Fuel Treatment Longevity
Fuel Treatment Longevity Ecological Restoration Institute Working Paper 27 October 2013
2022_Wildfire_Season_Overview_FINAL_Med_Res
2022_Wildfire_Season_Overview_FINAL_Med_Res
Impact of Forest Restoration Treatments on Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Tree Resistance to Bark Beetles
Impact of Forest Restoration Treatments on Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Tree Resistance to Bark Beetles Ecological Restoration Institute Working Paper 30 March 2014 Author: Monica Gaylord
September 25, 2013: How will climate change and treatments affect future forests? Testing alternatives with the Climate-FVS model
Presenter: Pete Fulè, Professor, Northern Arizona University Under current conditions, large, severe wildfires are a fact of life in southwestern ponderosa pine forests. What will burned systems look like over the coming decades under warming climate? Do management treatments make a lasting difference or will climate override their effects? We applied the relatively new feature …
May 29, 2014: A resilience ecology framework for southwestern forests: Ecosystem shifts, landscape disturbance and climate change
Presenter: Donald Falk, University of Arizona In this webinar, Dr. Don Falk will review the basic concepts of ecological resilience as it applies to fire-adapted ecosystems in the Southwest. He will discussion how these concepts apply to the challenge of maintaining resilience in a rapidly changing world. Lastly, he will explore how maintaining resilience can …
Monitoring and Removal of Invasive Grasses for Restoration of Dry Desert Systems
IN A NUTSHELLA panel of researchers and managers discusses the impact of non-native invasive grasses on dry desert systems and various methods to remove, monitor, or slow their spread. The fire regime of dry desert systems, such as the Sonoran, historically consisted of infrequent, low intensity, size-limited fires. Native grasses and other vegetation, which grow …
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Wind File (.WND) Information Sheet
Wind File (.WND) Information Sheet Wind File (.WND) The Wind (.WND) File is a ASCII text file required for any FARSITE simulation. By Mary Lata, 2012
Mastication Fuel Treatments
Mastication Fuel Treatments Written by Josh McDaniel, January 2013 Over the past decade, fuel treatments using mechanical mastication have become increasingly common. Mastication provides a means to treat fuels that are otherwise difficult to treat with prescribed fire. However, a number of questions have arisen regarding the effectiveness and impact of the treatments. We spoke …
The Influence of Restoration Treatments on Hydrologic Output in Fire-Adapted Forests of the Southwest
The Influence of Restoration Treatments on Hydrologic Output in Fire-Adapted Forests of the Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute Working Paper 37 Author: Frances C. O’Donnell, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University November 2016
44 Working Paper Mitigating Post-fire Erosion
44 Working Paper Mitigating Post-fire Erosion Ecological Restoration Institute Working Paper 44 Mitigating Postfire Runoff and Erosion in the Southwest using Hillslope and Channel Treatments Published: January 2021