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NW Fire Science April Newsletter
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nw.fireconsortium@oregonstate.edu Subscribe to this newsletter! April 2025 Newsletter --> Hello NW Fire Science Readers,
We hope you are all doing well, and have the monthly recap of pubs, resources, and news below as usual. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, resources to highlight in future newsletters, or other news to share; we are always happy to hear from you.
Autumn Ellison
NWFSC Program Coordinator --> Recent publications:
(Published an article? Send it to us!)
New journal articles (pdf available):
Paywall articles (pdf not available on NWFSC site):
Interdisciplinary understanding and prediction of wildfires:
https://youtu.be/U2XPnjjLiUY
Spatial and temporal trends in causes of human-ignited wildfires:
https://youtu.be/70olITJdPKA
See the playlist from our Fall 2024 post-fire webinar series:
Revive the Future: Transforming Post-Fire Recovery in the Northwest webinar series recordings --> In the News:
Due to the rapidly changing nature of fires, we do not cover news related to current/individual wildfires in our newsletter. For current info on fires and smoke in the region, please check out the CURRENT FIRE INFO page on our website.
Jobs & funding
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Autumn Ellison, Program Coordinator
NW Fire Science Consortium
215 Richardson Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
nw.fireconsortium@oregonstate.edu Subscribe to this newsletter! April 2025 Newsletter --> Hello NW Fire Science Readers,
We hope you are all doing well, and have the monthly recap of pubs, resources, and news below as usual. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, resources to highlight in future newsletters, or other news to share; we are always happy to hear from you.
Autumn Ellison
NWFSC Program Coordinator --> Recent publications:
(Published an article? Send it to us!)
New journal articles (pdf available):
- Biblin et al., Fire Ecol.: Long-term influence of prescribed burning on subsequent wildfire in an old-growth coast redwood forest
- da Rosa Oliveira et al., Wetlands: Designing Burn Windows for Integrated Fire Management in Wetlands: Why Should Flooding Not Be Overlooked?
- Deak et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Burning from the ground up: the structure and impact of Prescribed Burn Associations in the United States
- Faulstich et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Enhancing fire emissions inventories for acute health effects studies: integrating high spatial and temporal resolution data
- He et al., Geophys. Res. Lett.: Influence of Time‐Averaging of Climate Data on Estimates of Atmospheric Vapor Pressure Deficit and Inferred Relationships With Wildfire Area in the Western United States
- Hung et al., GeoHealth: Fire Intensity and spRead forecAst (FIRA): A Machine Learning Based Fire Spread Prediction Model for Air Quality Forecasting Application
- Jung et al., JAMA Netw Open: Fine Particulate Matter From 2020 California Wildfires and Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits
- Kumar et al., npj Nat. Hazards: Compounding effects of climate change and WUI expansion quadruple the likelihood of extreme-impact wildfires in California
- McAllister et al., Fire Technol: Can ‘‘Fire Safe’’ Cigarettes (FSCs) Start Wildfires?
- McFarland et al., Glob Chang Biol.: Extreme Fire Spread Events Burn More Severely and Homogenize Postfire Landscapes in the Southwestern United States
- Pinzón et al., California Agriculture: Farming and ranching through wildfire: Producers’ critical role in fire risk management and emergency response
- Rapp et al., Ecology and Society: Effects of long-term ecological research and cognitive biases on the evaluation of scientific information by public land managers in Oregon and Washington, USA
- Robichaud et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Comparing modeled soil temperature and moisture dynamics during prescribed fires, slash-pile burns and wildfires
- Strand et al., Ecosphere: Changing fire regimes in the Great Basin USA
- Zhang et al., Ecology: Do wood-boring beetles influence the flammability of deadwood?
- Zhao et al., Commun Earth Environ: Future enhanced threshold effects of wildfire drivers could increase burned areas in northern mid- and high latitudes
Paywall articles (pdf not available on NWFSC site):
- Paveglio et al., Journal of Environmental Management: Trajectories of community fire adaptation: Social diversity, social fragmentation and the temporal evolution of wildfire action
- Wilkin et al., International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction: High fire hazard Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) residences in California lack voluntary and mandated wildfire risk mitigation compliance in Home Ignition Zones
- Wildland Fire Peer-Learning Exchange. April 15-17. Wawona, CA. ANREP National Extension Wildland Fire Initiative. More info.
- Northeast Oregon IGNITE Prescribed Fire Skills Training. June 6-8. Wallowa, OR. Hosted by Wallowa Resources. More info and register.
- WA DNR Certified Burner Program courses. See website for more information and application form.
- Spring 2025: May 20-22 at Wenatchee Valley College. Apply by 4/30.
- Fall 2025: October 28-30 at the Klickitat Community Center. Apply by 9/25.
- Fish & Fire 2025: Where There Are Fish, There is Fire. April 29-May 2. Santa Cruz. CA. Salmonid Restoration Federation. More info.
- 2025 Central Oregon TREX. May 5-16, 2025. More info & Apply by Feb. 7.
- 2025 Washington Post-Fire Workshop. May 12-13. Ellensburg, WA. Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources. More info.
- 50th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. July 13-16. Broomfield, CO. Natural Hazards Center. More info.
- 9th American Forest Congress. July 15-18. Washington, DC. More info.
- The 11th World Conference on Ecological Restoration. Sept. 30-Oct. 4. Denver, CO. Society for Ecological Restoration. More info.
- 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. Dec. 2-6, 2025. New Orleans, LA. Association for Fire Ecology. SAVE THE DATE!
- New listing: 4/15, Webinar: Indigenous Cultural Fire: Implications for Research, Policy, and Data Sovereignty in California and Beyond. Student Association for Fire Ecology. Learn more and register.
- New listing: 4/17, Webinar: The search for general relationships between fire and biodiversity. California Fire Science Consortium. Learn more and register.
- New listing: 4/22, Webinar: The Health Parameters of Wildland Firefighting and Cultural Burning. Southern Fire Exchange. Learn more and register.
- New listing: 4/24, Virtual panel discussion: Living Sustainably with Wildfire: Science for Solutions. Western Fire and Forest Resilience Collaborative. More info and register.
- New listing: 4/24, Webinar: Lessons from first-entry burns and reburns: from novel fire exclusion to fire-adapted landscapes. California Fire Science Consortium. Learn more and register.
- New listing: 5/15, Webinar: ReSHAPE: Reshaping wildfire and fuels reduction information. Southwest Fire Science Consortium. Learn more and register.
- 4/19. Collective Action and Resilience; Learning from Northern Colorado's Fireshed Collaboration. Starker Lecture Series, Oregon State University. April 9. In person and online. Learn more and register.
- LANDFIRE Office Hour. 10-11a PDT. More info and register.
- 4/30: The Use of LANDFIRE Data in the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS)
- 5/28: Characterizing Ecosystems at Different Spatial Scales with LANDFIRE Data.
- 6/25: LANDFIRE's Vegetation Update
- Recorded webinar: Urban Fires. National Academies, Climate Crossroads. YouTube (85m).
Interdisciplinary understanding and prediction of wildfires:
https://youtu.be/U2XPnjjLiUY
Spatial and temporal trends in causes of human-ignited wildfires:
https://youtu.be/70olITJdPKA
See the playlist from our Fall 2024 post-fire webinar series:
Revive the Future: Transforming Post-Fire Recovery in the Northwest webinar series recordings --> In the News:
Due to the rapidly changing nature of fires, we do not cover news related to current/individual wildfires in our newsletter. For current info on fires and smoke in the region, please check out the CURRENT FIRE INFO page on our website.
Jobs & funding
- Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP). Helps the owners of non-industrial private forests restore forest health damaged by natural disasters. USDA, Ongoing. Learn more.
- Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance is hiring for multiple positions, including: human resources manager, fire manager, program coordinator, and outreach program coordinator. See the TERA jobs page for details.
- The Association for Fire Ecology is seeking an editor-in-chief for the journal Fire Ecology. See the listing on the AFE jobs page for details on responsibilities and stipend.
- Network for Landscape Conservation Catalyst Fund 2025, request for proposals. The Fund makes strategic investments in strengthening the collaborative capacity of place-based, community-grounded landscape partnerships. This year there is also support available to undertake climate-informed conservation planning. Proposals due by May 16.
- Resource: Federal Grants Fundamentals for Wildfire Resilience Practitioners. A new post by Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network summarizes best practices and links to several virtual trainings to familiarize fire practitioners with important federal funding tools like grants and agreements, as well as key aspects of grants compliance.
News & media:
- 4/7: Why California and the West could face a 'big fire season' later this year. Washington Post.
- 4/7: ProPublica investigation of layoffs in the federal firefighting workforce. ProPublica.
- 4/7: Wildfire Smoke Increases Risk Of Mental Health Problems. U.S. News.
- 4/5: Millions of Americans believe they’re safe from wildfires in their cities. New research shows they’re not. The Guardian.
- 4/3: How EPA cuts could leave small rural towns choking in smoke. Washington Post.
- 3/30: Budget woes, federal cuts put WA plans at risk as wildfire season nears. Seattle Times.
- 3/28: Oregon lawmakers ask insurers to pause dropping policies based on internal wildfire risk maps. OPB.
- 3/27: As wildfire season approaches, budget woes and federal uncertainty have put states’ plans at risk. AP News.
- 3/19: Oregon lawmakers propose wildfire funding solutions bill. OPB.
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