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AllBlogAcademic publicationsCommunity reportsMedia mentionsPresentationsAnnual reportsNon-academic publicationsUFORT Economist James Meldrum and the Wildfire Research Team win the 2024 CO-LABS Governor’s Awards for High Impact Research: Pathfinding Partnerships AwardNovember 2024 Media mentionsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Lake Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington: 2022 Data ReportAugust 2024 Community reportsOpen NowScience You Can Use (in Five Minutes): The Devil is in the DetailsJune 2024 Non-academic publicationsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Stemilt Basin, Chelan County, Washington: 2022 Data ReportMay 2024 Community reportsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Santa Fe, New Mexico: 2021 Data ReportApril 2024 Community reportsOpen Now2023 Annual ReportMarch 2024 Annual reportsOpen NowRethinking cost-share programs in consideration of economic equity: A case study of wildfire risk mitigation assistance for private landownersFebruary 2024 BlogOpen NowCommunity-Based Wildfire Risk ReductionJanuary 2024 PresentationsOpen NowWiRē at a GlanceNovember 2023 Non-academic publicationsOpen NowRethinking cost-share programs in consideration of economic equity: A case study of wildfire risk mitigation assistance for private landownersNovember 2023 Academic publicationsOpen NowThe Devil is in the Details: Variation in Public Acceptance of Fuels Treatments Across Western Fire-Prone CommunitiesSeptember 2023 Academic publicationsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Genesee Fire Protection District, Jefferson County, CO: 2021 Data ReportAugust 2023 Community reportsOpen NowScience You Can Use (in Five Minutes): Sometimes Simple WorksJuly 2023 Non-academic publicationsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Emigration Canyon, Utah: 2021 Data ReportJune 2023 Community reportsOpen NowThe Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Evidence-based approach to community-focused wildfire education programsMarch 2023 PresentationsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Park County, CO: 2020 Data ReportFebruary 2023 Community reportsOpen Now2022 Annual ReportDecember 2022 Annual reportsOpen NowActionable social science can guide community level wildfire solutions. An illustration from North Central Washington, USNovember 2022 Academic publicationsOpen NowWildfire imagery reduces risk information-seeking among homeowners as property wildfire risk increasesOctober 2022 Academic publicationsOpen NowMore smoke today for less smoke tomorrow? We need to better understand the public health benefits and costs of prescribed fireSeptember 2022 Academic publicationsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Grand County, CO: 2020 Data ReportAugust 2022 Community reportsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Teton County, WY: 2021 Data ReportJune 2022 Community reportsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Ouray County, CO: Log Hill Mesa Revisit: 2017 Data ReportJanuary 2022 Community reportsOpen Now2021 Annual ReportDecember 2021 Annual reportsOpen NowParcel-Level Risk Affects Wildfire Outcomes: Insights from Pre-Fire Rapid Assessment Data for Homes Destroyed in 2020 East Troublesome FireNovember 2021 Academic publicationsOpen NowCan humans live with wildfire? Pathways to wildfire adaptation through evidence-based approachesNovember 2021 PresentationsOpen NowYou vs. us: framing adaptation behavior in terms of private or social benefitsOctober 2021 Academic publicationsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Chalk Creek, Chaffee County, CO: 2019 Data ReportOctober 2021 Community reportsOpen NowCU Boulder researchers study wildfire risk, preparednessJuly 2021 Media mentionsOpen NowWildfires Are Ravaging The West. Research Shows The People In Their Paths Vastly Underestimate The RiskJuly 2021 Media mentionsOpen NowCU Boulder Today Spotlights WiRē’s work with Platte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictJune 2021 BlogOpen NowMountain residents underestimate wildfire risk, overestimate preparednessJune 2021 Media mentionsOpen NowPutting people first: Using social science to reduce riskJune 2021 BlogOpen NowPutting people first: Using social science to reduce riskMay 2021 Academic publications, Non-academic publicationsOpen NowYour wildfire program conducted parcel risk assessments. Now what?April 2021 BlogOpen NowHannah Brenkert-Smith discussed risk mitigation on Colorado Public Radio, “When The Wilderness Meets The Urban, Homeowners And Neighbors Are On Their Own Against Wildfires” (2021)January 2021 Media mentionsOpen NowWhen The Wilderness Meets The Urban, Homeowners And Neighbors Are On Their Own Against Wildfires (2021)January 2021 Media mentionsOpen Now2020 Annual ReportDecember 2020 Annual reportsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Ashland, Oregon: 2020 Data ReportDecember 2020 BlogOpen NowA business strategy perspective on wildfire risk mitigationDecember 2020 BlogOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Ashland, OR: 2020 Data ReportDecember 2020 Community reportsOpen NowPromoting cooperation on wildland fire: Relationships matterNovember 2020 BlogOpen NowEconomic Perspectives on Wildfire: Preparation, Property, and HealthOctober 2020 BlogOpen NowWiRē on NPR’s All Things ConsideredOctober 2020 BlogOpen NowLet’s Talk WUIOctober 2020 BlogOpen NowMillions Of Homes Are At Risk Of Wildfires, But It’s Rarely DisclosedOctober 2020 Media mentionsOpen NowDeveloping behavioral and evidence-based programs for wildfire risk mitigationOctober 2020 Academic publicationsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in the ‘Squeal Truck’September 2020 Media mentionsOpen NowLiving with Wildfire in Squilchuck Drainage, Chelan County, WA: 2018 Data ReportSeptember 2020 Community reportsOpen NowRocky Mountain Research Station shines a Science Spotlight on WiRēJune 2020 BlogOpen Now4 123 5
FORT Economist James Meldrum and the Wildfire Research Team win the 2024 CO-LABS Governor’s Awards for High Impact Research: Pathfinding Partnerships AwardNovember 2024 Media mentionsOpen Now
Living with Wildfire in Lake Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington: 2022 Data ReportAugust 2024 Community reportsOpen Now
Science You Can Use (in Five Minutes): The Devil is in the DetailsJune 2024 Non-academic publicationsOpen Now
Living with Wildfire in Stemilt Basin, Chelan County, Washington: 2022 Data ReportMay 2024 Community reportsOpen Now
Rethinking cost-share programs in consideration of economic equity: A case study of wildfire risk mitigation assistance for private landownersFebruary 2024 BlogOpen Now
Rethinking cost-share programs in consideration of economic equity: A case study of wildfire risk mitigation assistance for private landownersNovember 2023 Academic publicationsOpen Now
The Devil is in the Details: Variation in Public Acceptance of Fuels Treatments Across Western Fire-Prone CommunitiesSeptember 2023 Academic publicationsOpen Now
Living with Wildfire in Genesee Fire Protection District, Jefferson County, CO: 2021 Data ReportAugust 2023 Community reportsOpen Now
Science You Can Use (in Five Minutes): Sometimes Simple WorksJuly 2023 Non-academic publicationsOpen Now
The Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Evidence-based approach to community-focused wildfire education programsMarch 2023 PresentationsOpen Now
Actionable social science can guide community level wildfire solutions. An illustration from North Central Washington, USNovember 2022 Academic publicationsOpen Now
Wildfire imagery reduces risk information-seeking among homeowners as property wildfire risk increasesOctober 2022 Academic publicationsOpen Now
More smoke today for less smoke tomorrow? We need to better understand the public health benefits and costs of prescribed fireSeptember 2022 Academic publicationsOpen Now
Living with Wildfire in Ouray County, CO: Log Hill Mesa Revisit: 2017 Data ReportJanuary 2022 Community reportsOpen Now
Parcel-Level Risk Affects Wildfire Outcomes: Insights from Pre-Fire Rapid Assessment Data for Homes Destroyed in 2020 East Troublesome FireNovember 2021 Academic publicationsOpen Now
Can humans live with wildfire? Pathways to wildfire adaptation through evidence-based approachesNovember 2021 PresentationsOpen Now
You vs. us: framing adaptation behavior in terms of private or social benefitsOctober 2021 Academic publicationsOpen Now
Living with Wildfire in Chalk Creek, Chaffee County, CO: 2019 Data ReportOctober 2021 Community reportsOpen Now
Wildfires Are Ravaging The West. Research Shows The People In Their Paths Vastly Underestimate The RiskJuly 2021 Media mentionsOpen Now
CU Boulder Today Spotlights WiRē’s work with Platte Canyon Fire Protection DistrictJune 2021 BlogOpen Now
Mountain residents underestimate wildfire risk, overestimate preparednessJune 2021 Media mentionsOpen Now
Putting people first: Using social science to reduce riskMay 2021 Academic publications, Non-academic publicationsOpen Now
Hannah Brenkert-Smith discussed risk mitigation on Colorado Public Radio, “When The Wilderness Meets The Urban, Homeowners And Neighbors Are On Their Own Against Wildfires” (2021)January 2021 Media mentionsOpen Now
When The Wilderness Meets The Urban, Homeowners And Neighbors Are On Their Own Against Wildfires (2021)January 2021 Media mentionsOpen Now
Millions Of Homes Are At Risk Of Wildfires, But It’s Rarely DisclosedOctober 2020 Media mentionsOpen Now
Developing behavioral and evidence-based programs for wildfire risk mitigationOctober 2020 Academic publicationsOpen Now
Living with Wildfire in Squilchuck Drainage, Chelan County, WA: 2018 Data ReportSeptember 2020 Community reportsOpen Now