Burning questions answered: New review examines 30 years of fuel treatment effects on wildfire severity

Annabelle Moore; Kimberley T. Davis; Jamie Peeler; Joseph Fargione

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Burning questions answered: New review examines 30 years of fuel treatment effects on wildfire severity

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Annabelle Moore, Kimberley T. Davis, Jamie Peeler, Joseph Fargione

Year:

2024

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), June 2024. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

More high-severity wildfire is occurring in the U.S. West and affecting people and forests in challenging ways. In places where mitigating high-severity wildfire is desirable, returning low-severity fire through fuel treatments is common practice. The last quantitative review of fuel treatment research happened 10 years ago. Much has been learned since then.

Keywords

wildfire, fuel treatments, fuels, prescribed burning

Citation

Moore, Annabelle; Davis, Kimberley T.; Peeler, Jamie; Fargione, Joseph. 2024. Burning questions answered: New review examines 30 years of fuel treatment effects on wildfire severity. Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), June 2024. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.