A double whammy: Climate change and stand-replacing wildfires

Sean A. Parks

Treesearch

A double whammy: Climate change and stand-replacing wildfires

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Sean A. Parks

Year:

2019

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), December 2019. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

There are management actions that forest managers can undertake to reduce non-forest conversion. They cannot affect the climate, but they can influence the manner in which fires burn. Managers can reduce the probability of stand-replacing fire with fuel treatments, prescribed fire, and allowing lightning-ignited fire to burn when weather conditions are not extreme.

Keywords

Science You Can Use, SYCU, climate change, wildfire, stand replacement, forest management

Citation

Parks, Sean. 2019. A double whammy: Climate change and stand-replacing wildfires. Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), December 2019. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.