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NWFSC July / August Newsletter
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Summer fire science roundup
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July / August 2023 Newsletter --> Hello NW Fire Science Readers,
As we all collectively move into the thick of summer, our hearts go out to our friends, family, and colleagues reeling from recent fires in Hawaii.
While we also anxiously refresh our Inciweb pages here in the NW in the middle of this heatwave, we are busy wrapping up our final deliverables for this funding cycle that ends in September. We'll have some new research briefs, a synthesis, and a case study coming your way very soon. At the same time, we are gearing up & very excited for our newly-funded FY 24-25 proposal. If you haven't seen it yet: NWFSC FY24-25 proposal and plan of work & FY 24-25 logic model. For this next funding cycle, we are excited to welcome new team members from WSU Extension, an expanded partner sensing team, and deliverables arranged in 3 topic bundles (westside fire, smoke, landscape resiliency strategies).
The JFSP Open Funding Announcements for fire science research proposals have also been announced. We are excited to see topics that build off our work in previous cycles (e.g., our most recent synthesis on Communicating with the public about wildland fire preparation, response, and recovery), and eager to work with collaborators on new research in the NW that may come from these funding opportunities in the future.
Our roundup of new fire science publications, news, and online learning opportunities you may be interested in are recapped below as usual (and gosh, there's a lot of them). If you have items you want us to highlight in future newsletters, we'd love to hear from you. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!
Autumn Ellison
NWFSC Program Coordinator --> Recent publications:
(Published an article? Send it to us!)
New Journal articles (pdf available):
Paywall articles (pdf not available on NWFSC page):
Reports:
Conferences, lectures, workshops, and summits:
Note: The NW moved to Preparedness Level 4 on 8/12.
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.
Additional resources:
WA DNR Current Wildfire Incident Information
Oregon Department of Forestry Wildfire News
National Significant Fire Potential Outlook as of August 1: HERE
Jobs and funding opps:
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Autumn Ellison, Program Coordinator
NW Fire Science Consortium
201E Richardson Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
nw.fireconsortium@oregonstate.edu Northwest Fire Science Consortium
July / August 2023 Newsletter --> Hello NW Fire Science Readers,
As we all collectively move into the thick of summer, our hearts go out to our friends, family, and colleagues reeling from recent fires in Hawaii.
While we also anxiously refresh our Inciweb pages here in the NW in the middle of this heatwave, we are busy wrapping up our final deliverables for this funding cycle that ends in September. We'll have some new research briefs, a synthesis, and a case study coming your way very soon. At the same time, we are gearing up & very excited for our newly-funded FY 24-25 proposal. If you haven't seen it yet: NWFSC FY24-25 proposal and plan of work & FY 24-25 logic model. For this next funding cycle, we are excited to welcome new team members from WSU Extension, an expanded partner sensing team, and deliverables arranged in 3 topic bundles (westside fire, smoke, landscape resiliency strategies).
The JFSP Open Funding Announcements for fire science research proposals have also been announced. We are excited to see topics that build off our work in previous cycles (e.g., our most recent synthesis on Communicating with the public about wildland fire preparation, response, and recovery), and eager to work with collaborators on new research in the NW that may come from these funding opportunities in the future.
Our roundup of new fire science publications, news, and online learning opportunities you may be interested in are recapped below as usual (and gosh, there's a lot of them). If you have items you want us to highlight in future newsletters, we'd love to hear from you. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!
Autumn Ellison
NWFSC Program Coordinator --> Recent publications:
(Published an article? Send it to us!)
New Journal articles (pdf available):
- Albores et al., Atmos. Env.: Continental-scale Atmospheric Impacts of the 2020 Western U.S. Wildfires
- Barnard et al., Agri. Water Mgmt.: Wildfire and climate change amplify knowledge gaps linking mountain source-water systems and agricultural water supply in the western United States
- Bowman, Fire: Detecting, Monitoring and Foreseeing Wildland Fire Requires Similar Multiscale Viewpoints as Meteorology and Climatology
- Davis et al., Fire: Multiple Stories, Multiple Marginalities: The Labor-Intensive Forest and Fire Stewardship Workforce in Oregon
- Finney et al., Intl. J. Wildland Fire: Effect of flame zone depth on the correlation of flame length with fireline intensity
- Higuera et al., PNAS Nexus: Shifting social-ecological fire regimes explain increasing structure loss from Western wildfires
- Hoffman et al., Intl. J. Wildland Fire: Assessment of wildland firefighter opinions and experiences related to incident medical providers
- Hwang et al., PMC: Face-to-face with scorching wildfire: potential toxicant exposure and the health risks of smoke for wildland firefighters at the wildland-urban interface
- Jiang et al., AMC: Projected Future Changes in Vegetation in Western North America in the Twenty-First Century
- Johnson et al., Fire: Exploring and Testing Wildfire Risk Decision-Making in the Face of Deep Uncertainty
- Kelp et al., Earth’s Future: Prescribed Burns as a Tool to Mitigate Future Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Lessons for States and Rural Environmental Justice Communities
- Kieta et al., Intl. J. Wildland Fire: Post-wildfire contamination of soils and sediments by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in north-central British Columbia, Canada
- Paveglio et al., J. For.: Variable Support and Opposition to Fuels Treatments for Wildfire Risk Reduction: Melding Frameworks for Local Context and Collaborative Potential
- Rao et al., Geophy. Res. Letters: Dry Live Fuels Increase the Likelihood of Lightning-Caused Fires
- Santos et al., Func. Ecol.: The eco-evolutionary role of fire in shaping terrestrial ecosystems
- Sonti et al., Env. Res. Ltrs: Expanding wildland-urban interface alters forest structure and landscape context in the northern United States
- Turco et al., PNAS: Anthropogenic climate change impacts exacerbate summer forest fires in California
- Woinarski et al., Intl. J. Wildland Fire:: Making choices: prioritising the protection of biodiversity in wildfire
- Wells et al., Fire Ecol.: Connecting dryland fine-fuel assessments to wildfire exposure and natural resource values at risk
Paywall articles (pdf not available on NWFSC page):
- Bone et al., Appl. Geography: Evaluating the potential role of federal air quality standards in constraining applications of prescribed fire in the western United States
- Buonanduci et al., Ecol. Ltrs: Consistent spatial scaling of high-severity wildfire can inform expected future patterns of burn severity
- Burnett et al., Intrl. J. Dis. Risk Reduction: Factors influencing flood risk mitigation after wildfire: Insights for individual and collective action after the 2010 Schultz Fire
- Jaffe et al., For. Ecol. & Mgmt: Mesic mixed-conifer forests are resilient to both historical high-severity fire and contemporary reburns in the US Northern Rocky Mountains
- Kabeshita et al., Nature: Pathways framework identifies wildfire impacts on agriculture
- Parks et al., For. Ecol. & Mgmt: Contemporary wildfires are more severe compared to the historical reference period in western US dry conifer forests
- Siddiqi et al., Disasters: Disaster preparedness and community helping behaviour in the wake of the 2020 Oregon wildfires
Reports:
- 2023 Washington Prescribed Fire Barriers Assessment Report and Strategic Action Plan. Washington DNR. This strategic action plan presents a barriers assessment and strategic action plan to serve as a common starting point for DNR and other prescribed fire partners’ future planning efforts to meet our shared stewardship goals. Link to Action Plan.
- Missing the Mark: Effectiveness and Funding in Community Wildfire Risk Reduction. Headwaters Economics and Columbia Climate School. This analysis finds that the most effective strategies for reducing community wildfire risk—those that manage the built environment—tend to receive the least funding and policy support when compared to the suppression or fuel management strategies most deployed at the federal and state levels. Link to report || Link to online overview.
Conferences, lectures, workshops, and summits:
- Restoring Riparian Habitats Field Training. Aug 28-29. Baker City, OR.
- 2023 Northeast-Midwest Regional Prescribed Fire Workshop. Aug. 29-31. Madison, WI.
- Fire & Climate Change: Adaptation Planning for Tribes Workshop. Sept. 26-28. Santa Cruz, CA.
- Tenth World Conference on Ecological Restoration. Sept. 26-30. Darwin, Australia
- Two upcoming RX Fire Training Exchanges (TREX) 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
- California Wildfire Conference. Oct. 24-26. Simi Valley, CA
- 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. Register.
- National Assoc. of Extension Program & Staff Professionals Conference. Nov. 28-30. Salt Lake City, UT
- NWFSC SPONSORED! Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. Dec. 4-8; Monterey, CA.
- 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).
- New Podcasts episodes: Some really excellent episodes out of the Life with Fire Podcast so far this summer:
- Expanding Prescribed Fire Capacity in Washington State, with Lucas King. This podcast focuses on our friends at Mount Adams Resource Stewards (MARS), and their efforts to expand capacity for (and acceptance of) local burning in MARS’ backyard—primarily through private lands burning and engaging community members through contractual opportunities and their Stewardship Crew itself.
- Community-Informed Wildfire Communications, with Isabeau Ottolini. Wildfires are often highly localized—and dependent on a number of factors like community values, history and available resources. However, the things that make for successful risk communication are largely universal.
- Humble Fire and Traditional Ecological Practices with Cultural Fire Scholar, Dr. Melinda Adams. This episodes covers translating Indigenous knowledge into Indigenous-led action—which means giving Indigenous practitioners the “space, opportunity and action” to see their knowledge systems play out on the landscape.
- Webinar: Fires of Unusual Size: Does it mean what you think it means? USDA PNW Research Station. 8/24 10am. Register.
- Webinar series on wildland fires. International Fire Safety Consortium.
- Webinar Series: Assessing Postfire Debris-Flow Hazards. After the Flames. Register.
- Recorded Webinar: Accessing Federal Funding for Rural and Tribal Community Development and Conservation. Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition.
- Recorded Webinar: Data and Communications: Utilizing Innovative Tools to Communicate Climate Impacts. Salazar Center for North American Conservation.
- Living with Fire Wildfire Home Retrofit Guide: Now available in Spanish.
- Living With Fire Social Media Toolkit
- New WildfireSAFE App Improves Firefighter and Public Safety
- The Wildland Fire Histomap: 1st version from USFS Innovation & Organizational Learning team, now available.
- 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.
- ICYM our new Storymap: Fire in the Western U.S. Big fires. Big challenges. Big need for regional learning & action
- Prescribed Fire Basics: a collection of 11 short modules for introductory audiences. OR State University Extension.
- IFTDSS for prescribed fire plans- An online course
Note: The NW moved to Preparedness Level 4 on 8/12.
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.
Additional resources:
WA DNR Current Wildfire Incident Information
Oregon Department of Forestry Wildfire News
National Significant Fire Potential Outlook as of August 1: HERE
Jobs and funding opps:
- POSITION: The National Forest Foundation is hiring for a Wildfire Resilience Program Coordinator and Wildfire Resilience Program Manager.
- POSITION: The Nature Conservancy is seeking an Assistant Director of Fire Management; preference for based in Western US.
- FUNDING: USDA announces new round of investments in wildfire protection through Community Wildfire Defense Grants
- FUNDING: Joint Fire Science Program has new Open Funding Announcements, closing Sept. 28. (If you are planning to submit a proposal in the NW, we'd love to hear from you!)
- Why can't Canada just put the fires out? Here are 5 answers to key questions (NPR)
- Maui Fires:
- What Caused Maui’s Devastating Wildfires? (Scientific American)
- How Invasive Plants Fueled an Inferno in Maui (Heatmap)
- Fiery Invasions (Science.org). This article from last year looks at how flammable invasive grasses are increasing the risks of damaging wildfires worldwide.
- Scientists dig into wildfire predictions, long-term impacts (Science Daily)
- Taming the flame, from local to global extreme wildfires (Science.org)
- Not What Scientists Thought – What Causes Mudslides and Floods After Wildfires? (Sci Tech Daily)
- A giant Oregon wildfire shows the limits of carbon offsets in fighting climate change (OPB)
- EPA approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality (EPA)
- What WA’s new wildfire smoke rules might mean for outdoor workers (Crosscut)
- DNR Issues 3-Year Status Report on Agency Climate Plan (WA DNR)
- ODF:
- Why It’s So Hard to Forecast Wildfire Smoke (New Yorker)
- People are starting a lot of fires in the Pacific Northwest (High Country News)
- ‘We have fire all around us and we can’t get out’ (High Country News)
- 90 years ago, the devastating Tillamook Burn series of fires began (OPB)
- Why are so many climate records breaking all at once? (The Conversation)
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