Plant and Soil, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 479(1-2), P. 25 - 52
Published: April 14, 2022
Language: Английский
Fire Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 20(1)
Published: May 21, 2024
Abstract Background Over the last four decades, wildfires in forests of continental western United States have significantly increased both size and severity after more than a century fire suppression exclusion. Many these historically experienced frequent were fuel limited. To date, reduction treatments been small too widely dispersed to impacted this trend. Currently new land management plans are being developed on most 154 National Forests that will guide support ground practices for next 15–20 years. Results During plan development, we recommend Strategic Fire Zones (SFZs) be identified large blocks (≥ 2,000 ha) Federal forest lands, buffered 1–2.4 km) from wildland-urban interface reintroduction beneficial fire. In SFZs, lightning ignitions, as well prescribed cultural burns, would used reduce fuels restore ecosystem services. Although such successfully established limited number Parks Wilderness Areas, identify extensive remote areas US (8.3–12.7 million ha), outside wilderness (85–88%), where they could established. Potential wildland Operational Delineations or PODs SFZ boundaries. We outline steps identify, implement, monitor, communicate use benefits SFZs. Conclusions Enhancing collaboration knowledge-sharing with Indigenous communities can play vital role gaining agency public building narrative how rebuild climate-adapted regimes live within them. Meaningful increases multiply amount landscape while reducing risk their impacts structures
Language: Английский
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Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 351, P. 119731 - 119731
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7
Published: May 29, 2024
Tree establishment following severe or stand-replacing disturbance is critical for achieving U.S. climate change mitigation goals and maintaining the co-benefits of intact forest ecosystems. In many contexts, natural post-fire tree regeneration sufficient to maintain cover associated ecosystem services, but increasingly pattern scale exceeds ecological thresholds active reforestation may be warranted. Our capacity plant trees, however, not keeping pace with needs. This shortfall uniquely apparent in western U.S., where wildfire size severity have increased recent decades long-term divestment supply chain has limited our ability respond existing Here we present an analysis key facets both demand side address six questions: (1) What current backlog potential needs driven by high-severity wildfire?; (2) How will increasing activity through end century affect needs?; (3) meet future (4) can demands?; (5) approaches promote resilience (6) Where are opportunities emerging from policy initiatives, innovative public-private partnerships, capital markets scaling reforestation? Between 1984 2000, annual planting met cumulatively over last two (2000 2021) it fallen short fire-driven estimated 1.5 million ha ( ca. 3.8 ac). We anticipate this gap increase 2 3 fold 2050. Scaling up efforts close require investment across all chain, novel that forests drought wildfire. highlight initiatives conservation finance expanding efforts.
Language: Английский
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 121(32)
Published: July 29, 2024
The climate crisis has exacerbated many ecological and cultural problems including wildfire drought vulnerability, biodiversity declines, social justice equity. While there are concepts of resilience, the exemplar practices Indigenous stewardship recognized in having sustained peoples their countries for millennia past change events. California been at crossroads these issues, historic current contributions to addressing provide an excellent study ecocultural leadership by achieve resilience.
Language: Английский
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Plant and Soil, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 479(1-2), P. 25 - 52
Published: April 14, 2022
Language: Английский
Citations
26