Simulating the air quality impact of prescribed fires using graph neural network-based PM2.5 forecasts by Kyleen Liao, Jatan Buch, Kara D. Lamb, Pierre Gentine

“…The increasing size and severity of wildfires across the western United States have generated dangerous levels of PM2.5 concentrations in recent years. …”
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Data-Driven Decision Support to Guide Sustainable Grazing Management by Matthew C. Reeves, Joseph Swisher, Michael Krebs, Kelly Warnke, Brice B. Hanberry, Tip Hudson, Sonia A. Hall

“…Here, we described the development of a decision support model to estimate grazing capacity and illustrated its application on two sites in the western United States. For the Montgomery Pass Wild Horse Territory in California and Nevada, the upper limit estimated in the capacity assessment was 398 horses and the current population was 654 horses. …”
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Impact of Wildfire Smoke Events on Indoor Air Quality and Evaluation of a Low-cost Filtration Method by Nathaniel W. May, Clara Dixon, Daniel A. Jaffe

“…Abstract Increased wildland fire activity is producing extreme fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations impacting millions of people every year, especially in the western United States (US). Recommendations for limiting exposure to PM2.5 and associated adverse health outcomes focus on staying inside, closing windows and doors, and increasing filtration; however, relatively little is known about indoor air quality (IAQ) during major smoke events. …”
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Sources and Trends of CO, O₃, and Aerosols at the Mount Bachelor Observatory (2004–2022) by Noah Bernays, Jakob Johnson, Daniel Jaffe

“…Overall, our findings are consistent with the positive trend in wildfires in the Western United States and the efforts in Asia to decrease emissions. …”
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Voxel Volumes and Biomass: Estimating Vegetation Volume and Litter Accumulation of Exotic Annual Grasses Using Automated Ultra‐High‐Resolution SfM and Advanced Classification Techn... by Josh Enterkine, Ahmad Hojatimalekshah, Monica Vermillion, Thomas Van Der Weide, Sergio A. Arispe, William J. Price, April Hulet, Nancy F. Glenn

“…ABSTRACT In much of the northern Great Basin of the western United States, rangelands, and semi‐arid ecosystems invaded by exotic annual grasses such as cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and medusahead (Taeniatherum caput‐medusae) are experiencing an increasingly short fire cycle, which is compounding and persistent. …”
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Assessing costs and constraints of forest residue disposal by pile burning by Jake Barker, Jake Barker, Jimmy Voorhis, Sinéad M. Crotty

“…However, cost estimates of pile burning are limited. In the Western United States, where fuel reduction and pile burning are key strategies to mitigate risk of severe wildfire, previous reports estimate that the average cost of pile burning after machine treatment is $543 ac−1 ($1,343 ha−1). …”
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Perceived wildfire risk and past experiences with wildfire smoke influence public support for prescribed burning in the western conterminous United States by Christopher J Rogers, Celeste Beck, Rima Habre, Jo Kay Ghosh

“…There is a pressing need to increase its application to reduce dry fuels in the western United States, a region that has experienced many damaging wildfires. …”
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Unburned habitat essential for amphibian breeding persistence following wildfire by Larissa L. Bailey, Richard Henderson, Wendy A. Estes-Zumpf, Charles C. Rhoades, Ellie Miller, Dominique Lujan, Erin Muths

“…Wildfire regimes are changing rapidly with widespread increase in the intensity, frequency, and duration of fire activity, especially in the western United States. Limited studies explore the impacts of wildfires on aquatic taxa and few focus on lentic habitats that are essential for amphibians, many of which are of conservation concern. …”
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Threshold responses of freshwater fish community size spectra to invasive species by Bradley Novak, Brent A. Murry, Jeff S. Wesner, Vojsava Gjoni, Caroline C. Arantes, Erin Shepta, Justin P. F. Pomeranz, James R. Junker, Kathrine Zipfel, Andrew Stump, Levi E. Solomon, Kristopher A. Maxson, Jason A. DeBoer

“…The introduction of Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) throughout the mid‐western United States epitomizes both the impacts of AIS and the need for quantitative control targets. …”
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