The Alaska Reference Database originated as the standalone Alaska Fire Effects Reference Database, a ProCite reference database maintained by former BLM-Alaska Fire Service Fire Ecologist Randi Jandt. It was expanded under a Joint Fire Science Program grant for the FIREHouse project (The Northwest and Alaska Fire Research Clearinghouse). It is now maintained by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and FRAMES, and is hosted through the FRAMES Resource Catalog. The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Hessburg
It's no secret that wildfires in the west have been drastically increasing in size and destructive power. But what, if anything, can be done about it? Join world-renown and award-winning USFS research ecologist Dr. Paul Hessburg as he explains how we got here and restores our…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Hessburg
We have all seen the news - hotter summers, and bigger, badder wildfires. What's going on? How did we get here? Paul tells a fast-paced story of western US forests - unintentionally yet massively changed by a century of management. He relates how these changes, coupled with a…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Duffy
Presentation by Paul Duffy at the 2017 Spring Fire Science Workshop.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Strader, Jandt, Jenkins, York, Ziel
Presented by Heidi Strader, Randi Jandt, Jenn Jenkins, Alison York and Robert Ziel. Optional webinar for AFSC remote sensing workshop presenters to introduce the Alaska fire management context. We will summarize the natural history of fire in the state, explain how fire…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Liu
Wildland fire is a natural phenomenon and influential force of the Earth’s climate system. During the past decades, increased large wildland fire activities, longer wildland fire durations, and longer wildfire seasons in the United States have received more and more attention…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Loehman
From the Spring 2017 AFSC Remote Sensing Workshop: Opportunities to Apply Remote Sensing in Boreal/Arctic Wildfire Management and Science.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Veraverbeke
From the Spring 2017 AFSC Remote Sensing Workshop: Opportunities to Apply Remote Sensing in Boreal/Arctic Wildfire Management and Science.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Jandt
From the Spring 2017 AFSC Remote Sensing Workshop: Opportunities to Apply Remote Sensing in Boreal/Arctic Wildfire Management and Science.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Fire Suppression in Subalpine and Boreal Conifer Forests: Impacts on Subsequent Fires and Succession
Presentation slides and recorded presentation to managers at the 2017 AFSC Spring Fire Science Workshop, 3/29/17, Fairbanks, Alaska. Winslow outlines proposed research to look at the long-term effects of fire suppression on boreal/alpine forests in Alaska/Colorado using a…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Juday
Dr. Juday discusses the evidence for CO2-mediated climate change in Alaska and the responses of tree species and populations around the state. Changes in season length and summer weather patterns are driving changes in boreal fire regime. Climate-related stresses on tree…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
West, Legarza, Jolly, Emanuel, Knight
Join us in a discussion on how climatic changes can influence wildland fire activity across the globe and how these critical fire weather variables have changed over the last 40 years. These changes in key weather variables have combined to both lengthen the fire season and…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Barnes
Presentation by Jennifer Barnes at the 2017 Alaska Fall Fire Science Workshop, October 10, 2017.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Bieniek
Presentation by Peter Bieniek at the 2017 Alaska Fall Fire Science Workshop, October 10, 2017.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Mann
Presentation from the 2017 Fall Alaska Fire Science Workshop. Tundra fires were once very rare on Alaska's North Slope, but are now becoming more frequent, probably as a result of climate change. Fire-management need to be highly adaptable during this time of rapid change;…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rutherford, Schultz
Presentation by Courtney Schultz and Tait Rutherford at the 2017 Alaska Fall Fire Science Workshop, October 10, 2017.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Houseman
Brian Houseman presents his thesis work, October 27, 2017.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Colavito
The Alaska Fire Science Consortium (AFSC) is a boundary organization that works across the science-management interface to enhance the role that scientific information plays in decision-making for fire management in Alaska. We conducted a case study of AFSC to examine how they…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
West, Rowley, Keeley, Huebner, Evers
Drought creates the potential for invasive plant species to increase in diversity and abundance in a variety of ecosystems, often mediated by the occurrence of disturbances (wildfire, insect outbreaks). Because the frequency and magnitude of droughts will increase in a warmer…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Skaggs, Rizza, Cardwell
Addressing ‘climate change’ at the local, state, or Tribal-level may feel like trying to tackle an amorphous idea, on top of an already heavy work load. The natural hazards mitigation plan, however, can provide a structured format for addressing specific impacts of climate…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Duell, Clay
Lightning Activity Level is a parameter forecasted by the National Weather Service that has important fire weather and safety implications across Alaska. In an effort to improve Lightning Activity Level forecasts across Southcentral Alaska, a study of archived lightning data was…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Young
Projections of future fire activity, derived from statistical models, are a powerful tool for anticipating 21st-century fire regimes. In previous work, we developed a set of statistical models that captures fire-climate relationships at 30-yr timescales in Alaskan boreal forest…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Strader
Heidi Strader shares what is known now about climate change and answers questions about its causes and effects.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Jandt, Stuefer, Cooper
This webinar, organized jointly by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, will focus on changing wildfires in Alaska and resulting smoke impacts to help our audience be prepared for the upcoming wildfire season. Randi Jandt…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Schultz, Duffy
In 2016, the JFSP funded an Alaska proposal “Impacts of Climate and Management Options on Wildland Fire Fighting in Alaska: Implications for Operational Costs and Complexity under Future Scenarios." As a first stage in this work, investigators Dr. Paul Duffy and Dr. Courtney…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
McCaffrey
A presentation recorded at the 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES