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August 2024 Newsletter
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Hello NW Fire Science Readers,
We hope you are all staying safe and healthy this summer. We know its a stressful time of the year as we are breaking records for acres burned in the NW. We send all of our gratitude and well-wishes to the forests, communities, managers, firefighters, and others that are dealing with fires daily. While we don't track current fire info in these monthly newsletters, under the "in the news" section below you can find resources for learning more about ongoing fires from sources that update multiple times a day.
Some highlights from our recent work, scroll down to learn more:
- Work of Wildfire field workshop summary report
- Newly-released FASMEE (Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment) video
Happy reading, and 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
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Washington Work of Wildfire Workshop
In June, we partnered with the WA DNR to convene a workshop with the Colville National Forest in NE Washington. The broad intent was to bring together a diverse group of researchers, managers, and practitioners to explore key topics in fire ecology, landscape restoration, and wildfire management in an interactive, field-based setting. This year’s workshop focused on integrating the “work of wildfire” with post-fire management and landscape restoration planning.
We've now put together a summary report on themes addressed, questions asked, needs identified—
find it here!
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Recent publications:
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Published an article? Send it to us!)
New Journal articles (pdf available):
- Coughlan et al., Front. Environ. Archaeol.: Pre-contact Indigenous fire stewardship: a research framework and application to a Pacific Northwest temperate rainforest
- Cullen et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Characterising ignition precursors associated with high levels of deployment of wildland fire personnel
- Franz et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: From flexibility to feasibility: identifying the policy conditions that support the management of wildfire for objectives other than full suppression
- Gincheva et al., Earth's Future: The Interannual Variability of Global Burned Area Is Mostly Explained by Climatic Drivers
- Hall et al., Earth's Future: Forest Carbon Storage in the Western United States:Distribution, Drivers, and Trends
- Hjerpe et al., Ecol. Econ.: Return on investments in restoration and fuel treatments in frequent-fire forests of the American west: A meta-analysis
- Kang et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Optimising disaster response: opportunities and challenges with Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) technology in response to the 2020 Labour Day wildfires in Oregon, USA
- McConnell et al., Nat. Commun.: Rare and highly destructive wildfires drive human migration in the U.S.
- Ondei et al., npj Nat. Hazards: Garden design can reduce wildfire risk and drive more sustainable co-existence with wildfire
- Qin et al., Environ. & Sustainability Indicators: Exploring How Community Context Informs Variations in Local Perceptions of Forest Disturbance and Land Management in Colorado Over Time
- Raffuse et al., Geosci. Model Devpt.: A Model For Rapid PM2.5 Exposure Estimates In Wildfire Conditions Using Routinely Available Data: Rapidfire V0.1.3
- Remy et al., J. Appl. Ecol.: Restoring frequent fire to dry conifer forests delays the decline of subalpine forests in the southwest United States under projected climate
- Restaino et al., Fire Ecol.: Taking the next step in wildfire education: integrating multiple knowledge forms into co-produced high school fire science curricula
- Russell et al., Cell Reports Sustain.: A Fire-Use Decision Model To Improve The United States’ Wildfire Management And Support Climate Change Adaptation
- Sparks et al., Forest Sci.: Prefire Drought Intensity Drives Postfire Recovery and Mortality in Pinus monticola and Pseudotsuga menziesii Saplings
- Zhang et al., Fire: A Dynamic Spatiotemporal Understanding of Changes in Social Vulnerability to Wildfires at Local Scale
Paywall articles (pdf not on NWFSC site):
Reports:
New data and datasest resources:
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Learning and Burning: FASMEE 2023 video
Last October, Fire and smoke researchers collaborated with land managers to "learn and burn" from a unique, high-intensity prescribed fire that was conducted to restore aspen forests on the Fishlake National Forest in southern Utah. Led by the Pacific Northwest Research Station, researchers from many agencies and institutions worked with fire managers to safely collect data on fire behavior, smoke composition and transport, soil dynamics, and forest ecology, with the ultimate goal of improving models used for fire and smoke management. This partnership is called the Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE).
NWFSC supports the communication and learning initiatives to come from the FASMEE project (along with other western fire science exchanges) and provided support for a videographer to create this
video-- we hope you find it enjoyable and informative! If you'd prefer a shorter version, we did release a
trailer to the main video several months ago that is under 2 minutes long.
Find more information on the
FASMEE website.
Conferences, workshops, and trainings:
- National Tribal and Indigenous Climate Conference. Sept. 9-12. Anchorage, AK. More info.
- 7th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop. Sept. 16-19. Atlantic City, NJ. More info.
- Washington DNR Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Course. Sept. 17-20, Pasco, WA. Course will be limited to 25 students. Tuition is $100, and participants are responsible for their own food and lodging. Contact Kyle Lapham (kyle.lapham@dnr.wa.gov) by August 2 to enroll your nomination; include a short description of your prescribed fire experience to aid in the selection process.
- Society of American Foresters National Convention. Sept. 17-20. Loveland, CO. More info.
- Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition Annual Meeting. Oct. 16-18. South Lake Tahoe, CA. More info.
- Wildland Fire Canada Conference. Oct. 28-Nov. 1. Fredericton, New Brunswick. More info.
- Columbia Gorge TREX. Sept. 22-28+. Trout Lake, WA. More info and apply.
- Selkirk TREX. Sept. 30-Oct.11. Loon Lake, WA. Announcement and more info. Application deadline: July 8.
- 4th SW Fire Ecology Conference. Nov. 18-22. Santa Fe, NM.
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New & upcoming online events & resources:
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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.
Note: The NW moved to
Preparedness Level 5 (the highest level) on 7/19.
Additional resources:
WA DNR
Current Wildfire Incident Information
Oregon Department of Forestry
Wildfire News
National Significant Fire Potential Outlook as of Aug 1: HERE
Funding:
- 8/6 press release: USDA Forest Service announces $25M funding opportunity to reduce wildfire risk, support local businesses. Hazardous fuels transportation assistance program. USDA.
- Joint Fire Science Program funding opportunity announcement is out. Apply for Graduate Research Innovation and primary research announcements in 4 categories. Proposals due 9/19/24. More info and apply. Note: If you are applying from our region, please let us know, we may be able to provide a letter of support!
- WA DNR Post-Fire Recovery Program: Washington State Department of Natural Resources is putting out a call for $2M in grant funding for post-fire reforestation projects. Learn more.
- OR State Fire Marshal Wildfire Investment Program. Community Wildfire Risk Reduction for the Built Environment, Open Grant. More information.
- Multiple Opportunities: Coalitions & Collaboratives and the Watershed Research & Training Center have developed an extensive list of funding opportunities for communities and collaboratives that are working to build sustainable and fire-adapted communities, healthy and resilient landscapes, and safe and effective wildfire response.
Jobs:
News:
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NW Fire Science Consortium website for additional information and resources.
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