Fire in the heart of the Oregon Cascades: exceptional variability in fire across the western Cascades

dc.contributor.authorCoughlan, Michael R.
dc.contributor.authorCummings, Tressa
dc.contributor.authorDerr, Kelly M.
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Bart R.
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, James D. (James Daniel)
dc.contributor.authorLewis, David G. (David Gene), 1965-
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-23T16:52:52Z
dc.date.available2024-08-23T16:52:52Z
dc.date.issued2024-08
dc.description2 pagesen_US
dc.description.abstractWildland fire is a fundamental forest ecosystem process. However, resilience to wildfires is declining in forests of the western US, in part because of the loss of complex and varied forest structures that can reduce wildfire spread and severity. In the past, Indigenous traditions served the ecological and spiritual needs of human communities and landscapes through land stewardship practices such as cultural burning and selective harvesting of natural resources. We hypothesize that these practices played a critical role in the maintenance of fire regimes and resilience of the forest to catastrophic wildfire and climate change broadly. Displacement and genocide of Indigenous peoples and prohibition of their cultural practices led to the diminishment of cultural burning. This, coupled with fire exclusion and suppression policies by federal and state agencies, has contributed to a decline in forest health and a shift toward less resilient landscapes.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/29874
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherEcosystem Workforce Program, University of Oregonen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFact sheet;30
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.titleFire in the heart of the Oregon Cascades: exceptional variability in fire across the western Cascadesen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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