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December 14, 2011: Carbon and water balances of southwestern ponderosa pine forests

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

In this webinar Dr. Thomas Kolb summarized the key findings of a six-year study of impacts of intense fire and fuel-reduction thinning on the carbon and water balances of ponderosa pine forests in Arizona. The results should be of interest to fire and forest managers and climate change scientists who want more information about impacts …

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 …

June 2011: Santa Fe Watershed Forum and Field Trip

by swfscEvents, Field Trips July 1, 2011February 12, 2024Comments are Disabled

A large and diverse group of collaborators has successfully initiated restoration of ponderosa pine forests in the Santa Fe municipal watershed, which provides up to 50% of Santa Fe’s water. Follow-up prescribed fire treatments within sight of the state capital building have been successful in part due to continuing outreach to maintain high levels of …

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

June 7, 2010: Post-wildfire Seeding: Effectiveness, Trends, Manager Perceptions in Forests across the West

by swfscEvents, Webinars July 1, 2010February 12, 2024Comments are Disabled

Dr. Pete Fule presented results from the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) project synthesizing existing information on post-wildfire seeding (JFSP ID 08-2-1-11). The webinar covered key findings from an evidence-based systematic review conducted to examine the effectiveness and effects of post-fire seeding treatments on soil stabilization and plant community recovery in forested ecosystems in the …