Assessing the success of ecological restoration projects is critical to justify the use of
restoration in natural resource management and to improve best practice. Although there …

With ongoing environmental degradation at local, regional, and global scales, people's
accepted thresholds for environmental conditions are continually being lowered. In the …

Rewilding is a strategy for the conservation of complete, self-sustaining ecosystems,
primarily involving the protection and, where necessary, reintroduction, of populations of …

Diadromous fishes play important ecological roles by delivering ecosystem services and
making crucial connections along the watersheds-ocean continuum. However, it is difficult to …

Background Social science that seeks to advance wildfire adaptation in the southwestern
US states of Arizona and New Mexico remains underdeveloped in comparison with other …

Once dominant across the United States (US) Southeastern Coastal Plain, the longleaf pine
(Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystem covers a fraction of its historic geographic range …

A legacy of fire suppression and the impacts of climate change have induced a worsening
pattern of large and severe forest fires across the western United States. This has spurred …

There is general consensus that ecological restoration of southwestern ponderosa pine
systems is necessary and there exists ample ecological science suggesting that it is …

Public support is important to the success of natural areas restoration programs. Support can
be especially critical in urban settings where stakeholders recreate in or reside near natural …

Public support plays a critical role in the completion and long-term success of ecological
restoration projects. However, gaining this support has been a challenge in some cases …