Presenter: Jens Stevens, PhD, US Geological Survey Date: May 2, 2019 11am AZ/12pm MDT The increasing frequency and severity of fire and drought events have negatively impacted the capacity and success of reforestation efforts in many dry, western forests. Challenges to reforestation include the size, cost, and safety concerns of replanting large areas with standing …
Molly Hunter January 2013 at Northern Arizona University
Hot and Dry Podcast Series EPISODE SUMMARY We talked with two scientists about life in the Wildland Urban Interface or WUI. We were particularly curious about why people choose to move into these areas even when the risks are well known and have been demonstrated pretty dramatically in the past few years. We wanted to …
We are happy to announce the premiere of a new educational video, “Preventing accidental ignitions: A case study of developed shooting ranges” for #NationalPublicLandsDay on September 28, 2024. Wildfires are accidentally ignited by target shooting each year. While there is no good data on the number of fires started by firearms, land managers recognize the …
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Presenters: Owen Burney, PhD, Associate Professor and Superintendent John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center, New Mexico State University Date: April 9, 2019 11am AZ/12pm MDT Restoration of severely burned forest lands is limited in the southwestern US primarily due to a lack of research and resources. For those areas that have been reforested, there has been …
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
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 …
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These Success Stories relate to fire research and/or fire management and have been directly or indirectly supported by the Southwest Fire Science Consortium. Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project Wildland Urban Interface Summits in NM and AZ Spreading innovation: Successful management case studies Fires of Change: A science and art collaborative
Landfire Data Access Tool (LFDAT) Cheat Sheet Information sheet: http://www.frames.gov/portal/server.pt/community/niftt/382/tools_and_user_documents/1675 Down load LFDAT v 2.3 for your version of ARC Map you will need administrative privileges to install After Install in ARC Map; View> Tool Bars> Landfire Data Access Tool to turn on October 2012
Participant Comments on BALN Workshop Posted participant recommendations and comments from the Burned Area Learning Network workshop April 16-17, 2015