2023 Research Brief
Description
This study leveraged data collected from 20-year-old forest monitoring plots within fuel treatment units that captured a range of wildfire occurrence (i.e., not burned, burned once, or burned twice) following application of initial thinning treatments and prescribed fire.
Additional Information
Low, K.E., J.J. Battles, R.E. Tompkins, C.P. Dillingham, S.L. Stephens, B.M. Collins. 2023. Shaded fuel breaks create wildfire-resilient forest stands: lessons from a long-term study in the Sierra Nevada. Fire Ecology 19: 29.