Fire and Forest Management in Montane Forests of the Northwestern States and California, USA
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. History of Management
3.1. Fire Suppression
3.2. Logging
3.3. Land Ownership
4. Current Issues
4.1. Increasing Fire Severity and Area
4.2. Structural and Functional Changes
4.3. Climate Change
5. Current Management
5.1. Fuels Treatment
5.2. Thinning to Increase Heterogeneity
5.3. Use of Plantation after a High-Severity Fire
5.4. Shift in Policy
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Allen, I.; Chhin, S.; Zhang, J. Fire and Forest Management in Montane Forests of the Northwestern States and California, USA. Fire 2019, 2, 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire2020017
Allen I, Chhin S, Zhang J. Fire and Forest Management in Montane Forests of the Northwestern States and California, USA. Fire. 2019; 2(2):17. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire2020017
Chicago/Turabian StyleAllen, Iris, Sophan Chhin, and Jianwei Zhang. 2019. "Fire and Forest Management in Montane Forests of the Northwestern States and California, USA" Fire 2, no. 2: 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire2020017