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January 20, 2016: Biophysical Settings Review: What it is. How it works. Why it matters

by swfscEvents, Webinars January 22, 2016April 3, 2024Comments are Disabled

Date: Wednesday January 20, 2016 12pm Mountain Presenter: Randy Swaty, The Nature Conservancy LANDFIRE Team All ecosystems are dynamic, changing due to growth, succession and disturbances. Modeling large landscapes in the United States requires the collective knowledge of experienced and knowledgeable vegetation and fire experts. In collaboration with hundreds of colleagues, LANDFIRE produced more than 1,000 state-and-transitions …

December 16, 2015: Impacts of Thinning and Burning in Spotted Owl Habitat

by swfscEvents, Webinars December 17, 2015April 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Quentin Hays, Eastern New Mexico University On forested lands throughout the Southwest, Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) are a driver of management activities, as the current Recovery Plan (USFWS 2012) dictates forest treatment guidelines in designated owl habitat. These guidelines often prove restrictive for forest management and restoration programs, which serve to promote resiliency and …

June 20, 2012: Fire Regime Condition Class Concepts

by swfscEvents, Webinars December 14, 2015April 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Steve Barrett & Kathy Schon (NIFTT University of Idaho) Fire Regime Condition Class (FRCC) is an interagency, standardized tool for determining the degree of departure from reference condition vegetation structure and composition and fire regimes. FRCC metrics can help guide management objectives and set priorities for treatments. This webinar introduces the participant to the theories …

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 …

October 21, 2015: Local Ecological Knowledge and Fire Management: What Does the Public Understand?

by swfscEvents, Webinars October 26, 2015May 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 1pm MDT (12pm AZ) Presenters: John Diaz, North Carolina State University As fire management agencies seek to implement more flexible fire management strategies, local understanding and support for these strategies become increasingly important. One issue associated with implementing more flexible fire management strategies is educating local populations about fire management and identifying …

August 26, 2015: Climate change and fire in the Southwest

by swfscEvents, Webinars September 8, 2015May 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Larissa Yocom, Northern Arizona University Global climate change will lead to shifts in climate patterns and fire regimes in the Southwest over coming decades. The intent of this webinar is to summarize the current state of scientific knowledge about climate change predictions in the Southwest as well as the pathways by which fire might …

September 2015: Immediate post-wildfire effects on bats in the Southwest

by swfscEvents, Webinars September 1, 2015May 19, 2023Comments are Disabled

Presenters: Erin Saunders Northern Arizona University and U.S. Forest Service, and Carol Chambers, Northern Arizona University Ponderosa pine forests in the southwestern U.S. have increased in density over the last 100 years which has dramatically increased the size and frequency of wildfires. Although wildfires rarely kill animals, they have immediate consequences to bat populations by drastically …

July 8, 2015: Connecting resilience science with decision-making: Guidelines for the effective development and application of scientific information

by swfscEvents, Webinars July 23, 2015May 19, 2023Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Melanie Colavito, University of Arizona This webinar describes the results of a study that sought to identify barriers and opportunities to the use of scientific information about resilience for decision-making and on-the-ground management. Data for this study was collected from interviews that were conducted with scientists, managers, and other stakeholders following “Fostering resilience in …

May 12, 2015: The Southwest Fire Season: 2014 Overview and 2015 Outlook

by swfscEvents, Webinars May 26, 2015May 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Zander Evans, Forest Guild and Chuck Maxwell, Predictive Services Please join us for a webinar to review last year’s fires and look ahead toward conditions for this year. Dr. Zander Evans will present an overview of the 12 largest fires in the Southwest during 2014. He will share summaries of forest types and burn severities …

April 15, 2015: Effects of climate variability and accelerated thinning on watershed-scale runoff in Southwestern ponderosa pine forests

by swfscEvents, Webinars April 17, 2015May 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Marcos Robles, The Nature Conservancy The recent mortality of up to 20% of forests and woodlands in the southwestern United States, along with declining stream flows and projected future water shortages, heightens the need to understand how management practices can enhance forest resilience and functioning under unprecedented scales of drought and wildfire. To address …