Fuels Reduction/Restoration Archives - Page 6 of 11 - Southwest Fire Science Consortium

December 16, 2015: Impacts of Thinning and Burning in Spotted Owl Habitat

by swfscEvents, Webinars December 17, 2015April 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Quentin Hays, Eastern New Mexico University On forested lands throughout the Southwest, Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) are a driver of management activities, as the current Recovery Plan (USFWS 2012) dictates forest treatment guidelines in designated owl habitat. These guidelines often prove restrictive for forest management and restoration programs, which serve to promote resiliency and …

June 20, 2012: Fire Regime Condition Class Concepts

by swfscEvents, Webinars December 14, 2015April 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

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 …

November 2015: Fire effects: Restoration of watersheds and springs

by swfscEvents, Workshops December 7, 2015April 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

This 1-day workshop/session was held in conjunction with the Society for Ecological Restoration Southwest Chapter Conference. It provided participants with information on trends in fire effects on watersheds, streams, and springs; offered tools to respond to these impacts before and after fires; and fostered discussion on next steps for restoration practitioners. The main focus was …

November 10, 2015: Mixed Conifer Forest Ecology: Emerging Science

by swfscEvents, Webinars November 10, 2015April 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

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 …

April 2015: Planning for the Next Big One: Managing the Post-fire Environment in a Time of Change

by swfscEvents, Workshops May 1, 2015May 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

The Burned Area Learning Network Workshop Together with the Fire Learning Network, the SWFSC hosted a collaborative workshop to improve advance planning for post wildfire impacts April 16-17, 2015 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Materials and Notes from the workshop can be downloaded below. If you have further questions, contact Anne Bradley with The Nature …

April 15, 2015: Effects of climate variability and accelerated thinning on watershed-scale runoff in Southwestern ponderosa pine forests

by swfscEvents, Webinars April 17, 2015May 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Marcos Robles, The Nature Conservancy The recent mortality of up to 20% of forests and woodlands in the southwestern United States, along with declining stream flows and projected future water shortages, heightens the need to understand how management practices can enhance forest resilience and functioning under unprecedented scales of drought and wildfire. To address …

The 2014 San Juan Fire: Fuel Treatments and Fire Management

by swfscVideos April 16, 2015April 3, 2024No Comments

The San Juan fire ignited on June 26, 2014 on the White Mountain Apache Reservation and quickly entered the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. The fire was wind-driven for the first few days, and fire behavior was influenced by extremely dry fuel conditions related to long-term drought. However, as the fire moved to the southwest it encountered a series of fuels treatments done as part of the White Mountain Stewardship Contract and a habitat improvement partnership project. View the YouTube video here.

April 2, 2015: Tamarisk invasion and fire in Southwestern desert ecosystems

by swfscEvents, Webinars April 8, 2015April 3, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Gail Drus, St. Francis University Increased wildfire has been observed with the displacement of native cottonwood-willow (Salix and Populus spp.) gallery forests by invasive, non-native tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) in desert riparian zones of North America. Greater post-fire recovery of Tamarix relative to native species suggests a Tamarix fire trajectory where repeated fire excludes native …

February 25, 2015: Fire and climate history of the western San Juan Mountains, Colorado: Integration of tree-ring and alluvial-sediment methods

by swfscEvents, Webinars March 1, 2015April 3, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Erica Bigio, University of Arizona This webinar presents research on the historical fire regimes of the western San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado, where the landscape provided a unique opportunity to sample tree-ring and alluvial-sediment records in the same study sites. Knowledge of historical fire regimes (frequency, size, severity) can help support management plans …

January 21, 2015: The Ability of Wildfire to Act as a Fuel Treatment

by swfscEvents, Webinars February 1, 2015April 3, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Sean Parks, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service In partnership with the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network, Sean will present the results from a JSFP-funded study that highlights the ability of wildfire to act as a fuel treatment. This study evaluated whether or not wildfires limited the occurrence, …

Tag: Fuels Reduction/Restoration

December 16, 2015: Impacts of Thinning and Burning in Spotted Owl Habitat

June 20, 2012: Fire Regime Condition Class Concepts

November 2015: Fire effects: Restoration of watersheds and springs

November 10, 2015: Mixed Conifer Forest Ecology: Emerging Science

April 2015: Planning for the Next Big One: Managing the Post-fire Environment in a Time of Change

April 15, 2015: Effects of climate variability and accelerated thinning on watershed-scale runoff in Southwestern ponderosa pine forests

The 2014 San Juan Fire: Fuel Treatments and Fire Management

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