Fire Ecology Archives - Page 2 of 12 - Southwest Fire Science Consortium

Grassification and Fast-Evolving Fire Connectivity and Risk in the Sonoran Desert

by swfscWebinars August 14, 2023February 8, 2024No Comments

IN A NUTSHELL: In the second webinar in a series on invasive grass-driven changes in dry desert systems, presenters will discuss their findings on the fire dynamics of the 2020 Bighorn Fire in the Sonoran Desert near Tucson, AZ to better understand the changing nature of fire in desert systems which are increasingly experiencing conversion …

Sonoran desert view showing saguaro cactus surrounded by tall buffelgrass

Monitoring and Removal of Invasive Grasses for Restoration of Dry Desert Systems

by swfscWebinars July 24, 2023February 8, 2024No Comments

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 …

Blooming from the Ashes

by swfscEvents July 19, 2023August 1, 2023No Comments

View the Story Map of the project here or keep scrolling. View larger version here.

Geomorphic Recovery and Post-Fire Flooding Implications from Museum Fire

by swfscWebinars December 22, 2022February 12, 2024Comments are Disabled

Research on post-fire debris flows and geomorphology of Museum Fire, Flagstaff, AZ with implications across the Southwest.

2021 SW Wildfire Season Overview

by swfscSouthwestern Wildfire Season Overview November 29, 2022February 12, 2024No Comments

This report is the 9th in a series of annual overviews available from the Southwest Fire Science Consortium and the Ecological Restoration Institute. The goal of this overview is to provide a concise summary of the fire season and to facilitate comparison with past fires and fire seasons.

Vegetation Type Conversion

by swfscWebinars August 19, 2022February 12, 2024No Comments

Presenter: Christopher H. Guiterman, Research Scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Date: September 21, 2022 at 12:00pm AZ / 1:00pm MDT Ecosystems of the Western United States are experiencing vegetation type conversions (VTC) in response to …

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Wildfire, Human Health, and Environmental Justice

by swfscWebinars June 16, 2022February 12, 2024No Comments

Presenters: Savannah D’Evelyn, Postdoctoral Fellow with the University of Washington, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences and Ed Smith, Terrestrial forest Ecologist with The Nature Conservancy’s California Program. Date: July 19, 2022 11am AZ / 12pm MDT Increasing wildfire size and severity across the western United States has created an environmental and social crisis …

Telegraph Fire-10 months Post-Fire

by swfscField Trips June 15, 2022February 12, 2024No Comments

We hosted a single day field trip that made four stops within the 2021 Telegraph Fire perimeter. The Telegraph Fire, human caused and still under investigation, started 1.5 miles southeast of Superior, Arizona on June 4, 2021 and burned 180,757 acres before being fully contained approximately one month later. The fire was primarily carried by …

Post-fire flooding showing sand bags and a street that looks like a river, it is full of muddy water.

Post-fire Flooding: The Museum Fire

by swfscStory Maps March 25, 2022November 13, 2024No Comments

The Museum Fire in 2019 burned 1,961 acres and a record monsoon season in 2021 caused post-fire flooding from the burn scar, which affected many homes and businesses. The Story Map aims to outline the full timeline of the fire, the aftermath and flooding, and considerations for the future. Topics include the Flagstaff Watershed Protection …

Postfire Management in Frequent-Fire Conifer Forests

by swfscWebinars December 20, 2021February 12, 2024No Comments

Presenter: Dr. Jens T. Stevens, National Program Lead for the Wildland Fire and Fuels Research, USDA Forest ServiceDate: January 19, 2022 12pm Mountain Standard Time The increasing incidence of large wildfires with extensive stand-replacing effects across the southwestern United States is altering the contemporary forest management template within historically frequent-fire conifer forests. While management of …