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Fitting Solutions to the Problems of California Wildfires

2021 Research Brief

Description

To demonstrate where resources might be better allocated across the state, these authors examined the distribution of area burned and structures lost across five different California vegetation types and how the distribution of fire has changed in these landscapes through time.


Contact

Jon E. Keeley, jon_keeley@usgs.gov 

Marti Witter, marti_witter@nps.gov 

Liz van Mantgem, evanmantgem@usgs.gov

Additional Information

Schwartz, Mark W., and Alexandra D. Syphard. 2021. Fitting the solutions to the problems in managing extreme wildfire in California. Environmental Research Communications 3: 9pp.