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March 12, 2014: Identifying Priority Treatment Areas Across the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests

by swfscEvents, Webinars April 10, 2014April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Joe Crouse, Ecological Restoration Institute To address concerns regarding how to prioritize treatments across the forests, the Ecological Restoration Institute received funding from the USDA Forest Service to identify priority treatment areas across the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. In addition, Forest Service personnel stated a need to identify areas within the Wallow Fire perimeter that …

Forest Treatments and Bark Beetles

by swfscScience Synthesis March 1, 2014October 21, 2024No Comments

This working paper highlights current research about the effects of restoration treatments on ponderosa pine tree resistance/susceptibility to bark beetles. Working Paper 30, March 2014, Author: Monica Gaylord

February 13, 2014: Restoring Composition and Structure in Southwestern Frequent-Fire Forests: A science-based framework for improving ecosystem resiliency

by swfscEvents, Webinars February 13, 2014April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenters: Richard Reynolds, Andrew Sánchez Meador, James Youtz, Tessa Nicolet, Megan Matonis, Patrick Jackson, Donald DeLorenzo, Andrew Graves (based on RMRS-GTR-310) Originally intended as pre-work for “Fostering resilience in Southwestern ecosystems: A problem solving workshop” on February 13, 2014. Watch the webinar recording.

February 11, 2014: What is Climate Change? How will our changing climate impact seasonal weather conditions across the Southwest?

by swfscEvents, Webinars February 11, 2014April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenters: Darren McCollum and Robert Bohlin, National Weather Service meteorologists Originally presented February 11, 2014 This webinar was originally intended as pre-work for “Fostering resilience in Southwestern ecosystems: A problem solving workshop,” Read a pdf of their presentation. Watch the webinar recording.

January 15, 2014: Black Lake Prescribed Burn: Lessons Learned in Building Capacity for Prescribed Fire

by swfscEvents, Webinars January 21, 2014April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Eytan Krasilovsky will share challenges and lessons learned surrounding the Forest Guild’s recent Black Lake Training Exchange. Forest Guild and the New Mexico State Land Office, with support from the Nature Conservancy’s Fire Learning Network, convened a grant funded training exchange to burn 900 acres of state trust lands in a wildland-urban interface in northern …

December 12, 2013: Cooperative Burning and Training Exchanges

by swfscEvents, Webinars December 13, 2013April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Jeremy Bailey, a career firefighter and prescribed fire burn boss, will discuss the Fire Learning Network’s Training Exchange program and how it is being used to train numerous local workforces to advance burning across all lands. In the past seven years, these training exchanges have been deployed on federal, state and private lands, bringing together …

November 25, 2013: The Role of Fire in Shortgrass Rangelands

by swfscEvents, Webinars November 26, 2013April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: David Augustine, USDA-ARS Landscape Ecologist In this webinar, we will discuss research on the role and use of prescribed fire in the western Great Plains, focusing on studies conducted in the shortgrass steppe of Colorado over the past decade. We will discuss the fuel loads and weather conditions under which prescribed burning has been …

Fuel Treatment Longevity

by swfscScience Synthesis October 1, 2013October 21, 2024No Comments

There are several ways to evaluate fuel treatment effectiveness: observations, case studies, mathematical models, and empirical studies. Within these four categories, there are several methods that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of fuel treatments both immediately after treatment and over time. This paper summarizes the goals, effects, and advantages of various treatment actions; …

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SW Mixed Conifer Forests: Evaluating Reference Conditions to Guide Fuel Treatments

by swfscScience Synthesis October 1, 2013October 21, 2024No Comments

This working paper covers three topics to guide treatments in mixed-conifer forests of the Southwest: 1) describes the current knowledge of mixed-conifer historical reference conditions for fire regimes, stand structure, and species composition in the Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico and adjacent areas); 2) provides field diagnostics to assess reference conditions; and 3) offers land managers …

August 21, 2013: Effects of fuel treatments on wildfire severity

by swfscEvents, Webinars September 4, 2013April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenters: Charlotte Reemts, an Ecologist for the Nature Conservancy and Helen Poulos, Wesleyan University Charlotte and Helen teamed up to present this webinar that connected science and management of fire in the Davis Mountains of west Texas. Three wildfires burned through the pinyon-juniper-oak forests of the Davis Mountains in 2011 and 2012. Fuel treatments (prescribed fire, …