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An Evolution in Thinking About Fire: A Panel Discussion
In a nutshell: This panel discussion reflects on fire management decisions made – and opportunities missed – during the San Juan National Forest’s 2023 fire season, and how those decisions represent an organizational evolution toward more nuanced and strategic thinking…
Wildlife and Fire Series
This page will continue to be updated as the 3+ part webinar series continues. Check back here for more webinars recordings! Table of Contents[Open][Close]OverviewWebinar #1: Perspectives and EffectsRelated Content Overview In January, the Southwest Fire Science Consortium, USDA Forest Service,…
Wildlife and Fire: Perspectives and Effects
Webinar #1 of the Series https://youtu.be/3pVV60cIHWQ Recorded on: April 9, 2024 Description: In January, the Southwest Fire Science Consortium, USDA Forest Service, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, and many other partners hosted a two-day workshop on the intersection of wildlife…
Post-Wildfire Recovery Through The Principles of Engineering with Nature
In a nutshell: Following a severe wildfire, recovery efforts can benefit from using “Engineering With Nature” principles to utilize existing materials on the landscape for slope stabilization, erosion control, and stream restoration. Learn about the successes and lessons learned with…
The REBURN Model: Simulating forest and fuel succession and disturbance dynamics of large landscapes
In a nutshell: This webinar discusses REBURN, a geospatial modeling framework designed to simulate reburn dynamics over large areas and long-time frames to investigate the impact of multiple fires in the same area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D2yt4BgobY Recorded on: January 17, 2024 Presenters:…
Overview and Verification of LANDFIRE Fuels: 2022 Cooks Peak Fire
In a Nutshell: Learn more about how to use LANDFIRE. We’ll use the 2022 Cook’s Fire as a case study. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDpwuJiNrZE Description: A practitioner-oriented overview of LANDFIRE with a focus on fuels and how they react to modeling techniques. The subject area…
Prescribed Burns as a Tool to Mitigate Future Wildfire Smoke Exposure
In a nutshell: Can prescribed fire reduce future smoke impacts? Research on how targeted prescribed burn treatments in heavily forested Western states may have an outsized impact on improving air quality for the entire western U.S. by reducing the likelihood…
Grassification and Fast-Evolving Fire Connectivity and Risk in the Sonoran Desert
IN A NUTSHELL: In the second webinar in a series on invasive grass-driven changes in dry desert systems, presenters will discuss their findings on the fire dynamics of the 2020 Bighorn Fire in the Sonoran Desert near Tucson, AZ to…
Monitoring and Removal of Invasive Grasses for Restoration of Dry Desert Systems
IN A NUTSHELLA panel of researchers and managers discusses the impact of non-native invasive grasses on dry desert systems and various methods to remove, monitor, or slow their spread. https://youtu.be/YCTgo_c8o2Q The fire regime of dry desert systems, such as the…
Increasing Post-Wildfire Planted Seedling Survival
In a nutshell: Tips for planting trees after severe fire in the Southwest, we learn how microclimates, nurse plants, and biochar impact survival of seedlings. We also learn how these techniques can be scaled-up to improve replanting efforts across an…
Fire in the Southwest, Past and Present – Fire Season 2022 Overview and 2023 Outlook
In a nutshell: A researcher examines trends in the largest fires in the Southwest of 2022, and a meteorologist explores the fire season outlook and expectations for fire weather behavior in 2023. https://youtu.be/h2ni8cx12fQ Description: Join the SWFSC for a webinar…
Public Experiences and Perceptions with Wildfire and Flooding, A Case Study of the 2019 Museum Fire
IN A NUTSHELL: Gain insights into public perceptions on wildfire and post-fire flooding with suggestions on how to improve information exchange. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jld7b3S0pXM Description: The greater Flagstaff area in northern Arizona has experienced multiple wildfires in recent years that have resulted…
Policy & Managed Fire
IN A NUTSHELLReview of the history, policies, and challenges behind “managed wildfire”, the fire management strategy of leveraging natural ignitions for resource objectives and community benefit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d20KYcwmCjw Description: The topic of “managed wildfire” is mired in complexity, starting with what to…
Fires, forest management, and the future of New Mexico’s endemic salamanders
In a nutshell: Case study showcasing land management strategies that seek to reduce wildfire-associated impacts on two endemic threatened or endangered salamander species in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jol8Kz159UE&list=PLdW0Op8rKlNB5cDU8KhdRJhQoe2G-Rm0M&index=10 Date: Thursday, March 30 at 10am Mountain Time/ 9am Arizona…
Strategies to Reduce Wildfire Smoke
In a nutshell: This webinar will address what could be done to reduce the amount of smoke experienced by frequently impacted communities during wildfire season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxQ5tpXxLn4&list=PLdW0Op8rKlNB5cDU8KhdRJhQoe2G-Rm0M&index=11 Description: Smoke from wildfires is a well-recognized public health and safety issue. While there…