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 Accurate prediction of post-fire tree mortality is critical for making sound land management decisions such as developing burning prescriptions and post-fire salvage marking guidelines.
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 Although detailed fire and lightning occurrence data have been compiled for federal lands in the United States in recent decades, little research has been conducted evaluating spatial and/or temporal associations that might be revealed by direct comparisons and spatial analyses of these data.
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 Survival of conifers following wildfire depends on the type and degree of injuries sustained and the post-fire environment, which includes weather, stand attributes, and insect and disease population dynamics.
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Forest fires were widespread throughout the US northern Rocky Mountains during the regional-fire years of 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2007.
The project took place in four large Wilderness areas in the western United States which encompass some of the most fire-prone forests in the western United States.
This report synthesizes the literature and current state of knowledge pertaining to reintroducing fire in stands where it has been excluded for long periods and the impact of these introductory fires on overstory tree injury and mortality.
Can We Do It Without Killing the Trees We Are Trying to Save?The use of prescribed fire has become a major tool for restoring fire-dependent ecosystem health throughout the west and use will likely increase in the future.