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November 1, 2017: Interagency coordination to meet multiple objectives: An effective approach to wildfire

by swfscEvents, Webinars October 11, 2017April 3, 2024No Comments

Date: November 1, 2017 11am AZ/12pm MDT Presenters: Shaula Hedwall, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Wesley Hall, Coconino National Forest While the number of acres burned annually by uncharacteristic wildfire continues to grow, it is becoming exceedingly important for agencies to identify opportunities to use wildfire to meet multiple land management and resource objectives. When conditions …

Bosque del Apache NWR-Fire and Wildlife Management

by swfscField Trips, Story Maps August 28, 2017October 16, 2023No Comments

The 57,000 acre Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge is a unique landscape with uplands and water features, including a stretch of the Rio Grande River. It provides an important wintering ground for cranes and geese. Refuge staff depend upon and utilize various tools to manage the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge for the …

April 12, 2017: Efficacy of resource objective wildfires for restoring ponderosa pine ecosystems in N. Arizona

by swfscEvents, Webinars March 17, 2017April 3, 2024No Comments

Efficacy of resource objective wildfires for restoring ponderosa pine ecosystems in northern Arizona Date: April 12, 2017 11am AZ/12pm MDT Presenter: David Huffman, Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University Historical interruption of frequent surface fire regimes and decades of fire exclusion have resulted in degraded ecological conditions in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests of the American …

Fire moss as a tool for post-wildfire ecosystem restoration

by swfscFactsheet January 25, 2017April 3, 2024No Comments

This factsheet is a result of graduate research and has not been peer reviewed beyond graduate committee members. by Chris Ives Increasingly large, frequent, and severe fires across the western United States are creating difficult restoration challenges for land managers. Despite the wide use of current fire restoration techniques, many studies have shown little to …

Forest Treatments Impacts to Water Quantity

by swfscScience Synthesis November 1, 2016April 3, 2024No Comments

Working Paper 37 by Dan Binkley Read The influence of restoration treatments on hydrologic output in fire-adapted forests of the Southwest PDF.

Bark Beetles and Restoration Treatments

by swfscFactsheet October 19, 2016April 3, 2023No Comments

Although bark beetles are a natural part of the ponderosa pine forest ecosystem, it has been the insect most often associated with widespread tree mortality. Therefore, land managers charged with forest restoration use prescribed fire and thinning treatments to promote healthy and resilient stands. Read more!

Economic Benefits of Forest Treatments

by swfscScience Synthesis October 1, 2016October 21, 2024No Comments

This paper presents a review of the types of economic benefits that arise from fuels-reduction treatments in the southwestern U.S. to inform policy discussions about the economic impacts and benefits of the treatments.

2016 Fire Ecology & Management Conference

by swfscConference, Events January 18, 2016April 3, 2023Comments are Disabled

Beyond hazardous fuels: Managing fire for social, economic, and ecological benefits Recordings and field trip info now available! This Southwest Regional Fire Ecology and Management Conference occurred in Tucson, Arizona November 28 – December 2, 2016 in partnership with the Association for Fire Ecology. To view recordings of plenary presentations and some others, click here …

2012 Southwest Fire Ecology Conference (AFE)

by swfscConference, Events December 13, 2015May 4, 2023Comments are Disabled

Together with Humboldt State University and the Association for Fire Ecology, the Southwest Fire Science Consortium hosted the Southwest Fire Ecology Conference, “Fire Landscapes, Wildlife & People” in Santa Fe, New Mexico February 27-March 1, 2012. 2011 was a record-breaking fire year for the Southwest that underscored the importance of collaboration for defining research needs …

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 …