On-the-ground findings point to a mixed-severity fire regime: Findings of the Fire Regime Team

On-the-ground findings point to a mixed-severity fire regime: Findings of the Fire Regime Team

In this final piece summarizing the results of each Landscapes in Motion team, we discover what the Fire Regime Team learned from tree rings and fire scars carefully collected within the study area. Contrary to the usual assumption of stand-replacing fires, they discovered mixed-severity fire regimes with different characteristics (and different implications) in lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir forests.

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