Webinar #1 of the Series Recorded on: April 9, 2024 Description: In January, the Southwest Fire Science Consortium, USDA Forest Service, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, and many other partners hosted a two-day workshop on the intersection of wildlife and fire. Based on the needs identified in the workshop, this collaborative group is hosting a …
2020 Fire Summit Summary Meeting Notes
ArcBurn Fire Effects on Cultural Resources JFSP Activity 2014 An innovative, multi-disciplinary project that provides tools and guidelines for reducing damages to cultural resources from wildfires and fire management activities. ArcBurn serves as a model across agencies, tribes, and regions. Information generated is especially critical as climate changes alter wildfire patterns and fire behavior.
In a nutshell: Tips for planting trees after severe fire in the Southwest, we learn how microclimates, nurse plants, and biochar impact survival of seedlings. We also learn how these techniques can be scaled-up to improve replanting efforts across an entire landscape. Description: Across the southwestern United States, high-severity wildfire is resulting in increasingly large …
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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 …
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Save the Date! The 4th Southwest Fire Ecology Conference will be held on November 18-22, 2024 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Click Here to Learn More!
Fire Moss Factsheet 2020 Factsheet on Fire Moss: natural colonization and post-fire rehabilitation trials
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