November 25, 2013: The Role of Fire in Shortgrass Rangelands

Presenter: David Augustine, USDA-ARS Landscape Ecologist In this webinar, we will discuss research on the role and use of prescribed fire in the western Great Plains, focusing on studies conducted in the shortgrass steppe of Colorado over the past decade. We will discuss the fuel loads and weather conditions under which prescribed burning has been …

December 2, 2016: Altar Valley

Altar Valley Field Trip In November and December 2016, we co-hosted a conference in Tucson, Arizona with the Association for Fire Ecology (Beyond hazardous fuels: Managing fire for social, economic, and ecological benefits). During the conference, we arranged three separate field trips. The link below provides information from each stop on the Altar Valley Field …

Previous Board Members

Brent Woffinden: National Park Service, Intermountain Region (2012-2016) Byron Kimball: Arizona State Forestry (2012-2016) Carrie Dennet: Bureau of Land Management, Arizona (2016-2018) Chris Marks: National Park Service, Grand Canyon (2016-2018) Craig Wilcox: United States Forest Service, Lincoln National Forest (2015-2018) Dave Mertz: (X-2015) Doug Ruppel: United States Forest Service, District Ranger (2018-2020) Jack Triepke: United …

April 2013: White/Donaldson Fires

A one day field trip to both the White and Donaldson Fires near Ruidoso, New Mexico that reviewed how both fires burned in the same year (2011) with very different effects. We visited unburned and burned areas that received mastication and other fuels treatments, discussed treatments and how they may have affected fire behavior, fire …