NWFSC Nov/Dec Newsletter
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NWFSC Nov/Dec Newsletter
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Autumn Ellison, Program Coordinator
NW Fire Science Consortium
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Corvallis, OR 97331
nw.fireconsortium@oregonstate.edu Subscribe to this newsletter! November/December 2023 Newsletter --> Hello NW Fire Science Readers,
It's been another busy month, we've been out sharing resources, collaborating, and planning for all things fire science. We attended the Cohesive Strategy Workshop in Santa Fe November 5-9 where we met a bunch of you at our exhibitor table, hosted a fire science haiku competition, and helped facilitate a session on the changing needs for fire science communication and delivery. We then headed off to the Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit in Sunriver, OR that we co-sponsored on November 14-16. We were excited to share our new synthesis on Indigenous Fire Stewardship and other resources, learn a bunch, and meet so many cool people.
Other highlights over the past month:
Until 2024,
Autumn Ellison
NWFSC Program Coordinator --> Welcome WSU Extension partners! WELCOME Patrick and Andy, WSU Extension!
Washington State University has joined the NWFSC team!
With the FY24-25 funding, we’re bringing WSU Extension Foresters Patrick Shults and Andy Perleberg on board. Patrick will be playing a primary role on the operations team as the coordinator for Washington State activities and helping roll out the next set of deliverables. He has been the Extension Forester for southwest Washington counties since 2018, developing a program that serves forest landowners through education, research, and resource development on topics like forest health and resilience, agroforestry, and westside wildfire. Andy is the WSU Extension Forestry team leader and has been supporting landowners and professionals throughout Washington State for over twenty years. His program now focuses on forest health and wildland fire in eastern Washington. He will be serving an advisory role on the NWFSC management team. WELCOME PATRICK AND ANDY!
We will continue to introduce our new partners in the FY24-25 workplan over the coming months. Meet the team! --> New informational guides:
(Published an article? Send it to us!)
New Journal articles (pdf available):
Paywall articles (pdf not available on NWFSC page):
New Datasets Available:
Reports:
For current info on fires and smoke in the region, please check out the CURRENT FIRE INFO page on our website.
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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! November/December 2023 Newsletter --> Hello NW Fire Science Readers,
It's been another busy month, we've been out sharing resources, collaborating, and planning for all things fire science. We attended the Cohesive Strategy Workshop in Santa Fe November 5-9 where we met a bunch of you at our exhibitor table, hosted a fire science haiku competition, and helped facilitate a session on the changing needs for fire science communication and delivery. We then headed off to the Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit in Sunriver, OR that we co-sponsored on November 14-16. We were excited to share our new synthesis on Indigenous Fire Stewardship and other resources, learn a bunch, and meet so many cool people.
Other highlights over the past month:
- We submitted our annual report impact statements to JFSP for FY23.
- We hosted 2 webinars and published a new information guide on the Oregon Certified Burn Manager Program (see below for links)
- Planning for the upcoming Association for Fire Ecology meeting next week--we'd love to see you at our sessions if you are also attending. We are hosting both a Special Session and a Fire Circle on Wednesday afternoon. We'll also have a booth–come say hi!
- Developing work plans for our upcoming deliverables as our new proposal really gets underway--see below to learn a bit more about some of new NWFSC team members!
- And, recapping all the new journal articles, webinars, and news from the last month as usual.
Until 2024,
Autumn Ellison
NWFSC Program Coordinator --> Welcome WSU Extension partners! WELCOME Patrick and Andy, WSU Extension!
Washington State University has joined the NWFSC team!
With the FY24-25 funding, we’re bringing WSU Extension Foresters Patrick Shults and Andy Perleberg on board. Patrick will be playing a primary role on the operations team as the coordinator for Washington State activities and helping roll out the next set of deliverables. He has been the Extension Forester for southwest Washington counties since 2018, developing a program that serves forest landowners through education, research, and resource development on topics like forest health and resilience, agroforestry, and westside wildfire. Andy is the WSU Extension Forestry team leader and has been supporting landowners and professionals throughout Washington State for over twenty years. His program now focuses on forest health and wildland fire in eastern Washington. He will be serving an advisory role on the NWFSC management team. WELCOME PATRICK AND ANDY!
We will continue to introduce our new partners in the FY24-25 workplan over the coming months. Meet the team! --> New informational guides:
Both Washington and Oregon have recently developed statewide Certified Burn Manager (CBM) Programs. These programs provide formal training and certification of individuals in the safe and effective use of prescribed fire within the state, and in certain instances can offer limited civil liability protections. To help explain the objectives, processes, benefits, requirements, and restrictions of each program, we are creating guides for each in partnership with state managers. The informational guides can help interested parties access key information about the programs while increasing awareness of the programs more generally in our region. LEARN MORE AND DOWNLOAD the OREGON CBM PROGRAM GUIDE. The WA CBM Program guide is forthcoming soon.
Webinar recordings If you missed either of these recent webinars, recordings are available Oregon's State Wildfire Risk Map. Learn about legislation SB 762's intent, requirements for mapping, where the effort stands today, and what we continue to learn from the public's reaction.**Watch Recording**
Stories of Fire: Resources for Media Covering Wildfire Events & Topics. Learn more about how media in all forms can report diverse stories of fire, including strategies for physical & mental preparedness, engaging with incident personnel, and using scientific knowledge.**Watch Recording**
--> Recent publications:(Published an article? Send it to us!)
New Journal articles (pdf available):
- Baker et al., Fire: Harnessing Natural Disturbances: A Nature-Based Solution For Restoring And Adapting Dry Forests In The Western USA To Climate Change
- Becker & Lutz, Fire Ecol.: Predicting Snag Fall In An Old-Growth Forest After Fire
- Chamberlain et al., For. Ecol. & Mgmt.: Consistently Heterogeneous Structures Observed At Multiple Spatial Scales Across Fire-Intact Reference Sites
- Clark-Wolf et al., Environ. Res. Lett.: Wildfire Activity In Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forests Still Within Millennial-Scale Range Of Variability
- Dickson-Hoyle et al., Can. J. For. Research: Community Forests advance local wildfire governance and proactive management in British Columbia, Canada
- Durbin et al., Environ. Res.: Health: The Big Lie: discursive risk analysis and wildland firefighter safety in the Western United States
- Ellery et al., Environ. Res.: Infrastruct. Sustain:Jurisdictional Decision-Making About Building Codes For Resiliency And Sustainability Post-Fire
- Hai et al., Fire: How Does Fire Suppression Alter The Wildfire Regime? A Systematic Review
- Hiraga & Kavvas, Fire: Hydrological And Meteorological Controls On Large Wildfire Ignition And Burned Area In Northern California During 2017–2020
- Pishahang et al., Fire: MCDM-Based Wildfire Risk Assessment: A Case Study On The State Of Arizona
- Rhoaert et al., Fire: The Analysis Of Traffic Data Of Wildfire Evacuation: The Case Study Of The 2020 Glass Fire
- Smith et al., Biol. Cons.: Fire Needs Annual Grasses More Than Annual Grasses Need Fire
- Steel et al., J. Biogeography: A roadmap for pyrodiversity science
- Thompson & Carriger, Front. For. Glob. Change: Avoided Wildfire Impact Modeling With Counterfactual Probabilistic Analysis
- Vargo et al., Amer. J. Publ. Health: Social Vulnerability in USCommunities Affected by WildfireSmoke, 2011 to 2021
- Vernon et al., For. Ecol. & Mgmt.: Mechanical Thinning Restores Ecological Functions In A Seasonally Dry Ponderosa Pine Forest In The Inland Pacific Northwest, USA
- Wasserman & Mueller, Fire Ecol.: Climate Influences On Future Fire Severity: A Synthesis Of Climate-Fire Interactions And Impacts On Fire Regimes, High-Severity Fire, And Forests In The Western United States
- Wu et al., Sci. Adv.: Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests
Paywall articles (pdf not available on NWFSC page):
- Brodie et al., For. Ecol. & Mgmt.: The century-long shadow of fire exclusion: Historical data reveal early and lasting effects of fire regime change on contemporary forest composition
- Clark-Wolf et al., J. Ecol.: Fire-regime variability and ecosystem resilience over four millennia in a Rocky Mountain subalpine watershed
- Crockett & Hurteau, Tree Physio: Ability of seedlings to survive heat and drought portends future demographic challenges for five southwestern US conifers
- Qiu et al., Agri. & For. Meteorology: Higher burn severity stimulates postfire vegetation and carbon recovery in California
- Stephens et al., Ecol. Appl.: Forest restoration and fuels reduction work: Different pathways for achieving success in the Sierra Nevada
- Zald et al., For. Ecol. & Mgmt.: Thinning and prescribed burning increase shade-tolerant conifer regeneration in a fire excluded mixed-conifer forest
- Zheng et al., Economics & Human Bio: Exposure to wildfires and health outcomes of vulnerable people: Evidence from US data
New Datasets Available:
- Physical, Social, and Biological Attributes for Improved Understanding and Prediction of Wildfires: FPA FOD- 2 Attributes Dataset
- A monthly gridded burned area database of national wildland fire data (ONFIRE)
- Smoothed raster of wildfire transmission to buildings in the continental United States and Alaska (3rd Edition)
Reports:
- ICYMI: ON FIRE: The Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission (Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Final Report)
- NWFSC SPONSORED! Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. Dec. 4-8; Monterey, CA. NWFSC is presenting a Special Session and a Fire Circle, and we'll also have an exhibitor table setup--come find us!
- Society for Range Management Annual Meeting. Jan. 28-Feb.1. Sparks, NV
- National Native Seed Conference. Feb. 7-8. Virtual.
- After the Flames Conference & Workshop. Apr. 15-17. Estes Park, CO
- Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference. Apr. 15-19. Boise. ID. (Locations also in Ireland and Australia).
- In case you missed our webinars last month:
- New video series: The FEMA Tribal Recovery Video Series outlines the tribal declaration pilot guidance, the disaster assistance process and key decision points for tribal leaders.
- New video (20m): Tribal Hands on the Land (Lomakatsi Restoration Project)
- New podcast: Life with Fire Podcast. The Wildfire Commission Report with Kelly Martin
- Upcoming webinar. 12/14 at 8-9:30a PST. The Future is Smoky. Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series.
- Upcoming webinar. 1/18 at 8-9:30a PST. Phenology of Fire: Listening to the Plants and Animals. Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series.
- Recorded webinar: SMOKE: State of the Science. USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station.
- Recorded webinar: Fuel Break Effectiveness: Understanding Fire Response to Spatial Variations in Vegetation and Wind. USDA Forest Service Missoula Fire Sciences Lab.
- Recorded webinar: Plume Dynamics of Three Prescribed Fires in Western States – Stephen Drake. CAL FIRE TV.
For current info on fires and smoke in the region, please check out the CURRENT FIRE INFO page on our website.
- Biden-Harris Administration Agencies Sign Interagency Agreement to Address Wildfire Risk and Protect Communities from Smoke (White House Press Release)
- When burn scars become roaring earthen rivers (High Country News)
- A massive pay cut for federal wildland firefighters may be averted. But not for long (NPR)
- Controlled burns can provide years of protection against wildfires, new study shows (Grist)
- Wildfires Threaten More Homes and People in the U.S. Than Ever Before (Scientific American)
- What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence and the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 tell us about the future of fire in the West (The Conversation)
- Wildfire Brought Wolves Back to Southern California after 150 Years (Scientific American)
- Wildfires are thawing the tundra (High Country News)
- Climate change, drought, wildfires reduce value of private forestland in the West by billions (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
- Pacific Power's parent company wants to limit liability from future wildfire-related lawsuits after Oregon ruling (KGW8)
- Mt. Adams Resource Stewards hosts inaugural prescribed fire training in the Gorge (Columbia Gorge News)
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