fire social science research–selected highlights.
Victoria Sturtevant, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2006. Encouraging Wildland Fire Preparedness: Lessons Learned from Three Wildfire Education Programs
Greg Winter, Christine Vogt, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2006. Residents warming up to fuels management: homeowners? acceptance of wildfire and fuels management in the wildland-urban interface
Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2006. What does wildfire risk mean to the public?
Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2006. Prescribed fire: What influences public approval?
Martha C. Monroe, Lisa Pennisi, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Dennis Mileti. 2006. Social science to improve fuels management: a synthesis of research relevant to communicating with homeowners about fuels management
Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2006. The public and wildland fire management: social science findings for managers
Russell T. Graham, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Terrie B. Jain. 2004. Science basis for changing forest structure to modify wildfire behavior and severity
Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2004. Fighting fire with education: what is the best way to reach out to homeowners?
Brian Kent, Krista Gebert, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Wade Martin, David Calkin, Ervin Schuster, Ingrid Martin, Holly Wise Bender, Greg Alward, Yoshitaka Kumagai, Patricia J. Cohn, Matt Carroll, Dan Williams, Carol Ekarius. 2004. Social and economic issues of the Hayman Fire
Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2004. Thinking of Wildfire as a Natural Hazard
Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2004. Incline Village, Nevada: Steps to improve community preparedness for wildfire.
Brian Kent, Krista Gebert, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Wade Martin, David Calkin, Ervin Schuster, Ingrid Martin, Holly Wise Bender, Greg Alward, Yoshitaka Kumagai, Patricia J. Cohn, Matt Carroll, Daniel R. Williams, Carol Ekarius. 2003. Social and economic issues of the Hayman Fire
John F. Dwyer, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2002. The Wildland-Urban Interface: Increasing Significance, Complexity and Contribution

University Of California--Berkeley, Ph.D., Wildland Resource Science, 2002
University Of California--Berkeley, M.S., Wildland Resource Science, 1995
Stanford University, B.A., International Relations, 1986

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