Supporting a shift in wildfire management from fighting fires to thriving with fires: the need fo... more Supporting a shift in wildfire management from fighting fires to thriving with fires: the need for translational wildfire science www.nrfirescience.org/resource/23616 Despite the increasing challenges wildfires are posing around the globe, and the flourishing production of high-quality wildfire scientific knowledge, the ability of fire science to impact knowledge on the ground, for people, society, economy, and the environment, in a way that facilitates change in the current wildfire management...
Supporting a shift in wildfire management from fighting fires to thriving with fires: the need fo... more Supporting a shift in wildfire management from fighting fires to thriving with fires: the need for translational wildfire science www.nrfirescience.org/resource/23616 Despite the increasing challenges wildfires are posing around the globe, and the flourishing production of high-quality wildfire scientific knowledge, the ability of fire science to impact knowledge on the ground, for people, society, economy, and the environment, in a way that facilitates change in the current wildfire management...
Broadly defined, All-lands Management (ALM) is a land management approach involving collaborative... more Broadly defined, All-lands Management (ALM) is a land management approach involving collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration at the landscape scale, across ownership and jurisdictional boundaries. My research investigates collaborative groups working to reduce wildfire risk by applying ALM. Fire risk in the Pacific West (California and Oregon) is increasing in severity and extent due to fire suppression and is exacerbated by the effects of drought, climate change, and expanding residential development. For decades federal, state, and local entities have expressed the need to work collaboratively, across boundaries and ownerships to reintroduce fire back onto the landscape to restore forest resiliency. This research reveals barriers that prevent broader ALM utilization, framing the implementation difficulties as bureaucratic rigidity problems. Ultimately, the goal of my research is to reveal the capacities of the cases this study is based that enable ALM. I conducted in-depth interviews, participant observation, and document analysis with two case studies: the Western Klamath Restoration Partnership (WKRP) and the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project (AFR). The cases demonstrate how ALM is being implemented in different contexts, as well as existing social, economic, and political barriers to its effective implementation. Both cases have employed principles of iii the 2010 National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategyby following these principles both groups aim to shift out of a full suppression model of fire management into a more resilience based model. Both have faced a plethora of challenges, but have problem-solved differently. I explore the ways the two cases developed strategies to enhance their capacities for ALM. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My deepest gratitude goes to Dr. Erin Kelly for her faith in me to take on this research, as well as her dedication, motivation, and excitement with the topic of fire restoration and forest management. Her passion and the passion of many of the interviewees, who so graciously gave their time to contribute to this study, was infectious. They encouraged me and infused me with their passion. The connection to place and the concern that many have for their home in a fire-adapted environment is a weighty topic. Interviewees shared their abilities with me to remain inspired throughout complicated challenges. They are tasked to think outside the box and systematically better the natural environment while improving social conditions to enhance the quality of community life. It has been an honor to witness their drive to make positive social and environmental change. I thank my committee members for their input and insight into making my thesis something I am truly proud of, as well as to the USFS for its funding contributions. I'm so thankful for the Environment and Community program, all the staff, and my 2014 cohort for their camaraderie and helping me get through such an arduous, but incredible graduate school journey. I'll miss our discussions very much. v TABLE OF CONTENTS
Supporting a shift in wildfire management from fighting fires to thriving with fires: the need fo... more Supporting a shift in wildfire management from fighting fires to thriving with fires: the need for translational wildfire science www.nrfirescience.org/resource/23616 Despite the increasing challenges wildfires are posing around the globe, and the flourishing production of high-quality wildfire scientific knowledge, the ability of fire science to impact knowledge on the ground, for people, society, economy, and the environment, in a way that facilitates change in the current wildfire management...
Supporting a shift in wildfire management from fighting fires to thriving with fires: the need fo... more Supporting a shift in wildfire management from fighting fires to thriving with fires: the need for translational wildfire science www.nrfirescience.org/resource/23616 Despite the increasing challenges wildfires are posing around the globe, and the flourishing production of high-quality wildfire scientific knowledge, the ability of fire science to impact knowledge on the ground, for people, society, economy, and the environment, in a way that facilitates change in the current wildfire management...
Broadly defined, All-lands Management (ALM) is a land management approach involving collaborative... more Broadly defined, All-lands Management (ALM) is a land management approach involving collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration at the landscape scale, across ownership and jurisdictional boundaries. My research investigates collaborative groups working to reduce wildfire risk by applying ALM. Fire risk in the Pacific West (California and Oregon) is increasing in severity and extent due to fire suppression and is exacerbated by the effects of drought, climate change, and expanding residential development. For decades federal, state, and local entities have expressed the need to work collaboratively, across boundaries and ownerships to reintroduce fire back onto the landscape to restore forest resiliency. This research reveals barriers that prevent broader ALM utilization, framing the implementation difficulties as bureaucratic rigidity problems. Ultimately, the goal of my research is to reveal the capacities of the cases this study is based that enable ALM. I conducted in-depth interviews, participant observation, and document analysis with two case studies: the Western Klamath Restoration Partnership (WKRP) and the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project (AFR). The cases demonstrate how ALM is being implemented in different contexts, as well as existing social, economic, and political barriers to its effective implementation. Both cases have employed principles of iii the 2010 National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategyby following these principles both groups aim to shift out of a full suppression model of fire management into a more resilience based model. Both have faced a plethora of challenges, but have problem-solved differently. I explore the ways the two cases developed strategies to enhance their capacities for ALM. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My deepest gratitude goes to Dr. Erin Kelly for her faith in me to take on this research, as well as her dedication, motivation, and excitement with the topic of fire restoration and forest management. Her passion and the passion of many of the interviewees, who so graciously gave their time to contribute to this study, was infectious. They encouraged me and infused me with their passion. The connection to place and the concern that many have for their home in a fire-adapted environment is a weighty topic. Interviewees shared their abilities with me to remain inspired throughout complicated challenges. They are tasked to think outside the box and systematically better the natural environment while improving social conditions to enhance the quality of community life. It has been an honor to witness their drive to make positive social and environmental change. I thank my committee members for their input and insight into making my thesis something I am truly proud of, as well as to the USFS for its funding contributions. I'm so thankful for the Environment and Community program, all the staff, and my 2014 cohort for their camaraderie and helping me get through such an arduous, but incredible graduate school journey. I'll miss our discussions very much. v TABLE OF CONTENTS
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