http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/cal_forests_reports/rss Recent eScholarship items from Reports Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:01:19 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8n8256sh In this report, we present a pilot of outcome reporting for wildland and wildland urban interface (WUI) fire resilience treatments. We focus on the contributions of vegetation treatments towards reducing vegetation stress and wildfire risk as key management objectives, while also reporting on potential co-benefits of habitat and water protection (additional potential co-benefits are beyond the scope of this pilot). We identified treatments that could impact relevant vegetation characteristics using data from the California Interagency Treatment Tracker System (ITS) from October 2020 through December 2024. Based on the availability of other data sources in 2025 (largely datasets updated as of 2024), we were able to calculate how frequently the treatments were implemented in areas identified as high priority according to the different management objectives; we also estimated the potential efficacy of the treatments in reducing vegetation stress and wildfire risk. We found that,... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8n8256sh Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Eitzel, M.V. Cox, Lauren Battles, John https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2rf7g949 In this report, we present a summary of disparate but related and potentially complementary efforts to plan and monitor fire resilience California. We interviewed agency scientists and managers, academic researchers, consultants, and nonprofit researchers to better understand the range of efforts underway as of 2024. Based on their feedback, we synthesized the design criteria behind these efforts to place them in context with each other, for the purpose of identifying opportunities for synergy between efforts and to better understand their differences. In the short term, the goal was to support technical staff in making methodological and data choices that lead to better-understood alignment between results, choosing similar data sources and methods where possible, and articulating where and why results may inevitably differ. In the long term, the goal was to provide the background needed to inform policy-makers about how to explain seemingly-contradictory results to broader audiences.... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2rf7g949 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Eitzel, M.V. Cox, Lauren Battles, John https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8w36w9f4 In this report, we present a monitoring framework designed to measure and communicate the impact of management on multiple dimensions of wildland (and wildland-urban interface) fire resilience. First, to guide the scope and choice of metrics, we synthesize several different efforts that characterize multiple aspects of fire resilience, resulting in the following categories for monitoring: Wildfire Risk, Vegetation Health, Water Resources, Air Quality, Habitat Availability, Carbon Storage, Recreation, Cultural Resources, Local Economies, and Vulnerable Communities. We give example policy objectives for each of these goals. We then articulate a framework for thinking about possible measurements of these aspects of resilience, in terms of how directly they attribute desired outcomes to management actions: Measurements can focus on effort, assessing how much work was done; on efficacy, assessing what was done and what the potential impacts could be; on effectiveness, assessing empirically... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8w36w9f4 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Eitzel, M.V. Cox, Lauren Battles, John https://escholarship.org/uc/item/69x5m7fz The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) was a joint forest management assessment by the University of California, the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin, state and federal agencies, and the public. SNAMP was created in response to uncertainty about forest fuels management in the Sierra Nevada and the controversy resulting from the United States Forest Service’s 2004 Sierra Nevada Framework that established the current legal boundaries for management prescriptions in the Sierra Nevada national forests. Broadly, SNAMP was formed to learn how to apply adaptive management as required in the 2004 Framework, with an emphasis on engaging the public in a meaningful way.  More specifically, SNAMP was designed to assess the efficacy of forest fuels management on potential fire behavior and the impacts of that management on three essential natural resources: forest ecosystem health, wildlife, and water, while incorporating participation by all interested... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/69x5m7fz Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Battles, John J Bales, Roger Fry, Danny Kelly, Maggi Peery, M. Z Sulak, Adriana Sweitzer, Rick Barrett, Reginald Collins, Brandon M Conklin, Martha Guo, Qinghua Gutierrez, R J. Huntsinger, Lynn Ingram, Kim Kocher, Susie Lei, Shufei Lombardo, Anne Martin, Sarah Purcell, Kathryn Ray, Ram Saksa, Phil Stephens, Scott L Tempel, Douglas J Thompson, Craig https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7kp9n1s8 Sierra Nevada Forest Restoration Works: A Summary of the Fire and Fire Surrogate Study https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7kp9n1s8 Tue, 2 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Stephens, Scott L https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4s5803kp The California Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force (Task Force) has developed regionally-adapted resources to lessen wildfire risk to communities and enhance broader statewide ecosystem resilience. This includes a large set of metrics intended to support a wide range of organizations in prioritizing, planning and/or implementing management actions. The Science Advisory Panel to the Task Force (SAP) was asked to provide expert advice to inform the selection of a subset of “core” metrics for reporting outcomes and progress towards resilience goals. We used survey tools to collect and synthesize the scientific expertise of the SAP as well as other experts regarding existing “Regional Resource Kit” (RRK) metrics as well as potential suggested metrics. This report summarizes the survey process and results. We used two rounds of surveys to collect expert opinion on metrics. Round 1 asked respondents to 1) identify criteria for core metrics, 2) identify metrics from the Regional... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4s5803kp Mon, 1 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Eitzel, M.V. Battles, John Smith, Jennifer Ostoja, Steven