Transition from Fire-Dependent Open Forests: Alternative Ecosystem States in the Southeastern United States

Health System Reform in the United States

In 2010, the United States adopted its first-ever comprehensive set of health system reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Implementation of the law, though politically contentious and controversial, has now reached a stage where reversal of most elements of the law is no longer feasible. The controversial portions of the law that expand affordable health insurance coverage to most U.S. cit...

Managing fire-prone forests in the western United States

within the national forests of the west, is one of the most contentious natural resource issues in the US today. One recent response to the controversy is the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA) of 2003 (Public Law 108-V148). This law has potentially profound consequences for forests and their biodiversity and must therefore be implemented on the basis of the best scientific information and ...

Forests in the United States

The key words in forest management for the 2 I st century are “sustainable management”. In this paper we present an overview of the nature of outdoor recreation demand growth in the United States and its significance in light of the need to sustain the nation’s forests. We show that outdoor recreation demand is growing faster now than at any time in the last five decades. Accelerated management...

On the difference in the net ecosystem exchange of CO2 between deciduous and evergreen forests in the southeastern United States.

The southeastern United States is experiencing a rapid regional increase in the ratio of pine to deciduous forest ecosystems at the same time it is experiencing changes in climate. This study is focused on exploring how these shifts will affect the carbon sink capacity of southeastern US forests, which we show here are among the strongest carbon sinks in the continental United States. Using eig...

United States Fire Administration