Modeling Potential Fire Impacts with Landscape Vegetation Scenarios and Changing Climate for the Sierra Nevada and Other Areas in the Western U.S.

Title
Modeling Potential Fire Impacts with Landscape Vegetation Scenarios and Changing Climate for the Sierra Nevada and Other Areas in the Western U.S.
Abstract
Annual wildfire burned area in federally managed Sierra Nevada forests1 has increased by more than 10,000 ha per decade since the early 1970s. At the same time, recent years have seen some extremely large fires compared to the historical record, with significant areas of moderate to high severity fire (e.g., McNally 2002, Rim 2013, King 2014 fires). Changes to fuels and fire regimes due to
fire suppression and land use, as well as warming temperatures and the occurrence of drought, are thought to be significant factors contributing to increased risks of large, severe fires in Sierra Nevada forests.
Begin Date
2016-07-17
Originator Name
U.S. Forest Service
Supplemental Information
Westerling, A.L., J. Milostan, and A.R. Keyser. Final Report: Changing fire, fuels and climate in the Sierra Nevada April 6, 2015
Location
Global or not applicable
Keywords
Climate, Climate Change, Forest, Forest history, Forest Management, Forest Service, Fuels Management, Goodrich, Landscape, Modeling, Sierra Nevada, USFS, Vegetation
Resource Type
Document
Resource Owner
Pax

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