The field of prescribed fire: A resource hub
The Field of Prescribed Fire
The prescribed fire field is vast and varied.
To support you in your knowledge of the diverse topics that are relevant for prescribed fire practitioners, Audubon Canyon Ranch’s prescribed fire leaders and ecologists have compiled excerpts from the growing body of scientific research, traditional ecological knowledge, and papers from subject-area experts. We will add to this resource page regularly. Enjoy, and check back often!
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Fire has long been a critical ecological process used by humans. Prescribed fire is a tool to manage the current build-up of fuels in western US forests.
Misinformation confuses people about the causes, contexts, and impacts of wildfire and hinders our ability to adapt to and plan for inevitable future fires.
The empirical risk of liability from escaped fires is minimal (>1%). Other factors may be leading to landowners’ exaggerated concerns of risk of liability when considering use of prescribed fire.
This chapter explores why management and restoration of the Sierra Nevada bioregion should be grounded in historical as well as ecological research.
Skies were likely smokey much of the summer and fall in California during the prehistoric period. Increasing the use of fire in California is an important land management objective.
A fire scar analysis from the Bolinas Ridge/Kent Lake area revealed a total of 217 separate fires between 1399 and 1945. . .
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