Summary
Grassland wildfires increasingly threaten human life and property in regions of the USA and worldwide. Managing fuels is a key way to reduce grassland fire risk. However, risk management strategies developed for forests do not translate to grassland systems, which are not as well studied. Grassland fuels vary across the year, vary from year to year, and change dramatically across the landscape. The critical knowledge gaps around how grassland fuel structures vary across space and through time make it difficult to evaluate methods for effectively reducing wildfire risk. In addition, approaches
