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WUI communities and the need for increasing
tree cover to maximize benefits. However, there
is little current research and information on
how fires are affecting more urbanized com-
munities and prevalent non-native, planted
urban trees, shrubs, and other vegetation.
A post-fire urban forest restoration manual for
western urban forests is currently in the works
by Dr. Igor Lacan at the University of California
Cooperative Extension and the authors of this
article. Using interviews with urban forest man-
agers and arborists, and existing literature, the
manual compiles a list of best management prac-
tices for restoring urban tree cover in fire-affected
neighborhoods throughout the Western United
States and beyond. In addition, the University
of California, Davis and the University of Florida
(UF) are developing a post-fire urban tree risk
assessment protocol based on monitoring urban
tree growth and survivability and assessing poten-
tial tree risk in fire-affected neighborhoods in
northern California. In conjunction with this, Dr.
Mysha Clarke (UF) is working on a survey of res-
idents in fire-affected areas to provide a better
understanding of the perceptions and social
issues associated with urban forests and fire.
The way we think, study, and manage fire and our
urban forests is changing—and additional science
and evidence-based information is needed. These
projects are examples of how a transdisciplinary
group of arboriculture, forestry, fire ecology,
and social scientists can work alongside prac-
titioners and community members to address
this new issue affecting our urban forests.
