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Hello NW Fire Science Readers,
I am writing from MT, where the
JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network's annual meeting was hosted this week by us and our partners at
Northern Rockies Fire Science Exchange on the beautiful Flathead Lake. I can't wait to include more about this meeting, including all the things we shared and learned in our next newsletter!
As we move close to summertime and look to our forests, shrub, and grasslands with both worried and hopeful eyes, this monthly recap always seems to take on a different frequency. But even as we speculate about the current & upcoming fire season in the NW and beyond, we are also reminded of all the incredible work being done across boundaries of all kinds to increase knowledge, awareness, and resilience. Some highlights from the last month (all covered in more detail below):
- We've been especially excited by Community Wildfire Defense Grants Program's Round 2 funding announcements, which includes 13 projects in OR and 9 in WA totalling over $50 million in investment to at-risk communities, including Tribal communities, with planning for and lowering wildfire risks on tribal, state, and privately-managed land.
- We've been on a couple trips to collaborate, share, and learn with partners from Cherokee, NC to Sunriver, OR-- see below for more.
- The Oregon Prescribed Fire Council's 2024 Annual Meeting is in just 2 weeks near Grants Pass. Registration will close this weekend so don't delay--we hope to see you there!
- New wildfire risk data for the entire US at the Wildfire Risk to Communities website.
- And of course all the new fire science publications, resources, jobs and funding opportunities, news, and more below as usual.
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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Places we visited in May
Participants in the Intertribal Timber Council’s annual symposium discuss cultural burning on a field tour in Cherokee, NC. PI EJ Davis attended this meeting to share and learn about how fire science exchanges could support cultural burning and work with Tribes.
A disaster preparedness escape room trailer at the Oregon Resilience Summit in Sunriver OR. Coordinator Autumn Ellison attended this community-led disaster recovery and resilience gathering to share and learn wisdom collectively gained during Oregon’s 2020 wildfires.
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Recent publications:
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New Journal articles (pdf available):
- Conrad et al., Fire Ecol.: Branching Out: Species-Specific Canopy Architecture Limits Live Crown Fuel Consumption In Intermountain West USA Conifers
- Dobrowski et al., Front. For. Glob. Change: ‘Mind The Gap’—Reforestation Needs Vs. Reforestation Capacity In The Western United States
- Edgeley et al., Fire Ecol.: Five social and ethical considerations for using wildfire visualizations as a communication tool
- Ellis et al., Ecography: Global variation in ecoregion flammability thresholds
- Farnes et al., Fire: The Power Grid/Wildfire Nexus: Using GIS And Satellite Remote Sensing To Identify Vulnerabilities
- Flores et al., Soc. & Nat. Res: Using Focus Groups For Knowledge Sharing: Tracking Emerging Pandemic Impacts On USFS Wildland Fire Operations
- Hamilton et al., Reg. Environ. Change: Matching The Scales Of Planning And Environmental Risk: An Evaluation Of Community Wildfire Protection Plans In The Western US
- Holdrege et al., Fire Ecol.: Wildfire Probability Estimated From Recent Climate And Fine Fuels Across The Big Sagebrush Region
- Humphrey et al., Int. J. of Wildland Fire: Near-Term Fire Weather Forecasting In The Pacific Northwest Using 500-HPa Map Types
- Kerns and Day, Ecol. Applications: Long-term frequent fire and cattle grazing alter dry forest understory vegetation
- LoPresti et al., Int. J. of Wildland Fire: Remote Sensing Applications For Prescribed Burn Research
- Mendoza et al., Fire: A Preliminary Case Study on the Compounding Effects of Local Emissions and Upstream Wildfires on Urban Air Pollution
- North et al., Fire Ecol.: Strategic fire zones are essential to wildfire risk reduction in the Western United States
- Samburova et al., Fire: Modification Of Soil Hydroscopic And Chemical Properties Caused By Four Recent California, USA Megafires
- Vinyeta & Bacon, Environ. Politics: Backfire: The Settler-Colonial Logic And Legacy Of Smokey Bear
- Wilson & Hurteau, Ecosystems: Abiotic Factors Modify Ponderosa Pine Regeneration Outcomes After High-Severity Fire
- Woolsey et al., J. of Forestry: Constraints on Mechanical Fuel Reduction Treatments in United States Forest Service Wildfire Crisis Strategy Priority Landscapes
Reports:
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Meet the team!
Carrie Berger, Oregon State University Forestry and Natural Resources Extension Fire Program
Carrie Berger is the Oregon State University’s Forestry & Natural Resources Extension Fire Program manager and has been contributing to the NWFSC for 10 years. From 2014-2019 she worked as the coordinator and since 2019 has served as a steering committee member. Carrie continues her boundary spanning efforts through the Extension Fire Program where she helps to guide overall Program direction towards resilient communities and effective organizations; cultures of adaptation; and fire-adapted ecosystems. Carrie is an effective communicator and facilitator and has expertise in many different fire-related topics. She finds most of her professional happiness in relationship building and working with the Fire Program team, partners (like the NWFSC), and community members to foster the resiliency of communities and landscapes to wildfire in Oregon, and beyond. In her spare time, Carrie is a neighborhood Firewise coordinator and enjoys engaging directly with neighbors on wildfire awareness and preparedness, including being the driving force behind an evacuation exercise of her neighborhood in 2019. Since that time, 13 other neighborhoods have joined the exercise.
We are so glad to have Carrie on our team, and greatly appreciate the perspectives, experience, and engagement she brings to our team! We will continue to highlight all our team members in forthcoming newsletters.
Meet the team!
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Conferences, workshops, and trainings:
- Smoke Management in the Northwest. Seattle, WA and online. June 11-13. registration page.
- NEW: The Social-Ecological Consequences Of Future Wildfire In The West Workshop. June 13-14. Irvine, CA & Virtual. More info.
- NEW: OR Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting. June 17-18. Grants Pass, OR. More info.
- NEW: Roots of Resilence, Planning for and Recovery from Fire. Tame the Flames – Preserving Property, People and Rangelands. June 22-23. Medical Lake, WA.
- 14th North American Forest Ecology Workshop. June 24-27. Asheville, NC.
- 7th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop. Sept. 16-19. Atlantic City, NJ. More info.
- NEW: 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:
- NEW! Wildfire Risk to Communities has new wildfire risk data for the entire United States. The free, easy-to-use website includes interactive maps with the latest data and innovations in vegetation, weather, and fire behavior models. The latest updates reveal that many communities and populations face higher wildfire risks than previously understood. Explore at wildfirerisk.org.
- NEW! WA prescribed burn associations webpage. This website is a resource for landowners, community members, PBAs, and anyone interested in prescribed fire in Washington state. You can find resources and information on implementing prescribed burns and ways to connect to your local Prescribed Burn Association. Check it out!
- New: a fun little reel featuring Pattie Gonia and The Nature Conservancy talking about good fire on Instagram. Check it out on Instagram!
- New webinar series: Hot Topics in Fire Science and Stewardship. Talks will cover fire in land management, plant flammability, fire management and forestry fuel. 5/29-7/17 (4 webinars). University of CA Agriculture and Natural Resources Fire Network. More info and register.
- New video: Shifting The Fire Paradigm in Karuk Aboriginal Territory - 2023 SRF Lightning Complex (13m).
- Cultural Fire Learning. Resources compiled by Association for Fire Ecology.
- Upcoming webinars from Canada Wildfire:
- Fuel types misrepresent forest structure and composition in interior British Columbia: A way forward (6/14).
- Webinar Series: Talking Fire: Working with Media to Communicate about Fire. Upcoming webinar 6/26: Crisis Communication: What Do We Say When Things Go Wrong? Fire Networks.
- Webinar Series: Prescribed Fire for Forest Management. Webinars monthly. University of Wisconsin. Register.
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In the News:
For current info on fires and smoke in the region, please check out the CURRENT FIRE INFO page on our website.
Funding:
- OR State Fire Marshal Wildfire Investment Program. Community Wildfire Risk Reduction for the Built Environment, Open Grant. More information.
- Collaborative Capacity: The National Forest Foundation is soliciting proposals for its new Collaborative Capacity Program for Forests & Communities (CCP) which will “invest in the resources, skills and tools, and support activities that make collaboration for forest stewardship successful.” Applications are due July 21.
- 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:
- USGS Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Climate Adaptation Technical Services Program. Multiple positions: The CASCs intend to recruit for 5 positions in June 2024, and an additional 5-7 positions in fall 2024. Learn more.
- The Washington Resource Conservation & Development Council—a key player in supporting community wildfire resilience, prescribed burn associations and TREX in the state—is seeking an executive director. See the job announcement for details; apply by June 10.
- Position, NW CASC: Full-time research scientist to coordinate the Northwest Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (NW RISCC) Network and to lead the planning and implementation of Actionable Science Deep Dives. Learn more.
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