In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Lauren Pile Knapp about how we can reopen closed forests in the eastern United States to woodlands and savannas, and reintroduce fire to those landscapes.

Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00312-9

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Carolyn Stephen, Jamie Ladner, and Lauren Sullivan about the effects of prescribed fire on plant communities like dry woodlands, dry-mesic woodlands, and glades in Missouri, USA.

Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00299-3

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Erica Smithwick about how oak-juniper woodlands respond to crown fires in Fort Cavazos, and how that affects species like the endangered golden-cheeked warbler.

Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00311-w

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Erica Smithwick about how managers in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States can safely put prescribed fire back into the landscape to address local issues.

Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00315-6

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Clare Boerigter, Sean Parks, and Jonathan Long about using intentional, human-ignited fire as a tool to restore natural conditions within wilderness.

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Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00297-5

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Heather Alexander and Jeffrey Cannon about reintroducing fire into mixed longleaf pine-hardwood woodlands, and how that will be affected by the shade-tolerant, fire-sensitive species that have grown during periods of fire exclusion.

Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00294-8

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Doug Aubrey and Jeffrey Cannon about better predicting the leaf litter component in a pine forest to better understand how fire might move through forests under different management scenarios.

Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-023-00209-z

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Norma Fowler and Rebecca Carden about the management applications of re-introducing surface fires into the woodlands, savannas, and shrubland of Central Texas.

Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00286-8

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Christine Eriksen about strengthening our collective capacity to coexist with wildfire by embracing local and indigenous fire stewardship practices, enabling workforce diversity and inclusive leadership culture, and providing sustainable working conditions for wildland firefighters.

Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00290-y

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Malcolm North and Paul Hessburg about using strategic fire zones to minimize wildfire risk in the Western U.S.

Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00282-y