Under current policy, fire managers may use natural ignitions (i.e., lightning) to allow fire to fulfill its natural role on the landscape, while meeting objectives for firefighter safety, resource benefit, and community protection as [...]
There are currently a number of ongoing projects at ERI related to the human dimensions of forest restoration, which refer to activities contribute to building support and motivating action for restoration. Highlights from these [...]
On June 20, 2010, the Schultz Fire was ignited by an abandoned campfire and went on to burn 15,075 acres northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. Following the fire, intense monsoon rains over the burned area [...]
The use of decision support systems (DSS), which includes a broad array of computer-based, spatial planning frameworks, methods, and tools, is increasingly common in pre-wildfire planning. Frameworks such as the National Cohesive Wildland Fire [...]
The ERI is exploring the different ways in which wildfires affect Arizona residents through multiple studies associated with wildfires in the Flagstaff area. In 2019, the ERI conducted a survey with the NAU School [...]
