The Science of Firescapes: Achieving Fire-Resilient Communities

Alistair M.S. Smith; Crystal A. Kolden; Travis B. Paveglio; Mark A. Cochrane; David M.J.S. Bowman; Max A. Moritz; Andrew D. Kliskey; Lilian Alessa; Andrew T. Hudak; Chad M. Hoffman; James A. Lutz; Lloyd P. Queen; Scott J. Goetz; Philip E. Higuera; Luigi Boschetti; Mike Flannigan; Kara M. Yedinak; Adam C. Watts; Eva K. Strand; Jan W. Van Wagtendonk; John W. Anderson; Brian J. Stocks; John T. Abatzoglou

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The Science of Firescapes: Achieving Fire-Resilient Communities

Alistair M.S. Smith, Crystal A. Kolden, Travis B. Paveglio, Mark A. Cochrane, David M.J.S. Bowman, Max A. Moritz, Andrew D. Kliskey, Lilian Alessa, Andrew T. Hudak, Chad M. Hoffman, James A. Lutz, Lloyd P. Queen, Scott J. Goetz, Philip E. Higuera, Luigi Boschetti, Mike Flannigan, Kara M. Yedinak, Adam C. Watts, Eva K. Strand, Jan W. Van WagtendonkJohn W. Anderson, Brian J. Stocks, John T. Abatzoglou

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Abstract

Wildland fire management has reached a crossroads. Current perspectives are not capable of answering interdisciplinary adaptation and mitigation challenges posed by increases in wildfire risk to human populations and the need to reintegrate fire as a vital landscape process. Fire science has been, and continues to be, performed in isolated "silos," including institutions (e.g., agencies versus universities), organizational structures (e.g., federal agency mandates versus local and state procedures for responding to fire), and research foci (e.g., physical science, natural science, and social science). These silos tend to promote research, management, and policy that focus only on targeted aspects of the "wicked" wildfire problem. In this article, we provide guiding principles to bridge diverse fire science efforts to advance an integrated agenda of wildfire research that can help overcome disciplinary silos and provide insight on how to build fire-resilient communities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	130-146
Number of pages	17
Journal	BioScience
Volume	66
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biv182
State	Published - Feb 1 2016

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Concepts for this manuscript were developed from a workshop on the Grand Fire Science Challenges hosted by the University of Idaho, in Moscow (16–18 April 2014). Partial funding for this research for CAK, JTA, LA, ADK, AMSS, JWA, and TBP was provided by the National Science Foundation under Hazards SEES award no. 1520873. AMSS was additionally funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under award no.NNX11AO24G. AMSS and JWA were partially funded by the National Science Foundation Idaho EPSCoR program under award no. IIA-1301792. LA and ADK were partially funded by the National Science Foundation Alaska EPSCoR program under award no. OIA-1208927. Special thanks to Rob Gazzard (the Forestry Commission England) and Ross Bradstock (the University of Wollongong) for reviewing the United Kingdom and Australian case studies, respectively. The case studies contain data produced by the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada, and this data have not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of, these governments.

Funders	Funder number
OIA-1208927
IIA-1301792
1636476, 1443108, 1208927, 1520873
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Forestry Commission

Keywords

adaptation
fire
mitigation
resilience
wildland

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Smith, A. M. S., Kolden, C. A., Paveglio, T. B., Cochrane, M. A., Bowman, D. M. J. S., Moritz, M. A., Kliskey, A. D., Alessa, L., Hudak, A. T., Hoffman, C. M., Lutz, J. A., Queen, L. P., Goetz, S. J., Higuera, P. E., Boschetti, L., Flannigan, M., Yedinak, K. M., Watts, A. C., Strand, E. K., ... Abatzoglou, J. T. (2016). The Science of Firescapes: Achieving Fire-Resilient Communities. BioScience, 66(2), 130-146. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biv182

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