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Peer-reviewed papers

Research article on tree establishment in the Blue Mountains (Andrus et. al. 2023)

Figure from Andrus et. al. 2023 showing map of school fire, plots that were salvage logged and not salvage logged, fire severity, and examples of three post-fire forest trajectories
Figure 1 (from Andrus et. al. 2023). A. Burn severity (MTBS 2021) and locations of salvaged and not salvaged plots (50 plots total) in the School Fire (2005), Umatilla National Forest, southeastern Washington State, USA (inset). B–D. Examples of the three initial post-fire forest trajectories, including (B) dry ponderosa pine, (C) dry mixed conifer (ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, and grand fir), and (D) moist mixed conifer (western larch, lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, and dry mixed conifer species). Photo credit: R. Andrus

Other resources

Post-Fire recovery Partnership (PFP) plan

A post-fire management tool guide with types of decisions, potential tools, and tool types for various decision support tools

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