Burning questions answered: New review examines 30 years of fuel treatment effects on wildfire severity

More high-severity wildfire is occurring in the U.S. West and affecting people and forests in challenging ways. In places where mitigating high-severity wildfire is desirable, returning low-severity fire through fuel treatments is common practice. The last quantitative review of fuel treatment research happened 10 years ago. Much has been learned since then. Music courtesy of Souvenir Thread. Read the Science You Can Use and access related content on Treesearch.