Burned forests impact water supplies

Wildland fire seasons in the United States are getting longer, yet the impacts of fire on water availability at the regional scale are unclear. Here the authors show that fire increased annual river flow throughout the West, while prescribed burns in the subtropical Southeast had limited impact on r...

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Main Authors:	Dennis W. Hallema, Ge Sun, Peter V. Caldwell, Steven P. Norman, Erika C. Cohen, Yongqiang Liu, Kevin D. Bladon, Steven G. McNulty
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:	Nature Communications
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03735-6

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spelling	doaj-7fe6b72a6b0a41e3bc920994d6eb43502021-05-11T09:48:51ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232018-04-01911810.1038/s41467-018-03735-6Burned forests impact water suppliesDennis W. Hallema0Ge Sun1Peter V. Caldwell2Steven P. Norman3Erika C. Cohen4Yongqiang Liu5Kevin D. Bladon6Steven G. McNulty7Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research StationEastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research StationCoweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research StationEastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research StationEastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research StationCenter for Forest Disturbance Science, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research StationDepartment of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management, Oregon State UniversityEastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research StationWildland fire seasons in the United States are getting longer, yet the impacts of fire on water availability at the regional scale are unclear. Here the authors show that fire increased annual river flow throughout the West, while prescribed burns in the subtropical Southeast had limited impact on river flow.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03735-6
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Burned forests impact water supplies

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