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March 27, 2013: The Fire Season Outlook for 2013 and How It’s Built

by swfscEvents, Webinars March 28, 2013April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Chuck Maxwell, Fire Meteorologist, Southwest Coordination Center, Predictive Services Chuck Maxwell will discuss how Predictive Services develops seasonal fire potential predictions and what the outlook is this year for the Southwest. Join this webinar to get an inside view of the data and methods that go into fire season predictions, and equally important where …

January 16, 2013: Temperature as a driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality

by swfscEvents, Webinars January 17, 2013April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Park Williams, Los Alamos National Laboratory Dr. Williams will discuss his recent work to derive a forest drought-stress index (FDSI) for the southwestern United States using a comprehensive tree-ring data set representing AD 1000–2007. This FDSI is linked to measures of forest productivity, mortality, bark-beetle outbreak and wildfire. If climate models are accurate, the …

December 9, 2012: Synthesis of Knowledge of Extreme Fire Behavior for Fire Managers

by swfscEvents, Webinars January 3, 2013April 5, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Paul Werth Extreme fire behavior indicates a level of fire behavior characteristics that ordinarily precludes methods of direct control action. One or more of the following is usually involved: high rate of spread, prolific crowning/spotting, presence of fire whirls, and strong convection column. This webinar will summarize the recent JFSP publication that connects the …

November 2013: Living with Fire in Northern New Mexico: Fire, Forests and Communities

by swfscEvents, Workshops November 30, 2012May 18, 2023Comments are Disabled

This was an interactive workshop with regional scientists and land managers, breakout sessions that allowed for open dialogue with participants and presenters, and time for one on one with presenters and others. Topics covered: The ecology of forests and fire of Northern New Mexico Current conditions in our forests and Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) communities …

October 19, 2011: Fuel Treatment Effectiveness on the Wallow Fire

by swfscEvents, Webinars July 5, 2012April 8, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenters: Jim Pitts and Judy Palmer (USFS) A small team was assembled to work with the Apache-Sitgreave National Forest and local partners to assess the effects of the fuel treatments and compile a report with the findings. The report “How Fuel Treatments Saved Homes from the 2011 Wallow Fire” was the product of this effort. …

February 27, 2012: Las Conchas Fire

by swfscEvents, Field Trips February 27, 2012February 12, 2024Comments are Disabled

This field trip through the Las Conchas Fire scar was part of the SW AFE Fire Ecology Conference in Santa Fe. We visited Valles Caldera and Bandelier National Monument and made several stops in between. The Las Conchas fire began when a gust of wind blew an aspen over onto a power line on June …

January 18, 2012: Hydrologic Impacts of High Severity Wildfire: Learning from the Past and Preparing for the Future

by swfscEvents, Webinars January 14, 2012February 12, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Dan Neary (USFS RMRS) Fires are increasing in size, frequency, and severity. Simultaneously, development continues in the wildland-urban interface and the number of people living in or visiting forest areas is growing. Understanding the post-fire hydrologic response of watersheds as observed on the Schultz Fire of 2010, is paramount for effective risk management and …

May 18, 2011: Fuels Treatment Practices for Mixed Conifer Forests in the Southwest

by swfscEvents, Webinars May 14, 2011April 8, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Alexander Evans (Forest Guild) The webinar covered the guide’s definition of mixed conifer, past land use and management activities, fire regimes and historic conditions, and impact of altered fire regimes in mixed conifer forests of the southwest. Since Euro-American settlement, many mixed conifer forests have become more homogeneous and can therefore facilitate larger, higher-severity …

April 20, 2011: Southwest Climate Change Initiative

by swfscEvents, Webinars April 1, 2011February 12, 2024Comments are Disabled

Marcos Robles of the The Nature Conservancy presented information from the Southwest Climate Change Initiative. The Initiative is a collaborative effort started by The Nature Conservancy in 2008 to provide climate science information to natural resource managers in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah so that they can begin responding to climate change. First, Marcos …

March 2011: Southwest Interagency Fuels Workshop

by swfscEvents, Workshops March 31, 2011February 12, 2024Comments are Disabled

Facilitated discussions, presentations, and workshops on restoration and fuels treatments in southwestern vegetation types. Download Agenda/Schedule here Download presentations here: Near Misses… – Alex Viktora Fuels Management… – Robin Wills