May newsletter
Autumn Ellison, Program Coordinator
NW Fire Science Consortium
201E Richardson Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
nw.fireconsortium@oregonstate.edu Northwest Fire Science Consortium
May 2023 Newsletter -->
Hello NW Fire Science readers!
Continue on down this newsletter to see some of the exciting things we've been up to in the past month—from Great Plains burning and bison to Smokey Bear. Also get the recap on new fire science publications, news, and online learning opportunities you may be interested in. If you have items you want us to highlight in future newsletters, we'd love to hear from you. And as always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!
Autumn Ellison
NWFSC Program Coordinator --> NWFSC sent three of its team to Kansas for the JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network Annual Meeting, hosted this year by Great Plains Fire Science Exchange. We learned all about burning on the tall grass prairies, and even got to participate in 2 prescribed burns. It was also invigorating to meet in-person with all of the other folks working in fire science exchanges across the country after several years of Covid-postponed meetings. And, there were bison. --> Recent publications:
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New Journal articles (pdf available):
- Berman et al., Intl. J. Wildland Fire: Quantifying burned area of wildfires in the western United States from polar-orbiting and geostationary satellite active-fire detections
- Billings et al., J. Env. Mgmt.: Unprotected lands: A case study of a wildland-urban interface community in “No-Man's land”
- Braziunas et al., Ecol.: Less fuel for the next fire? Short-interval fire delays forest recovery and interacting drivers amplify effects
- Harvey et al., Glob. Ecol. & Biogeo.: Spatial interactions among short-interval fires reshape forest landscapes
- Hawbaker et al., Ecosphere: Changes in wildfire occurrence and risk to homes from 1990 through 2019 in the Southern Rocky Mountains, USA
- Henne & Hawbaker, Ecol. Modelling: An aridity threshold model of fire sizes and annual area burned in extensively forested ecoregions of the western USA
- Huang et al., Science: Smoke-weather interaction affects extreme wildfires in diverse coastal regions
- Kirschner et al, Ecol. & Soc.: Governing wildfires: toward a systematic analytical framework
- Link & Maranghides, Intl. J. Wildland Fire: Burnover events identified during the 2018 Camp Fire
- Lucash et al., Ecol. Modelling: Burning trees in frozen soil: Simulating fire, vegetation, soil, and hydrology in the boreal forests of Alaska
- Marsh et al., For. Ecol. & Mgmt.: Effects of nurse shrubs and biochar on planted conifer seedling survival and growth in a high-severity burn patch in New Mexico, USA
- Masri et al., Intl J. Env. Res. & Pub. Health: Assessing Perception of Wildfires and Related Impacts among Adult Residents of Southern California
- McClure et al., Intl. J. Wildland Fire: Consistent, high-accuracy mapping of daily and sub-daily wildfire growth with satellite observations
- Miller et al., Intl. J. Wildland Fire: Projecting live fuel moisture content via deep learning
- Pau et al., Canadian J. For. Research: Response of forest productivity to changes in growth and fire regime due to climate change
- Singh et al., Intl. J. Wildland Fire: Intermittent fireline behaviour over porous vegetative media in different crossflow conditions
- Steen-Adams et al, Land Use Pol.: Cross-boundary cooperation in wildfire management during the custodial management period of the US Forest Service: A case study of the eastern Cascades of Oregon, USA, 1905–1945
- Zhang et al., For. Ecol. & Mgmt.: Forest water-use efficiency: Effects of climate change and management on the coupling of carbon and water processes
Paywall articles:
- Stillman et al., Ecol. Appl.: Incorporating pyrodiversity into wildlife habitat assessments for rapid post-fire management: A woodpecker case study
- Black et al., J. Reg. Sci.: Wildfire risk, salience, and housing development in the wildland–urban interface
Reports:
- Mature and Old-Growth Forests: Definition, Identification, and Initial Inventory on Lands Managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (USDA Forest Service)
- Manager Perspectives on Fuel Break Effectiveness and Configurations (JFSP Final Report)
- Managed Wildfire: A Research Synthesis & Overview (SW Fire Science Consortium)
- Wildfire Smoke: Opportunities to Strengthen Federal Efforts to Manage Growing Risks (US Government Accountability Office)
Special Issue Call:
Upcoming Special Issue on Reimagining the Future of Living and Working with Fire in the Fire Social Science section of the journal Fire. Deadline May 31. See the full call for more details. --> NWFSC was at the Cross-Boundary Landscape Restoration Workshop in Fort Collins, CO the first week of May, sharing resources and getting very special signups to our newsletter. (If this newsletter was forwarded to you--you too can sign up here!) --> Conferences, lectures, workshops, and summits:
- Photoload Workshop, May 8. Cheney, WA. REGISTER.
- NWFSC SPONSORED! 2023 Oregon Society of American Foresters Annual Meeting. May 10-12; Canyonville, OR.
- Oregon Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting 2023. May 18-19. Baker City, OR
- 8th International Wildland Fire Conference- May 16-19; Porto, Portugal
- Society for Ecological Restoration Conference. June 11-15. Quebec City, Canada
- Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. July 9-12. Broomfield, CO
- Tenth World Conference on Ecological Restoration. Sept. 26-30. Darwin, Australia
- Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition 19th Annual Meeting. Nov. 1-3. South Lake Tahoe, CA
- NWFSC SPONSORED! 6th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop. Nov. 6-10. Santa Fe, New Mexico. More details coming soon.
- NWFSC SPONSORED! Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. Dec. 4-8; Monterey, CA.
- Save the date for 2 Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX) hosted in Washington!
- Selkirk TREX. October 2-13, 2023 - Northeast Washington
Questions: Email: kara@washingtonrcd.org - Columbia Gorge TREX. October 9-20, 2023 - Glenwood, WA
Questions? Email: sarah@mtadamsstewards.org
- Selkirk TREX. October 2-13, 2023 - Northeast Washington
- Western Prescribed Fire Training Needs Survey: Weigh in on the training needs of prescribed fire practitioners across the Western United States
- New Prescribed Fire Basics: a collection of 11 short modules for introductory audiences. OR State University Extension.
- New Website: Wildfire Risk to Communities: free, easy-to-use website with interactive maps, charts, and resources to help communities understand, explore, and reduce wildfire risk. Created by USDA Forest Service.
- USGS CASC Webinar Series: Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Federal Research and Management. Bi-Weekly from Apr. 6- June 1.
- Science X Webinar Series: Planning for Forests of the Future. May 15-19.
- ICYM our recent webinar, Recorded: Landscape Fuels Treatment Effectiveness
- ICYM our new Storymap: Fire in the Western U.S. Big fires. Big challenges. Big need for regional learning & action
- ICYM our recent webinar, Recorded: Strategies to reduce wildfire smoke impacts in frequently affected communities
- Recorded: Identifying opportunity hot spots for reducing wildfire-caused carbon loss in western US conifer forests (USDA Forest Service)
- Recorded: How wildfire policies governing management of natural ignitions have evolved over the past century (SW Fire Science Consortium)
Note: For updates, news, and current info on fires and smoke in the region, please check out the CURRENT FIRE INFO page on our website.
In the media:
- Protecting neighborhoods from future flames: Equitable wildfire preparedness requires community-level fixes (High Country News)
- EPA funds University of Oregon’s new center that will research wildfire smoke (OPB)
- Wildfire information app expands to Oregon (KLCC, NPR)
- Trip Jennings’ award-winning wildfire documentary now screening (Wildfire Today)
- Western fires could be delayed after months of rain and snow, but risk remains (Washington Post)
- More firefighters needed to control wildfire hotspots in eastern Washington (Spokane Public Radio)
- Smoke Ready Communities: A Resource Roundup from the Blog Archives (Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network)
- Tips for Creating Consistent Messaging About Fire (Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network)
- House bill to improve accountability for wildfire prevention work advances to floor (ABC)
- As climate warms, overlapping wildfires are changing forest resilience (University of WA)
- Time-lapse: Oregon without any ‘exceptional’ drought for first time since 2021 (KOIN)
- Several States Are Under Red Flag Warnings. What Does That Mean? (Slate)
- Wildfire Season Threatens, Time to Prepare is Now (American Red Cross)
- Oregon Department of Forestry prepared for upcoming fire season (KDRV)
Agency press releases:
- USDA:
- DOI: Update on Expanding Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Services
- WA DNR:
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