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Actively manage dry forest areas that are susceptible to fire and drought

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Approach

Actively manage dry forest areas that are susceptible to fire and drought.

Tactics

  • Conduct more intensive thinning.
  • Introduce frequent fire.
  • Promote ponderosa pine by favoring frequent fires.

Sensitivity

Strategy

Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L.; Ho, J.J. (201X). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in south central Oregon. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-xxx. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. In press., Peterson, D.L.; Halofsky, J.E.; Johnson, M.C. (2011). Managing and adapting to changing fire regimes in a warmer climate. In: McKenzie, D.; Miller, C.; Falk, D., eds. The landscape ecology of fire. New York: Springer: 249–267., Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L., eds. (2017). Climate change and Rocky Mountain ecosystems. Advances in Global Change Research, Volume 63. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

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Climate Change Effect

Resource Area

Relevant Region

Caribbean
Northern Plains
Northwest
Southeast
Southern Plains
Southwest