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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 …

November 14, 2012: Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Cultural Resources

by swfscEvents, Webinars November 15, 2012May 18, 2023Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Kevin Ryan This webinar provided an introduction to the new edition of the Rainbow series that provides fire and land management professionals and policy makers with a greater understanding of the value of cultural resource protection and the methods available to evaluate and mitigate risks to cultural resources. Watch the webinar recording.

November 8-9, 2012: Horseshoe Two Fire

by swfscEvents, Field Trips November 5, 2012May 18, 2023Comments are Disabled

The Horseshoe Two Fire began on May 8, 2011 on the east side of the Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona and burned northeast into the Chiricahua National Monument. The topics covered on this field trip included landscape scale fire management, fire effects, operations, impacts on wildlife, post-fire rehabilitation efforts, and treatment effectiveness. Day one covered …

October 24, 2012: Whitewater-Baldy Complex

by swfscEvents, Field Trips October 26, 2012May 18, 2023Comments are Disabled

We hosted a one day field trip to explore New Mexico’s largest wildfire*, the Whitewater Baldy Complex, that burned 297,845 acres (465 square miles) on the Gila National Forest during the extremely dry and windy spring of 2012. The tour discussed the fire regimes of the fuel types that burned, the interaction of past fires …

September 19, 2012: Social Network Analysis

by swfscEvents, Webinars October 1, 2012April 8, 2024Comments are Disabled

Presenter: Vita Wright (Northern Rockies Fire Science Network) Recent science communication studies of the federal fire management community suggest managers access research via informal information networks, and that these networks vary by both agency and position. We used a phone survey to understand the informal science communication networks of fire professionals in two of the …

February 15, 2011: Effectiveness of post-fire seeding and herbicide treatments to battle cheatgrass in Zion National Park

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

Presenter: Andrea Thode (Northern Arizona University) Fine fuels from non-native, annual brome grasses have overcome native plants across much of Zion Canyon in Zion National Park. This invasion threatens the single road that provides access into—and escape from—the canyon, creating a threat to human life should a large wildfire occur there. In addition, native riparian …

April 18, 2012: First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM)

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

Presenter: Duncan Lutes (RMRS Fire Modeling Institute, Missoula, MT) FOFEM is a computer program for predicting first order fire effects including tree mortality, fuel consumption, smoke production, and soil heating caused by prescribed fire or wildfire. In this webinar you will learn about the FOFEM algorithms, how to prepare the input data, run the tool …

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 …