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Forest Fires: Causes, Effects, and Prevention Strategies
How forest fires start, what they do to trees, soil, water and wildlife, and the main ways land managers try to reduce harmful fires and live with fire.
Threats and Recovery
Fire, Pests and Invaders
Natural and introduced disturbances that damage forests.
Fire Ecology: Species That Depend on Fire
Learn how some plants and forests are adapted to periodic fire, which traits help them survive or regrow, and what can change when fire is kept out.
The Impact of Forest Fires on Local Air Quality
What wildfire smoke contains, how fine particles affect nearby air and breathing, who is most at risk, and common ways people reduce their exposure.
The Impact of Insect Pests on Forest Ecosystems
Why defoliating and bark-boring insects sometimes erupt into large outbreaks, what they do to trees and stands, and how forests and managers respond.
The Impact of Invasive Species on Forest Ecosystems
How non-native plants, animals and tree diseases spread in forests, why they can outcompete or harm native species, and the main options for control.
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