2014 SW Wildfire Season Overview
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May 12, 2015: The Southwest Fire Season: 2014 Overview and 2015 Outlook
Presenter:Ā Zander Evans, Forest Guild and Chuck Maxwell, Predictive Services Please join us for a webinar to review last yearās fires and look ahead toward conditions for this year. Dr. Zander Evans will present an overview of the 12 largest fires in the Southwest during 2014. He will share summaries of forest types and burn severities …
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April 2, 2015: Tamarisk invasion and fire in Southwestern desert ecosystems
Presenter: Gail Drus, St. Francis University Increased wildfire has been observed with the displacement of native cottonwood-willow (Salix and Populus spp.) gallery forests by invasive, non-native tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) in desert riparian zones of North America. Greater post-fire recovery of Tamarix relative to native species suggests a Tamarix fire trajectory where repeated fire excludes native …
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January 21, 2015: The Ability of Wildfire to Act as a Fuel Treatment
Presenter: Sean Parks, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service In partnership with the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network, Sean will present the results from a JSFP-funded study that highlights the ability of wildfire to act as a fuel treatment. This study evaluated whether or not wildfires limited the occurrence, …
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November 2014: Wildland Fire Smoke in the Air- What does it mean to me?
Thank you to all those who attended, making it a successful workshop! Due to videographer limitations, we were not able to record all of the presentations during concurrent sessions. November 6-8, 2014 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Program available here Click here to watch the associated webinar: “Smoke Forecasting Tools: A Case Study in Air Quality” …
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September 17, 2014: Fire management in the Gila National Forest and Saguaro National Park
Presenter: Molly Hunter – Northern Arizona University Fire suppression has been the dominant fire management strategy in the West over the last century. However, managers in the Gila National Forest and Saguaro National Park have allowed fire to play a more natural role for decades. In a newly published report, we summarize the effects of …
August 21, 2014: PinaleƱo Mountain Range
We conducted a single day field trip to learn about the fire and disturbance history of the PinaleƱo Mountain Range in southeastern Arizona. We discussed the disturbance history, primarily from fire and insect, the local management plans to restore mixed conifer and spruce-fir through the PinaleƱo Ecosystem Restoration Project, the threatened and endangered species concerns, …
June 13, 2014: Slide Fire-9 days Post-Fire
We toured the area of the Slide Fire in Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona. The human caused fire began on May 20, 2014 and burned 21,227 acres before being 100% contained on June 4, 2014. We were able to see this area less than one month post-fire. We learned how suppression staff were able to catch …
February 2014: Fostering resilience in Southwestern ecosystems: A problem solving workshop
Fostering resilience in Southwestern ecosystems: A problem solving workshop Ecosystems and fire regimes are moving into new domains as a consequence of climate change, disturbance, and other causes. Fire professionals and land managers in the region are confronted with new fire regimes, fire effects, and ecosystem recovery trajectories following disturbance. To help fire and ecosystem …
April 16, 2014: The southwest fire season: 2013 overview and 2014 outlook
Presenters: Zander Evans (Forest Guild) and Chuck Maxwell (Predictive Services) This webinar provided an overview of the eight largest fires in the Southwest during 2013 based on the recent report from ERI and SWFSC. The webinar included summaries of forest types and burn severities for each of the eight fires. In addition, Chuck Maxwell, meteorologist …
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