NW Fire Science November Newsletter
Autumn Ellison, Program Coordinator
NW Fire Science Consortium
215 Richardson Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
nw.fireconsortium@oregonstate.edu Subscribe to this newsletter! November 2024 Newsletter --> Hello NW Fire Science Readers,
We know this is certainly a busy and stressful time of the year for everyone. We have a quick recap of pubs, resources, and news below as usual with a few special highlights from events we have been working on:
- Our Equity and Environmental Justice in Wildland Fire Virtual Workshop is happening next week, Nov. 12-14 from 9a-1p PST. We've posted detailed agendas and are offering live Spanish interpretation on all 3 days. Please see the event page for more info and registration, and share the event with anyone who may be interested.
- We have a very important Save-the-Date below for our biggest event yet, the Fire West of the Cascades Summit, happening Nov. 2025.
- We are wrapping up our Revive the Future webinar series on transforming post-wildfire recovery in the NW. See below for recordings and to register for the final webinar on recreating after fires, happening this Wednesday.
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 --> Equity and Environmental Justice in Wildland Fire Workshop---NEXT WEEK! We are very excited for this workshop next week!
We've posted detailed agendas (avail. in English & Spanish) for all 3 days, and have set up options for live Spanish interpretation for any who may need or prefer this. Please see the event page for more info, agendas, and registration. And share the event with anyone you know who may be interested! --> Recent publications:
(Published an article? Send it to us!)
New Journal articles (pdf available):
- Adams & Sarvestani, Environ. Justice: Indigenous Peoples' Rights Discourse: Toward Hemispheric Indigenous Climate and Environmental Justice
- Beeton et al., J. Env. Mgmt.: Developing reliable and valid measures for evaluating collaborative governance and adaptability: An example from the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program
- Bowring et al., Nat Commun: Road fragment edges enhance wildfire incidence and intensity, while suppressing global burned area
- Chamberlain et al., Fire Ecol.: When do contemporary wildfires restore forest structures in the Sierra Nevada?
- Eriksen, Fire Ecol.: Coexisting with wildfire: strengthening collective capacity by changing the status quo
- McClure et al., Commun Earth Environ: Contemporary fires are less frequent but more severe in dry conifer forests of the southwestern United States
- Reis et al., Water Resources Research: Quantifying Aspect-Dependent Snowpack Response to High-Elevation Wildfire in the Southern Rocky Mountains
- Richards et al., Plos One: Association of social vulnerability factors with power outage burden in Washington state: 2018–2021
- Williams Earth Environ: Anthropogenic climate change has reduced drought recovery probabilities across the western US
- Wollstein et al., Rangeland Ecol. & Mgmt.: Assessing Conservation Readiness: The Where, Who, and How of Strategic Conservation in the Sagebrush Biome
Paywall articles (pdf not available on NWFSC site):
- Balch: et al., Science: The fastest-growing and most destructive fires in the US (2001 to 2020)
- Chase, GeoJournal: Fire branding: Why do new residents make a burn scar their home?
- Copes-Gerbitz et al., Intrnl. J. Disaster Risk Red.: Cooperative Community Wildfire Response: Pathways to First Nations’ leadership and partnership in British Columbia, Canada
- Jones et al., Science: Global rise in forest fire emissions linked to climate change in the extratropics
- Young et al., Forest Pol. & Econ.: The cost of operational complexity: A causal assessment of pre-fire mitigation and wildfire suppression
Fire west of the Cascades: Understanding the past, living in the present, preparing for the future
November 5-7, 2025, Skamania Lodge, WA.
The NWFSC invites you to an engaging and dynamic event designed to transform how we think about and approach management of wet/mesic forests west of the Cascades. This summit will unite experts and community practitioners for an interactive exchange of cutting-edge science and local knowledge and insights. We will dive into critical topics that connect our past, present, and future.
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of an innovative dialogue that shapes the future of these forests.
Save the date! November 5-7, 2025 --> Conferences, workshops, and trainings:
- 4th SW Fire Ecology Conference. Nov. 18-22. Santa Fe, NM.
- Wildfires, Climate Change & Invasive Species, virtual conference. Canadian Council on Invasive Species.
- Arizona Wildland Urban Interface Summit. Dec 4-6. Tucson, AZ.
- American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting. Dec. 9-13. Washington, DC.
- Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA. Feb. 9-13, 2025.
- 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. Dec. 2-6, 2025. New Orleans, LA. Association for Fire Ecology. SAVE THE DATE!
We hope you will join us for the final webinar on Wednesday 11/6!
Webinar #5: 11/6
Recreating and Relating to the Land After Fire
REGISTER: https://tinyurl.com/RecreatingPostfire
--> New & upcoming online events & resources:
- NWFSC Webinar on Wednesday, 11/6: Recreating and Relating to the Land After Fire. Register.
- New Webinar: 11/7: Braiding Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science Approaches to Forest Adaptation, with Cristina Eisenberg and Susan J. Prichard. Yale Forest Forum.
- New videos from Local, USA. Watch the trailers and find full episodes on your local public broadcasting station:
- E7: Fire Tender shares the work of Margo Robbins, a Yurok grandmother and knowledge keeper, as she seeks to return fire practices to Yurok territory, and to restore the land and its people.
- E16: Firelighters: Fire is Medicine follows the work of women leaders from the Yurok and Karuk Tribes who are building resources to share indigenous practices and create policies to take back indigenous burning rights. Premiers Monday 11/18.
- New Podcast episode, AFE Fire Ecology Chats: E34: Coexisting with wildfire: strengthening collective capacity by changing the status quo
- New: Science You Can Use: Wildfire risk 101. US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
- Storymap: Forest change in a future with more fire
- Storymap: Rangeland Wildfires
- Video: Burning to Heal. Springfed Media. See the trailer for this film that was formed in SW Oregon, and find the feature length film at local festivals this fall.
- Video: Partnering with Fire – Learning from Tribal Nations and Indigenous Practices. SW CASC.
- Recorded webinar series: Federal wildland firefighter health and wellbeing webinar series. USDA and USDOI.
- Webinar, 11/14: Ecological Drought: Future of Aquatic Flows. USGS
- Webinar Series: Prescribed Fire for Forest Management. Webinars monthly. University of Wisconsin. Register.
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.
Funding:
- The Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grant Program supports high impact projects that promote collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes, leverage public and private resources, and advance priorities identified in a State Forest Action Plan or other restoration strategy. Closes Nov. 15. Learn more. Western Forestry Leadership Coalition.
- CWDG applications are expected to open by the end of the year. Round three CWDG application primer from the Fire Networks: https://fireadaptednetwork.org/cwdg-round-three-application-primer/.
- USDA Disaster Assistance Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP).
- USDA AFRI Grant Program: Rapid Response to Extreme Weather Events Across Food and Agricultural Systems.
Jobs:
- Upper Willamette Soil & Water Conservation District is hiring a Fire Adapted Landscapes Coordinator. Open until filled.
- TNC WA is hiring a Prescribed Fire Manager. Job ID 55376 apply online.
News and feature articles:
- OR Department of Forestry launched the Prescribed Fire Liability Program last week. See more details here and here.
- 11/1: Forest therapy for wildfire survivors (High Country News)
- 10/31: New economics forum begins to tally costs of climate change for Oregonians (University of Oregon)
- 10/31: Federal agencies plan wild horse emergency roundup after Eastern Oregon wildfire (OPB)
- 10/30: Prescribed fire liability pilot program in Oregon launches (Jefferson Public Radio)
- 10/29: Prescribed fires help manage forests in the Northwest (NWPB)
- 10/24: USDA Forest Service announces open grant opportunity to strengthen forest products economy and forest sector jobs as part of Biden-Harris Investing in America agenda (USDA press release)
- 10/24: Fire speed, not size, drives threat to people, infrastructure (CIRES, University of CO, Boulder)
- 10/17: Difficult fire season strains relationship between forestry department and Eastern Oregon landowners (OPB)
- 10/14: As Oregon firefighter and lawmaker, state Rep. Dacia Grayber is often on the front lines (OR Capital Chronicle)
- 10/12: Sharp divide in Oregon over bill to step up logging to prevent wildfires (Jefferson Public Radio)
- 10/8: Why wildfires started by human activities can be more destructive and harder to contain (The Conversation)
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