A post-fire reforestation assessment and prioritization tool for the Western United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing wildfire area burned has left millions of hectares in the western United States (US) in need of reforestation. Recent federal legislation allows for increased investments in tree planting to address the backlog of planting needs in previously burned areas. To support post-fire planning and assessment, we developed Regenmapper, a web-based decision support system (DSS) that provides spatial information on natural regeneration potential within post-fire environments. The program is freely available from a web browser (https://alpheus.dbs.umt.edu/regenmapper) and is designed to function across all land ownership categories for the 11 western States.

Results

Regenmapper allows users to select historical wildfires or upload their own burn severity maps for r

SUBMITTER: Holden ZA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12698830 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature