NCASI Review of “Cumulative severity of thinned and unthinned forests in a large California wildfire”

Large wildfires in the western United States have brought forest management policy into focus. Reducing stand density through thinning has been recommended as a method that will reduce fire risk in drier forests, such as ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), by reducing fuel loads. Thinning is a common silvicultural practice in…