Vegetation Type Conversion
Presenter: Christopher H. Guiterman, Research Scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Date: September 21, 2022 at 12:00pm AZ / 1:00pm MDT Ecosystems of the Western United States are experiencing vegetation type conversions (VTC) in response to …
Online Learning Platforms
Canvas Interactive Lab Notebook Interactive Lab Notebook (Google Slides) For access to a Google Classroom module, please email mollie@ceriseconsultants.com El cuaderno del laboratorio interactivo (Google Slides) Envíe un correo electrónico a Mollie Parsons (mollie@cerisconsultants.com) sobre cualquier problema técnico o unos enlaces rotos.
Post-Fire Logging
Presenter: Camille Stevens-Rumann, Assistant Professor of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at Colorado State University Date: August 31, 2022 at 12:00pm AZ / 1:00pm MDT Following a wildfire, successful tree regeneration is mediated by multiple factors, from the microsite to landscape scale. This presentation demonstrates the importance of microsite conditions such as soil moisture and temperature …
Wildfire, Human Health, and Environmental Justice
Presenters: Savannah D’Evelyn, Postdoctoral Fellow with the University of Washington, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences and Ed Smith, Terrestrial forest Ecologist with The Nature Conservancy’s California Program. Date: July 19, 2022 11am AZ / 12pm MDT Increasing wildfire size and severity across the western United States has created an environmental and social crisis …
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Telegraph Fire-10 months Post-Fire
We hosted a single day field trip that made four stops within the 2021 Telegraph Fire perimeter. The Telegraph Fire, human caused and still under investigation, started 1.5 miles southeast of Superior, Arizona on June 4, 2021 and burned 180,757 acres before being fully contained approximately one month later. The fire was primarily carried by …
Teacher Testimonials
Anna from New Mexico teaches 8th Grade STEM “I would definitely recommend this curriculum. It is based here, not some place the kids haven’t seen before. It doesn’t just focus on one part of wildfires, but on everything. Fires are not just one thing.” Mrs. Suggs has been teaching science for thirty years and was …
FELL Individual Lesson Plans
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Full FELL Curriculum
Teacher and Student Materials Click here for a PDF download of the Full Curriculum, Teacher Materials. This is a large file (59.1 MB) and may take some time to download. Click here for a PDF download of the Full Curriculum, Student Materials (includes lower reading level version). This is a large file (177.1 MB) and may take some time …
Protecting Denver’s Water Supply
Presenter: Dr. Kelly Jones, Associate Professor of Ecological Economics with Colorado State University, Human Dimensions of Natural ResourcesDate: June 22, 2022 11am AZ/12pm MDT Collaboratively-funded fuel treatments are becoming more common in the western U.S. to proactively address wildfire impacts. Water utilities often play an important role in these collaborations and are motivated by the …