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Adverse Hydrologic and Ecologic Impacts of Wildfires in Western ...


Adverse Hydrologic and Ecologic Impacts of Wildfires in Western ...

Extended periods of drought increase the probability and severity of wildfires. The destruction of vegetation and ground litter and altered soil ...

Adverse Hydrologic and Ecologic Impacts of Wildfires in Western ...

Extended periods of drought increase the probability and severity of wildfires. The destruction of vegetation and ground litter and altered soil conditions ...

Adverse Hydrologic and Ecologic Impacts of Wildfires in Western ...

Adverse Hydrologic and Ecologic Impacts of Wildfires in Western Watersheds. Philip J. Shaller 1,. Parmeshwar L. Shrestha 2,. Thomas L. Deardorff 3. et al. Help ...

Hydrologic impacts of high severity wildfire - USDA Forest Service

The commonly accepted term for describing the ecological effects of a specific fire is fire severity. ... West has increased the complications of altered ...

Fire and Water in the Western United States

Prescribed fires do not cause the same negative effects on water resources as wildfires, and low-severity prescribed burns limit soil heating and thus ...

Wildfire and climate change adaptation of western North American ...

Prolonged smoke production and human health effects, chronic soil erosion and mass wasting, degraded water supplies, loss of cultural and ...

Scientists' warning on extreme wildfire risks to water supply - PMC

Appropriate forest management maintains natural water storage and increase drought resistance, while reducing the negative impacts of unwanted fires in source ...

Focus on Western Wildfires - National Climate Assessment

... fires often have profoundly negative long-term ecological, social, ... Climate change has increased the area burned and severity of wildfires and impacts on the ...

A Review of Wildfire Effects on Soils, Hydrologic Processes and Water

The extent of wildfire impacts depends on the intensity and severity of the fire, burning season, pre-fire and post-fire environmental conditions, climate ...

The Impacts of Forest Fires on Watershed Hydrological Response. A ...

Forest fires pose significant environmental challenges globally, profoundly affecting watershed hydrology. As human activities increase and ...

Long-term perspective on wildfires in the western USA - PNAS

Since the late 1800s, human activities and the ecological effects of recent high fire activity caused a large, abrupt decline in burning similar to the LIA fire ...

Hydrologic responses to wildfires in western Oregon, USA

Much of the area impacted by these fires is critical for the provision of water for downstream aquatic ecosystems, agriculture, hydropower, ...

World Environmental and Water Resources ... - ASCE Library

Adverse Hydrologic and Ecologic Impacts of Wildfires in Western Watersheds. Philip J. Shaller1, Parmeshwar L. Shrestha1, Thomas L. Deardorff1, and Jon Wren2.

Wildfire impacts on hydrologic ecosystem services in North ...

However, these wildfires also pose a range of social, economic, and environmental risks, with growing concern regarding persistent effects on stream flow volume ...

Wildfire and prescribed burning impacts on air quality in the United ...

In this critical review, we examine each of the processes that influence wildland fires and the effects of fires, including the natural role of wildland fire, ...

Effects of timber harvest following wildfire in western North America

Postfire logging adds to these effects by removing standing dead trees (snags) and disturbing the soil. The influence of postfire logging depends on the ...

Environmental Health Impacts of Wildfires

The increasing deficit in vapor pressure in the western U.S. coincided with a 4.2 million hectare increase in burned area and a 54% increase in ...

Water Quality After Wildfire | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov

Wildfires pose a substantial risk to water supplies because they can lead to severe flooding, erosion, and delivery of sediment, nutrients, ...

The impact of wildfire on biogeochemical fluxes and water quality in ...

Wildfires are the major disturbance in boreal ecosystems and are of great importance for the biogeochemical cycles of carbon (C) and nutrients.

Economic Analysis of Wildfire Impacts to Water Quality: A Review

Fire retardants are not considered harmful for human health; however, evidence of their effects on stream ecology is mixed. Although evidence ...