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California wildland fires burning mostly in non-forests

2022 Research Brief

Description

Wildfires in California burn across a broad diversity of land cover types with different implications for each unique ecosystem.  This paper shows that most of California’s recent wildfires burn outside of forests and forest management is just one piece of a very large, very nuanced problem.


Author

This brief was written by Malcolm North, Ryan Tompkins, and Brandon Collins and produced by the CFSC.

Contact

For more information, contact mnorth@ucdavis.edu, retompkins@ucanr.edu, and bcollins@berkeley.edu.

Additional Information

North, Malcolm P., Ryan E. Tompkins, Alexis A. Bernal, Brandon M. Collins, Scott L. Stephens, and Robert A. York. "Operational resilience in western US frequent-fire forests." Forest Ecology and Management 507 (2022): 120004.