swfsc, Author at Southwest Fire Science Consortium

April 16, 2014: The southwest fire season: 2013 overview and 2014 outlook

by swfscEvents, Webinars April 21, 2014April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenters: Zander Evans (Forest Guild) and Chuck Maxwell (Predictive Services) This webinar provided an overview of the eight largest fires in the Southwest during 2013 based on the recent report from ERI and SWFSC. The webinar included summaries of forest types and burn severities for each of the eight fires. In addition, Chuck Maxwell, meteorologist …

March 12, 2014: Identifying Priority Treatment Areas Across the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests

by swfscEvents, Webinars April 10, 2014April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Joe Crouse, Ecological Restoration Institute To address concerns regarding how to prioritize treatments across the forests, the Ecological Restoration Institute received funding from the USDA Forest Service to identify priority treatment areas across the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. In addition, Forest Service personnel stated a need to identify areas within the Wallow Fire perimeter that …

USFS Southwestern Region: Forest regeneration summary

by swfscUncategorized March 13, 2014April 5, 2024No Comments

Jim Youtz

March 2014 at Northern Arizona University

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Forest Treatments and Bark Beetles

by swfscScience Synthesis March 1, 2014October 21, 2024No Comments

This working paper highlights current research about the effects of restoration treatments on ponderosa pine tree resistance/susceptibility to bark beetles. Working Paper 30, March 2014, Author: Monica Gaylord

Fire and fuel management in a changing fire environment: Forest Service perspectives

by swfscUncategorized February 20, 2014April 5, 2024No Comments

Elizabeth Reinhardt

February 2014 at Northern Arizona University

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February 13, 2014: Restoring Composition and Structure in Southwestern Frequent-Fire Forests: A science-based framework for improving ecosystem resiliency

by swfscEvents, Webinars February 13, 2014April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenters: Richard Reynolds, Andrew Sánchez Meador, James Youtz, Tessa Nicolet, Megan Matonis, Patrick Jackson, Donald DeLorenzo, Andrew Graves (based on RMRS-GTR-310) Originally intended as pre-work for “Fostering resilience in Southwestern ecosystems: A problem solving workshop” on February 13, 2014. Watch the webinar recording.

February 11, 2014: What is Climate Change? How will our changing climate impact seasonal weather conditions across the Southwest?

by swfscEvents, Webinars February 11, 2014April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenters: Darren McCollum and Robert Bohlin, National Weather Service meteorologists Originally presented February 11, 2014 This webinar was originally intended as pre-work for “Fostering resilience in Southwestern ecosystems: A problem solving workshop,” Read a pdf of their presentation. Watch the webinar recording.

2013 SW Wildfire Season Overview

by swfscSouthwestern Wildfire Season Overview February 1, 2014April 5, 2024No Comments

View working paper. Reduced size for web viewing, please contact the SWFSC for a full resolution version.

January 15, 2014: Black Lake Prescribed Burn: Lessons Learned in Building Capacity for Prescribed Fire

by swfscEvents, Webinars January 21, 2014April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Eytan Krasilovsky will share challenges and lessons learned surrounding the Forest Guild’s recent Black Lake Training Exchange. Forest Guild and the New Mexico State Land Office, with support from the Nature Conservancy’s Fire Learning Network, convened a grant funded training exchange to burn 900 acres of state trust lands in a wildland-urban interface in northern …

December 12, 2013: Cooperative Burning and Training Exchanges

by swfscEvents, Webinars December 13, 2013April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Jeremy Bailey, a career firefighter and prescribed fire burn boss, will discuss the Fire Learning Network’s Training Exchange program and how it is being used to train numerous local workforces to advance burning across all lands. In the past seven years, these training exchanges have been deployed on federal, state and private lands, bringing together …