Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing Climate
As the effects of climate change accumulate and intensify, resource managers juggle existing goals and new mandates to operationalize adaptation. Fire managers contend with the direct effects of climate change on resources in addition to climate-induced disruptions to fire regimes and subsequent eco...
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| author | Martha Sample Andrea E. Thode Courtney Peterson Michael R. Gallagher William Flatley Megan Friggens Alexander Evans Rachel Loehman Shaula Hedwall Leslie Brandt Maria Janowiak Christopher Swanston |
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| description | As the effects of climate change accumulate and intensify, resource managers juggle existing goals and new mandates to operationalize adaptation. Fire managers contend with the direct effects of climate change on resources in addition to climate-induced disruptions to fire regimes and subsequent ecosystem effects. In systems stressed by warming and drying, increased fire activity amplifies the pace of change and scale of severe disturbance events, heightening the urgency for management action. Fire managers are asked to integrate information on climate impacts with their professional expertise to determine how to achieve management objectives in a changing climate with altered fire regimes. This is a difficult task, and managers need support as they incorporate climate adaptation into planning and operations. We present a list of adaptation strategies and approaches specific to fire and climate based on co-produced knowledge from a science–management partnership and pilot-tested in a two-day workshop with natural resource managers and regional stakeholders. This “menu” is a flexible and useful tool for fire managers who need to connect the dots between fire ecology, climate science, adaptation intent, and management implementation. It was created and tested as part of an adaptation framework used widely across the United States and should be applicable and useful in many fire-prone forest ecosystems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e15024089d244569178eea5bdb9c7e52023-12-01T01:21:24ZengMDPI AGClimate2225-11542022-04-011045810.3390/cli10040058Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing ClimateMartha Sample0Andrea E. Thode1Courtney Peterson2Michael R. Gallagher3William Flatley4Megan Friggens5Alexander Evans6Rachel Loehman7Shaula Hedwall8Leslie Brandt9Maria Janowiak10Christopher Swanston11Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USASchool of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USANorthern Institute of Applied Climate Science, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub, Houghton, MI 49931, USAUSDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, New Lisbon, NJ 08064, USADepartment of Geography, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR 72035, USAUSDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Albuquerque, NM 87102, USAForest Stewards Guild, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USAUS Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK 99508, USAUS Fish and Wildlife Service, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USANorthern Institute of Applied Climate Science, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub, Houghton, MI 49931, USANorthern Institute of Applied Climate Science, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub, Houghton, MI 49931, USANorthern Institute of Applied Climate Science, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub, Houghton, MI 49931, USAAs the effects of climate change accumulate and intensify, resource managers juggle existing goals and new mandates to operationalize adaptation. Fire managers contend with the direct effects of climate change on resources in addition to climate-induced disruptions to fire regimes and subsequent ecosystem effects. In systems stressed by warming and drying, increased fire activity amplifies the pace of change and scale of severe disturbance events, heightening the urgency for management action. Fire managers are asked to integrate information on climate impacts with their professional expertise to determine how to achieve management objectives in a changing climate with altered fire regimes. This is a difficult task, and managers need support as they incorporate climate adaptation into planning and operations. We present a list of adaptation strategies and approaches specific to fire and climate based on co-produced knowledge from a science–management partnership and pilot-tested in a two-day workshop with natural resource managers and regional stakeholders. This “menu” is a flexible and useful tool for fire managers who need to connect the dots between fire ecology, climate science, adaptation intent, and management implementation. It was created and tested as part of an adaptation framework used widely across the United States and should be applicable and useful in many fire-prone forest ecosystems.https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/10/4/58climate adaptationwildfireprescribed firefuel treatmentsadaptive managementrestoration |
| spellingShingle | Martha Sample Andrea E. Thode Courtney Peterson Michael R. Gallagher William Flatley Megan Friggens Alexander Evans Rachel Loehman Shaula Hedwall Leslie Brandt Maria Janowiak Christopher Swanston Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing Climate Climate climate adaptation wildfire prescribed fire fuel treatments adaptive management restoration |
| title | Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing Climate |
| title_full | Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing Climate |
| title_fullStr | Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing Climate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing Climate |
| title_short | Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing Climate |
| title_sort | adaptation strategies and approaches for managing fire in a changing climate |
| topic | climate adaptation wildfire prescribed fire fuel treatments adaptive management restoration |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/10/4/58 |
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