In a nutshell: Panelists discuss a variety of topics related to the impact of climate change, fire, and associated stressors on wildlife habitat management. Join us for research reviews, case studies, and stories about emerging monitoring technologies, management frameworks, and holistic approaches to wildlife biology to advance our understanding of fire and wildlife and improve wildlife outcomes.
Recorded On : June 11, 2024
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 and fire. Based on the needs identified in the workshop, this collaborative group is hosting a yearlong series of workshops, webinars, and reports to improve wildlife outcomes in the face of fire and climate change. This series is intended to help researchers and practitioners across fire and wildlife disciplines exchange ideas, tools, and lessons to address the rapid pace and scale of fire management.
In the third webinar of this series, a panel of experts will discuss informing wildlife habitat management through monitoring and adaptation at the intersection of fire, climate change, and human encroachment. Topics include the how monitoring may be expanded to the big picture – habitat associations, animal distributions across space and time, and the associated changes therein – by harnessing “big data”; monitoring frameworks for addressing vulnerability of wildlife and their habitats to climate change using MSO as an example; using the study of animal movement in response to changing fire regimes to inform conservation and human-wildlife coexistence; and holistic management of wildlife habitat when addressing fuels reduction, especially in pinyon juniper ecosystems. Please join us on June 11 to learn more about informed wildlife habitat management through monitoring.
Panelists: Valerie Stein Foster, Wildlife Biologist, Forest Service Washington Office; Andrew Stillman, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Center for Avian Population Studies; Rachel Blakey, Cal Poly Pomona – Department of Biological Sciences; Josh Goldberg, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Resources:
From Rachel Blakey:
- Movebank data tracker
- Goshawk and wildfire research paper
- Mountain lion and wildfire research paper
- Short film on mountain lions and wildfire
From Joshua Goldberg:
- Rodman et al. 2023 Refuge-yeah or Refuge-Nah?
- Jones et al. 2023 Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Mexican Spotted Owl
- Shirk et al. 2023 Automated Habitat Monitoring Systems Linked to Adaptive Management
From Valerie Stein:
Presentation resources:
- National Wildlife and Fisheries Programs
- NFMA and the Forest Service Planning Rule
- Wildfire crisis strategy (feeds into CRV below)
- Climate Change and Carbon Stewardship of America’s National Forests and Grasslands: EO 14702 ( Strengthening the Nation’s Forests, Communities, and Local Economies) and related secretarial memo
- Climate Adaptation Plan
Partner Sites
- Bird Conservancy of the Rockies – Monitoring
- Rocky Mountain Avian Data Center
- Springs Stewardship Institute
- Climate adaptation Tools Climate risk viewer: biodiversity and fireshed layers
- NIACS adaption workbook (monitoring decision support tool)
From Andrew Stillman:
This webinar is co-hosted by the Arizona Wildfire Initiative.
Click here to watch a recording of the previous webinar in our Wildlife and Fire series.
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