Climatic and Human Influences on Fire Regimes in Ponderosa Pine Forests in the Colorado Front Range

In the northern Colorado Front Range, fire suppression during the 20th century is believed to have created a high hazard of catastrophic fire in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests. Since the early 1990s, resource managers have increased the use of prescribed fires to re-create fire regimes and...

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