Social-Ecological Consequences of Future Wildfires and Smoke in the West: Proceedings of a Workshop

by Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Over the past two decades, wildfires in western North America have greatly increased in frequency, magnitude and severity. Scientists have documented three main causes - a century of suppression and inadequate forest management that has led to overly dense, fuel-rich forests; climate change, turning woodlands and grasslands into hot, dry tinder boxes; and the spread of urbanization, increasing the probability of man-made ignitions. Less well known...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309726794
• ISBN13: 9780309726795
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 165 Pages