{"id":1137,"date":"2025-10-31T14:44:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/courtneyschultz\/?page_id=1137"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:44:54","slug":"post-wildfire-response-and-recovery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/courtneyschultz\/fire-management\/post-wildfire-response-and-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Wildfire Response and Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We have been conducting research on <\/span>policy and governance <\/span>factors<\/span> th<\/span>at <\/span>i<\/span>nfluence <\/span>post-wildfire response and recovery across the West. This research has led to investigation of programs intended to aid <\/span>communities and governments, including: <\/span>the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program, the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program, the Burned Area Re<\/span>covery <\/span>(BAR) program,<\/span> the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP, and the associated FEMA related programs (Public and Individual Assistance programs, Hazard Mitigation G<\/span>rant Program (HMGP), and Fire Management Assistance Grants (FMAG). Additionally, <\/span>we conducted research on public perspectives of the fire to help inform future communication techniques and approaches to forest and fire management.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Policies and Programs that Govern Post-Wildfire Response and Recovery\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We investigated policies and programs that govern post-wildfire response and recovery through the investigation of two case studies: The Cameron Peak\/East Troublesome fires and the Hermit\u2019s Peak Calf Canyon Fire.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Carney, Clint P., Courtney A. Schultz, and S. Michelle Greiner. 2025. \u201cComplexities in Post-Wildfire Governance: Lessons from Colorado\u2019s 2020 Wildfires.\u201d <\/span>Fire Ecology<\/span><\/i> 21 (1): 4. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s42408-024-00344-1<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Buettner, William C., and Courtney A. Schultz. 2025. \u201cGoverning across Jurisdictions in Post-Wildfire Response and Recovery: An Analysis of the 2022 Hermit\u2019s Peak Calf Canyon Wildfire.\u201d <\/span>Journal of Environmental Management<\/span><\/i> 381 (May): 125272. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jenvman.2025.125272<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Residents’ Perspectives on Communication and Management Strategies During the Cameron Peak Fire<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1639089909916{margin-bottom: 15px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]The 2020 Cameron Peak Fire burned more than 200,000 acres of public and private land west of Fort Collins, Colorado. Extreme and unpredictable fire behavior was driven by dense and dry fuels, steep terrain, high temperatures and winds, and other factors, which greatly affected the range of potential management strategies. Many different communities were affected by the fire from smoke, repeated and long-term evacuations, emotional distress, and property impacts.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”756″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1639089835083{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1639089968351{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Above: Area impacted by the Cameron Peak Fire. Photo by Chad Kooistra.<\/em><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In conjunction with the USDA Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS), we conducted research on public perspectives of the fire to help inform future communication techniques and approaches to forest and fire management. In summer 2021, we interviewed more than 50 landowners and residents across communities directly impacted by the fire. Our goals were to understand people\u2019s attitudes on communication and fire management strategies, their perspectives on fire impacts and post-fire landscape recovery, and their support for future forest and fire management approaches.<\/p>\n

See our Project Overview<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

View the recording of our January 19, 2022 webinar below for an overview of our main research findings. To see presentation slides from the webinar, click here<\/a>. If you prefer to watch on YouTube, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A research brief and manuscript will be posted here when they become available.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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