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NW Fire Science February Newsletter
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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.
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Recent publications:
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New Journal articles (pdf available):
- Brucker et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: A laboratory-scale simulation framework for analysing wildfire hydrologic and water quality effects
- Carlson et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Evaluating a simulation-based wildfire burn probability map for the conterminous US
- Carney et al., Fire Ecol: Complexities in post-wildfire governance: lessons from Colorado’s 2020 wildfires
- Cruz et al., Curr. For. Rep.: Global Synthesis of Quantification of Fire Behaviour Characteristics in Forests and Shrublands: Recent Progress
- Daniels et al., Can. J. For. Res.: The 2023 wildfires in British Columbia, Canada: impacts, drivers, and transformations to coexist with wildfire
- Dossi et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Relationships between building features and wildfire damage in California, USA and Pedrógão Grande, Portugal
- Dye et al., Carbon Balance Manage: Carbon, climate, and natural disturbance: a review of mechanisms, challenges, and tools for understanding forest carbon stability in an uncertain future
- Frey, Environmental Law Review: Managed burning of forests: Balancing economic incentives, risks, and liability
- Furniss et al., Fire Ecol: Wildfire management decisions outweigh mechanical treatment as the keystone to forest landscape adaptation
- Ghosh et al., Soil Science Society of America Journal: Role of biochar made from low-value woody forest residues in ecological sustainability and carbon neutrality
- Jennings et al., Nat Commun: Governance of Indigenous data in open earth systems science
- Jones et al., For. Ecol. Manage.: Prescribed fire, managed burning, and previous wildfires reduce the severity of a southwestern US gigafire
- Kaiser et al., For. Ecol. Manage.: Long-term soil nutrient and understory plant responses to post-fire rehabilitation in a lodgepole pine forest
- Lacey et al., People and Nature: Informing proactive wildfire management that benefits vulnerable communities and ecological values
- Li et al., Fire Ecol: Temporal and spatial pattern analysis of escaped prescribed fires in California from 1991 to 2020
- Margolis et al., Global Ecol Biogeogr: Spatiotemporal Synchrony of Climate and Fire Occurrence Across North American Forests (1750–1880)
- Reining et al., Nat Commun: Roof renewal disparities widen the equity gap in residential wildfire protection
- Seydi et al., Environ. Res.: Health: Patterns and trends of heat and wildfire smoke indicators across rural–urban and social vulnerability gradients in Idaho
- Smith et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Methods to assess fire-induced tree mortality: review of fire behaviour proxy and real fire experiments
Paywall articles (pdf not available on NWFSC site):
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Conferences, workshops, and trainings:
- Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA. Feb. 9-13, 2025.
- California Forest Science Symposium. March 24-25. Sacramento, CA. CA Fire Science Consortium. More info.
- Wildland-Urban Interface Conference 2025. March 27-29. Kansas City, MO. Early bird registration closes February 19. International Association of Fire Chiefs. More info.
- IGNITE Prescribed Fire Skills Weekend. April 4-6. Selma, OR. This training is for anyone who wants to learn about the intentional use of fire for healthy landscapes and safer communities. Register by 3/17. More info.
- Wildland Fire Peer-Learning Exchange. April 15-17. Wawona, CA. ANREP National Extension Wildland Fire Initiative. More info.
- Smoke Management in the Northwest Conference. April 22-24. Boise, ID. EPA Region 10. More info.
- 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.
- 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!
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New webinar recordings:
If you missed the webinars we put on a couple weeks ago, you can find the recordings on our YouTube channel.
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 also the playlist from our Fall webinar series:
Revive the Future: Transforming Post-Fire Recovery in the Northwest webinar series recordings
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New & upcoming online events & resources:
- New Lecture: 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.
- New webinar: Towards Practical Application of a Future Range of Variation. 2/26. John Kim, Svetlana Yegorova and Brian Harvey. LANDFIRE office hours (details).
- Fire Ecology of Oregon Forests webinar Series. 9 webinars from January through March, 2025. Oregon State University Extension. More info and register.
- Video: The Fire Problem Documentary. Wilderness Institute at the University of Montana. YouTube (57m).
- Video: DNR 20-Year Forest Health Strategic Plan Progress Report. YouTube, 4m.
- Video: Partnering with Fire – Learning from Tribal Nations and Indigenous Practices. SW CASC.
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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.
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