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November 2014: Wildland Fire Smoke in the Air- What does it mean to me?

by swfscEvents, Workshops December 10, 2014May 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

Thank you to all those who attended, making it a successful workshop! Due to videographer limitations, we were not able to record all of the presentations during concurrent sessions. November 6-8, 2014 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Program available here Click here to watch the associated webinar: “Smoke Forecasting Tools: A Case Study in Air Quality” …

September 17, 2014: Fire management in the Gila National Forest and Saguaro National Park

by swfscEvents, Webinars September 30, 2014April 3, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Molly Hunter – Northern Arizona University Fire suppression has been the dominant fire management strategy in the West over the last century. However, managers in the Gila National Forest and Saguaro National Park have allowed fire to play a more natural role for decades. In a newly published report, we summarize the effects of …

August 21, 2014: Pinaleño Mountain Range

by swfscEvents, Field Trips August 27, 2014June 14, 2023Comments are Disabled

We conducted a single day field trip to learn about the fire and disturbance history of the Pinaleño Mountain Range in southeastern Arizona. We discussed the disturbance history, primarily from fire and insect, the local management plans to restore mixed conifer and spruce-fir through the Pinaleño Ecosystem Restoration Project, the threatened and endangered species concerns, …

June 13, 2014: Slide Fire-9 days Post-Fire

by swfscEvents, Field Trips June 18, 2014May 17, 2023Comments are Disabled

We toured the area of the Slide Fire in Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona. The human caused fire began on May 20, 2014 and burned 21,227 acres before being 100% contained on June 4, 2014. We were able to see this area less than one month post-fire. We learned how suppression staff were able to catch …

February 2014: Fostering resilience in Southwestern ecosystems: A problem solving workshop

by swfscEvents, Workshops April 27, 2014April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Fostering resilience in Southwestern ecosystems: A problem solving workshop Ecosystems and fire regimes are moving into new domains as a consequence of climate change, disturbance, and other causes. Fire professionals and land managers in the region are confronted with new fire regimes, fire effects, and ecosystem recovery trajectories following disturbance. To help fire and ecosystem …

April 16, 2014: The southwest fire season: 2013 overview and 2014 outlook

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

Presenters: Zander Evans (Forest Guild) and Chuck Maxwell (Predictive Services) This webinar provided an overview of the eight largest fires in the Southwest during 2013 based on the recent report from ERI and SWFSC. The webinar included summaries of forest types and burn severities for each of the eight fires. In addition, Chuck Maxwell, meteorologist …

2013 SW Wildfire Season Overview

by swfscSouthwestern Wildfire Season Overview February 1, 2014April 5, 2024No Comments

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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 …

November 12, 2013: Fire Legacy’s role in current and future fire management in the Southwestern U.S.

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

Presenter: Tessa Nicolet, USFS Region 3 Fire Ecologist The southwestern United States encompasses many ecosystems with intimate and inseparable relationships with fire. It is well accepted that fire plays an integral role in the ecology and maintenance of many forest and grassland types in the southwest. Fire on these landscapes not only shapes how those …

March 27, 2013: The Fire Season Outlook for 2013 and How It’s Built

by swfscEvents, Webinars March 28, 2013April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Chuck Maxwell, Fire Meteorologist, Southwest Coordination Center, Predictive Services Chuck Maxwell will discuss how Predictive Services develops seasonal fire potential predictions and what the outlook is this year for the Southwest. Join this webinar to get an inside view of the data and methods that go into fire season predictions, and equally important where …