mixed conifer Archives - Southwest Fire Science Consortium

Restoration Treatments: Reducing Fuels and Increasing Understory Diversity

by swfscWebinars March 9, 2021March 8, 2024No Comments

Presenters: Mike Stoddard, Ecological Restoration Institute and Matt Tuten, USDA Forest ServiceDate: Thursday April 15, 2021 11am AZ/12pm MDT This webinar will share research on forest structure and understory vegetation responses to three restoration treatments (thin/burn, burn, and control) over 10 years on a mixed-conifer site in southwestern Colorado. Forest density, canopy cover, and crown …

Oct 16, 2019: Contributions of fire refugia to resilient ponderosa pine and dry mixed-conifer forest landscapes

by swfscEvents, Webinars September 15, 2019March 9, 2024No Comments

Presenter: Jonathan Coop, Western Colorado University Date: October 16, 2019 11am AZ/12pm MDT In western North America, ponderosa pine and dry mixed-conifer forest types appear increasingly vulnerable to wildfire-catalyzed conversion to alternate and non-forest vegetation types. However, unburned or only lightly impacted forest stands that persist within burn mosaics—termed fire refugia—may sustain a range critical …

2019 Cultivating Pyrodiversity- 8th AFE International Fire Ecology & Management Congress

by swfscConference, Events April 23, 2019March 9, 2024No Comments

The Association for Fire Ecology is excited to be hosting this event in Tucson, Arizona in cooperation with the Southwest Fire Science Consortium. Presentations will feature the latest in research results, applications, case studies, and lessons learned, and special sessions will be designed to unify science and application and to create opportunities for interdisciplinary learning. …

January 18, 2017: Patterns of conifer regeneration following high severity wildfire in ponderosa pine-dominated forests

by swfscEvents, Webinars January 1, 2017April 3, 2024No Comments

Date: January 18, 2017, 12pm MST Presenter: Marin Chambers, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, CSU The past two decades have witnessed fires of increased severity in southern Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine – dominated forests. Marin will discuss results from an ongoing project that is characterizing post-fire conifer regeneration in severely burned patches, and how regeneration characteristics are governed …

Fire and Wildlife Impacts

by swfscScience Synthesis December 1, 2015April 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

Working Paper 36 by Tzeidle N. Wasserman View working paper.

November 10, 2015: Mixed Conifer Forest Ecology: Emerging Science

by swfscEvents, Webinars November 10, 2015April 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

This will be a panel presentation followed by a question/answer and discussion, approximately 90 minutes in length Assessing and analyzing mixed conifer spatial patterns of northern Arizona (Kyle Rodman) Effects of tree cutting and fire on understory vegetation in mixed conifer forests (Judy Springer) Treatement effectiveness of mixed conifer treatments in the Wallow Fire (Amy Waltz) Overview …

Fire Regime Reconstruction Methods

by swfscScience Synthesis November 1, 2014April 3, 2024No Comments

View working paper. Working Paper 32, November 2014, Author: Larissa Yocom Kent

June 11, 2014: People, fire, and insects: Three centuries of disturbance interactions along an ecological gradient of the Pinaleño Mountains, Arizona

by swfscEvents, Webinars June 16, 2014May 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Kit O’Connor, University of Arizona In the Pinaleño Mountains of Southeast Arizona, a series of high-severity insect outbreaks and fires in recent decades appear to be unprecedented in the historical record. These disturbances raise concerns about forest resilience and long-term sustainability of one of the most ecologically diverse landscapes in the southwest. We used …

February 2014: Fostering resilience in Southwestern ecosystems: A problem solving workshop

by swfscEvents, Workshops April 27, 2014April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Fostering resilience in Southwestern ecosystems: A problem solving workshop Ecosystems and fire regimes are moving into new domains as a consequence of climate change, disturbance, and other causes. Fire professionals and land managers in the region are confronted with new fire regimes, fire effects, and ecosystem recovery trajectories following disturbance. To help fire and ecosystem …

Fuel Treatment Longevity

by swfscScience Synthesis October 1, 2013April 5, 2024No Comments

View working paper. Working Paper 27, October 2013, Author: Larissa Yocom