Publications Library
2023 Washington Prescribed Fire Barriers Assessment Report and Strategic Action Plan.; 2023. Available at: https://www.dnr.wa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/rp_prescribed_fire_barriers_strategic_plan_2023.pdf.
rp_prescribed_fire_barriers_strategic_plan_2023.pdf (8.83 MB)
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Abrupt, climate-induced increase in wildfires in British Columbia since the mid-2000s. Nature. 2023;4(309). Available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00977-1.
s43247-023-00977-1.pdf (5.58 MB)

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Forest Service: Insights for Local Job Creation and Equity from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Journal of Forestry. 2023;121.
community economic development, Wildfire Crisis Strategy, federal land management, United States.pdf (263.63 KB)
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Consequential lightning-caused wildfires and the “let burn” narrative. Fire Ecology. 2023;19(50). Available at: https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-023-00208-0.
s42408-023-00208-0.pdf (3.4 MB)

Consistent spatial scaling of high-severity wildfire can inform expected future patterns of burn severity. Ecology Letters. 2023.
. Contemporary wildfires are more severe compared to the historical reference period in western US dry conifer forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 2023;544.
Does large area burned mean a bad fire year? Comparing contemporary wildfire years to historical fire regimes informs the restoration task in fire-dependent forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 2023;546.
Downwind Fire and Smoke Detection during a Controlled Burn—Analyzing the Feasibility and Robustness of Several Downwind Wildfire Sensing Modalities through Real World Applications. Fire. 2023;6(9). Available at: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/6/9/356.
fire-06-00356.pdf (5.95 MB)

Downwind Fire and Smoke Detection during a Controlled Burn—Analyzing the Feasibility and Robustness of Several Downwind Wildfire Sensing Modalities through Real World Applications. Fire. 2023;6(9). Available at: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/6/9/356.
fire-06-00356.pdf (5.95 MB)

Drivers of California’s changing wildfires: a state-of-the-knowledge synthesis. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2023.
Drivers of California’s changing wildfires- a state-of-the-knowledge synthesis.pdf (3.08 MB)

Dry Live Fuels Increase the Likelihood of Lightning-Caused Fires. Geophysical Research Letters. 2023;50.
Geophysical Research Letters - 2023 - Rao.pdf (1.08 MB)

A firebreak placement model for optimizing biodiversity protection at landscape scale. Journal of Environmental Management. 2023;342.
Fuel Profiles and Biomass Carbon Following Bark Beetle Outbreaks: Insights for Disturbance Interactions from a Historical Silvicultural Experiment. Ecosystems. 2023. Available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/65972.
rmrs_2023_morris_j001.pdf (2.15 MB)

Heading and backing fire behaviours mediate the influence of fuels on wildfire energy. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2023. Available at: https://www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF22010.
Birch et al_2023_heading and backing fire behavior.pdf (2.46 MB)

Heading and backing fire behaviours mediate the influence of fuels on wildfire energy. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2023. Available at: https://www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF22010.
Birch et al_2023_heading and backing fire behavior.pdf (2.46 MB)

Identifying opportunity hot spots for reducing the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in western US conifer forests. Environmental Research Letters. 2023;18.
Peeler_2023_Environ._Res._Lett._18_094040.pdf (2.72 MB)

Multiple Stories, Multiple Marginalities: The Labor-Intensive Forest and Fire Stewardship Workforce in Oregon. Fire. 2023;6(7):268.
fire-06-00268.pdf (317.97 KB)
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Prescribed fire after thinning increased resistance of sub-Mediterranean pine forests to drought events and wildfires. Forest Ecology and Management. 2023;527.
. Quantifying the contribution of major carbon producers to increases in vapor pressure deficit and burned area in western US and southwestern Canadian forests. Environmental Research Letters. 2023;18.
Quantifying the contribution of major carbon producers to increases in vapor pressure deficit and burned area in western US and southwestern Canadian forests .pdf (6.65 MB)

Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States. PNAS. 2023;120(11).
pnas.2208120120.pdf (5.12 MB)

Refuge-yeah or refuge-nah? Predicting locations of forest resistance and recruitment in a fiery world. Global Change Biology. 2023.
Shaded fuel breaks create wildfire-resilient forest stands: lessons from a long-term study in the Sierra Nevada. Fire Ecology. 2023;19. Available at: https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-023-00187-2.
Shaded fuel breaks create wildfire-resilient forest stands: lessons from a long-term study in the Sierra Nevada.pdf (2.24 MB)

Shifting social-ecological fire regimes explain increasing structure loss from Western wildfires . PNAS Nexus. 2023;2(3).
Shifting social-ecological fire regimes explain increasing structure loss from Western wildfires.pdf (3.07 MB)
