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Beneficial Fire

Looks at the use of intentionally set, controlled fires for ecological and cultural purposes, including Indigenous fire stewardship, prescribed fire planning, and legal or social challenges to implementation.

Research and Publications


Thinning + burning treatments effectively reduce fire severity

2024 Research Brief

Prescribed Burn Windows Under Future Climatic Conditions

2025 Research Brief

Using prescribed fires in young forests: A pyrosilvicultural approach

2024 Research Brief

Climate change is narrowing and shifting prescribed fire windows

2024 Research Brief

Trends in prescribed fire weather windows from 2000 to 2022 in California

2024 Research Brief

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Past Events and Recordings


Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Fire World

Apr 2, 2026

Fire and Fire Surrogate Studies and SageSTEP: The Benefits of Long-Term Fire Research Webinar

Apr 2, 2026

Indigenous Fire Stewardship: Eco-Cultural Research for Wildfire Resilience in California and Beyond

Mar 20, 2026

Community-Led Prescribed Fire and Fuels Reduction in Butte County, California

Feb 11, 2026

Untrammeling the wilderness: Restoring natural conditions through the return of human-ignited fire

Mar 18, 2025

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