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Dead ponderosa pine (P. ponderosa), Yosemite Nat'l Park.

Tree Mortality Patterns and Processes

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WERC Sequoia Field Station

Sequoia and Kings Canyon Field Station

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Lake in Wisconsin

Exploring the Potential for Adaptive Tree Plantings to Restore and Sustain Forest Habitats Across the Upper Lake States

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Old-growth ponderosa pine in the Monument Canyon Research Natural Area, NM.

Impacts of changing climate and disturbance regimes on forest ecosystem resilience in the Southern Rocky Mountains

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Yaquina Estuary in Oregon

Harnessing the Hydraulic Traits of Trees to Adapt Forest Management in the Pacific Northwest

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Craig Allen with his arm around a bronze sculpture of Albert Einstein.

Seeing the Forest and the Trees

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Field station member hikes in southern Bandelier National Monument, overlooking Cochiti Reservoir

New Mexico Landscapes Field Station: Forest Ecosystem Research

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Aerial image shows rocky shoreline along Central California coast

Reducing Wildfire Risk While Maintaining Critical Monarch Habitat Along the California Coast

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Adrian Das Profile Picture

Adrian Das
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Photo of Carl Norlen

Carl A. Norlen, PhD
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Ohia forest with dieback resulting from Rapid Ohia Death, Hawaii Island.

Building Resilience to Invasive Species in Ohia Forests

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Image Collage of Landsat, pollinator, and volcanologist

From Refugia to Resilience: Wildfires, Changing Climate, and Landscape Transformation in the Southwestern U.S.

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A photo of Dinkey Creek showing a small waterfall along a bedrock slope

The Risks and Consequences of Catastrophic Wildfires on the Conifer Forests of the Sierra Nevada of California

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WERC Big Trees

Improving Understanding of Forest and Carbon Dynamics

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San Miguel River Valley in Colorado

Can Management Actions Support Forest Regeneration Across the Diverse Landscapes and Climate Change Futures of the Southwestern U.S.?

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Comb Ridge, Utah

Informing and Evaluating Forest Management Strategies to Promote Drought Resistance

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Image: California’s Hotter Drought and Tree Death

Detection, Attribution, and Interpretation of Forest Changes

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Dead trees killed by wildfire 20 years ago lying on the ground. The area is now dominated by grasses

Dryland Forest Sustainability

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Forest in flames. Smoke billowing

Can Prescribed Fire Help Forests Survive Drought in the Sierra Nevada Mountains?

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Sagebrush west of the Wind River Range in Wyoming.

Foundational Science Area: Helping People and Nature Adapt to Climate Change in the North Central U.S.

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Spruce Beetle

Spruce beetles as ecosystem engineers: Effects of spruce mortality on insect communities and fire behavior in Denali National Park and Preserve

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Flames consume woody fuels in a managed wildfire, New Mexico

Fighting Drought with Fire: A Comparison of Burned and Unburned Forests in Drought-Impacted Areas of the Southwest

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WERC Forest fire management in Yosemite using prescribed burning

Science to Help Move From Mortality to Recovery in Western Forests and Woodlands

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An aerial photograph of Pool 9 floodplain forest in 2010.

Using sUAS to monitor and survey regeneration and recruitment in areas of forest canopy loss

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Photo depicting drought-related tree mortality in Sequoia National Park

Drought and Western Forests

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WERC looking over lush forested hills, Oregon Caves National Monument

Forest Restoration in the Western U.S.

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Del Norte Monument Canyon

Effects of disturbance and drought on the forests and hydrology of the Southern Rocky Mountains

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Dr. Craig Allen in the Frijolito research watershed, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico.

Long-term, Place-based, Science and Ecological Monitoring

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‘ōhi‘a lehua

Pathways for Movement and Rate of Spread of Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death on the Island of Hawai‘i

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Rio Chama Valley from Mesa Alta, NM.

Western Mountain Initiative: Southern Rocky Mountains

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