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Using the Resist-Accept-Direct Framework to Manage Wildfires, Carbon Storage, and Ecological Transformations in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Operationalizing the Resist-Accept-Direct framework to manage wildfires in the context of ecological transformations in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Principal Investigator
Katherine Siegel

Dates

Release Date
2023
Start Date
2023-08-01
End Date
2025-07-31

Summary

The Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) is an iconic landscape with national parks, iconic species like grizzly bears and elk, and over 11,500 square miles of forest. While fires are a natural part of the GYA, climate change and land management legacies are increasing the frequency and size of severe fires. Climate change interacts with these fires to shift conifer forests to non-forested grassland and sagebrush ecosystems. These transformations impact species habitat, carbon storage, and other management goals on public lands. However, managing for “natural ecosystems” is not always possible in the face of climate change. The Resist-Accept-Direct framework (RAD) can help: under RAD, managers can resist change to maintain ecosystems, accept [...]

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Contacts

Principal Investigator :
Katherine Siegel
Co-Investigator :
Laura Dee, Ann Rodman, Tom Olliff
Cooperator/Partner :
Joel H. Reynolds, Scott Barndt, Karri Cary, Simeon Caskey, John Cataldo, Todd Erdody, Paul Hood, Laura Jones, David Marr, Jill Mcmurray, Becky Smith
Funding Agency :
North Central CASC
CMS Group :
Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASC) Program

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