HOW DO WE LIVE WITH FIRE IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES?

Wildfires are increasing across the eastern US. At the same time, the wildland-urban interface (WUI), where risk to human life and property is greatest, is rapidly expanding across this region. Climate change is exacerbating this risk, making proactive mitigation imperative.

EFNet is a research-focused network to better understand wildfire risks, impacts, and preparedness for the eastern U.S. By convening researchers across disciplines, with managers, decision-makers, and stakeholders across multiple sectors and geographies, EFNet aims to catalyze a transdisciplinary research agenda, identify data gaps and needs, and inform management and regulatory interventions.

• Catalyze a research agenda: Coordinate transdisciplinary research and education on wildland fire science in the East​

• Synthesize data streams and identify gaps: Identify, share, and organize relevant data streams among network participants and identify future research and data gaps/needs​

• Inform management and regulatory interventions: Synthesize and promote policy and management approaches shown to be most effective for social-ecological systems in the East​

See a selection of our recent research across the eastern US

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