Post-fire assessments

Journal articles

• Busby, Sebastian, Cody Evers, and Andrés Holz. 2024. “Patterns, Drivers, and Implications of Postfire Delayed Tree Mortality in Temperate Conifer Forests of the Western United States.” Ecosphere 15(4): e4805. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4805
• Flavie Pelletier, Bianca N.I. Eskelson, Vicente J. Monleon, Yi-Chin Tseng. 2021. Using Landsat imagery to assess burn severity of national forest inventory plots. https://research.fs.usda.gov/news/highlights/aligning-remotely-sensed-burn-severity-data-ground-observations-national-inventory#publications
• Churchill, Derek J., et al. "Post-fire landscape evaluations in Eastern Washington, USA: Assessing the work of contemporary wildfires." Forest Ecology and Management 504 (2022): 119796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119796
• Saberi, Saba Juliet. Quantifying burn severity in forests of the interior Pacific Northwest: From field measurements to satellite spectral indices. Diss. 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/45201 

Extension publications

• Fire FAQs – What is Fire Severity?  OSU Extension. https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pub/em-9222-fire-faqs-what-fire-severity   

Webinars and videos

• Sizing up the elephant in the room: Remote sensing of post-fire delayed tree mortality in westside forests of the Pacific Northwest. Matthew Reilly, U.S. Forest Service PNW Research Station. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJeu_hu-efI
• Post-wildfire delayed mortality in Douglas-fire and western hemlock. Alec Dyer,  Portland State University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_q2DGpSIOU    
• Post-wildfire delayed mortality in Douglas-fir and western hemlock. Andrés Holz, Portland State University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y71B93KHozo
• Understanding drivers of post-fire delayed mortality in temperate rainforests. Andrés Holz, Portland State University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXGd_qoNJmg
• Pairing on-the-ground observations with realtime telemetered rainfall data to develop a post-fire debris flow inventory in Oregon. Francis Rengers, U.S. Geological Survey. https://youtu.be/3AUrSmHCems?si=ySut2BfX0wUJKhiQ
• Navigating the world of building back communities, and the importance of good science to inform hazard mitigation and post fire reconstruction. Stan Thomas, Oregon Department of Emergency Management. https://youtu.be/OxVojWwkI_E?si=U5u5g9v6hzJ-X197
• Hazard tree awareness and erosion in post fire landscapes. Amanda Rau, Forestry & Natural Resources Extension regional fire specialist and John Punches, Forestry & Natural Resources Extension agent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWEymy0melo     
• Assessing the Work of Wildfires and Identifying Post fire Management Needs. Francis Rengers, U.S. Geological Survey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4R_KmaGGuI&t=191s
• Assessing post-fire survivability of trees and potential for salvage harvesting. OSU Extension. https://extension.oregonstate.edu/video/assessing-post-fire-survivability-trees-potential-salvage-harvesting-recorded 

Syntheses, research briefs, info graphics, and reports

• Watts, Andrea; Kelsey, Rick; Westlind, Doug. 2022. The scent of stress: Understanding links between fire-injured pine and red turpentine beetles can aid postfire management. Science Findings 246. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 6 p. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/63851
• Oregon Department of Forestry’s post-fire tree assessment summary document for non-industrial private forest landowners. https://www.oregon.gov/odf/Documents/forestbenefits/post-fire-tree-mortality.pdf
• USDA Forest Service document for assessing damage and marking guidelines for post-fire tree injury: https://bark-out.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Post-fire-Assessment-of-Tree-Status.pdf

Web-based tools and storymaps

• After the Fire. https://osugisci.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=6629651002db435d9df188003d790847
• Thies, Walter G.; Westlind, Douglas J.; Loewen, Mark; Brenner, Greg. 2008. A field guide to predict delayed mortality of fire-damaged ponderosa pine: application and validation of the Malheur model. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-769. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 16 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-769   
• Oregon Wildfire Response and Recovery. https://wildfire.oregon.gov/