Introduction

Jonathan W. Long; Carl N. Skinner; Hugh Safford; Susan Charnley; Patricia L. Winter

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Introduction

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jonathan W. Long, Carl N. Skinner, Hugh Safford, Susan Charnley, Patricia L. Winter

Year:

2014

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-247. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 3-16. Chap. 1.1

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Abstract

National forests in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade bioregions have begun to review and revise their land and resource management plans (LRMPs). The three most southern national forests of the Sierra Nevada (Inyo, Sequoia, and Sierra) were selected to be the lead forests for the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) and are among the first of the Nation's 155 national forests to update their plans. The new planning rule requires the forests to consider the best available science and encourages a more active role for research in plan development. To help meet this requirement, the Region 5 leadership asked the Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) to develop a synthesis of relevant science that has become available since the development of the existing LRMPs.

Parent Publication

Science synthesis to support socioecological resilience in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range

Keywords

ecological restoration, socioecological systems, ecosystem resilience, forest planning, fire management, altered fire regimes, wildfire, climate change, anthropogenic disturbance, invasive species, water resources, species of conservation concern, California

Citation

Long, J.W.; Skinner, C.; Safford, H.; Charnley, S.; Winter, P. 2014. Introduction. In: Long, J.W.; Quinn-Davidson, L.; Skinner, C.N., eds. Science synthesis to support socioecological resilience in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-247. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 3-16. Chap. 1.1.