Lesson Overview: Students use the stand history diagrams that they assembled in the 2 previous activities to learn about mixed-severity fire regimes. They check their skill in identifying historical fire regimes by interpreting stand history diagrams....

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Historical data are increasingly seen as critical information for contemporary management of National Forests, National Parks, and other public lands. Fire history research provides opportunities for understanding the natural range of variability in fire frequency, severity, extent, and spatial complexity, as well as the role of fire in ecosystems and the feedbacks that link fire, climate, vegetation, and management decisions. The data provide managers with both models of long-term ecosystem behavior with which to assess the degree and nature of departure in current conditions, and direction and justification for restoration efforts, fuels treatments, and other management projects.
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International Multiproxy Paleofire Database (IMPD)
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Paleoclimatology Program hosts the International Multiproxy Paleofire Database (IMPD), an archive of fire history data derived from natural proxies.
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Lesson Overview: Students apply their knowledge about fire regimes (low-, mixed-, and stand-replacement) to 3 forest types that occur from the northern Rocky Mountains to the North Cascades - forests historically dominated by ponderosa, lodgepole, and...
Lesson overview: This activity uses a set of jigsaw puzzles (printed on laminated paper) to review species interactions and the role of fire in 3 forest ecosystems of the northern Rocky Mountains and the North Cascades (dominated by ponderosa pine/...
Lesson Overview: Students use the stand history diagrams that they assembled in the 2 previous activities to learn about mixed-severity fire regimes. They interpret stand history diagrams for plots from each of the 3 forest types they’ve been studying...
Lesson Overview: Students create a living model to demonstrate how fire scars form. They use dendrochronology to describe the history of low-severity fire for a single tree and then a whole forest. They assemble a stand history diagram and use it to...
Lesson Overview: Students use information from 11 cross-dated increment cores to figure out the approximate age of a forest stand that originated after stand-replacing fire.
Lesson Goals: Understand how scientists can determine the time when a...
Lesson Overview: Students discuss the current prevalence of wildfires in their region and ways to find out if those fires are typical for the 3 forest types they have been studying - forests historically dominated by ponderosa, lodgepole, and whitebark...
Lesson Overview: In this activity, students learn about the nature of biological communities. This concept is important to the science of wildland fire because fire behavior, fire history, fire effects, and even management of fire depend on what plant...
Lesson Overview: Students will learn that trees can sometimes survive fire. They will create a human model that demonstrates how trees survive fire and how fire scars form. Then they will describe the fire history of cross sections (“tree cookies”)...
Lesson Overview: In this activity, students examine a fire -scarred tree cross section (sometimes called a “tree cookie”) and a display that shows tree growth rings. Then they record their own personal histories us ing growth rings as a metaphor.
...Anticipated Start Date: February 2021
This position is part of a partnership between Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) and Habitat Forever, LLC (HF). The incumbents will conduct habitat management work on public wildlife management areas. They are full-time, permanent employees of Habitat Forever and will receive daily leadership from KDWP Field Managers. The position will be located at the Perry Wildlife Area near Valley Falls, Kansas.
Management of upland habitats over the years has consisted of converting croplands and cool season grasses to native warm season grasses and forbs, planting of shrub plots, selective cutting of invading woody vegetation, and prescribed burning to stimulate native warm season grasses and forbs.
Northern Arizona University School of Forestry seeks to fill one PhD position funded through a Teaching Assistantship. This position will focus on spatial patterns of wildfire disturbance related to forest dynamics, post-fire recovery, and biodiversity conservation in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico. The PhD student will participate in and conduct investigations to quantify impacts of fire severity, fire frequency (e.g., short interval repeat fires), time since fire, and patch size and isolationon forest structure, composition, and regeneration dynamics.
The position start date is Fall 2021.
On April 6, 2020, the Fire Management Board (FMB) established the Wildland Fire Medical and Public Health Advisory Team (MPHAT) to address medical and health-related issues specific to the interagency administration of mission critical wildland fire management functions under a COVID-19 modified operating posture. The COVID-19 MPHAT is tasked with providing medical and public health expertise, advice, coordination, and collaboration with external subject matter experts and developing protocols and practices for all aspects of COVID-19 planning, prevention, and mitigation for wildland fire operations. Guidance found on this page has been issued via FMB Memorandum. They may be updated as appropriate and necessary to respond to the evolving situations and work conditions surrounding COVID-19.
With multiple agencies/entities, groups and task forces all working to find solutions for operational concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the need for a space to share information is apparent. This forum serves as a platform to ask questions, as well as to share ideas, information, and solutions.
Over the three virtual mornings they will explore topic areas that are planned with and for the diverse community interacting around fire-related issues, and seek to further understanding and communication to support continued work toward collaborative...
AFSC is working with the NASA Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) to organize a hands-on workshop on using their data and products in operational and decision-making settings. This will be a great opportunity for researchers and managers to...
A Virtual Conference, for Real World Problems
Join the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) on a trip around the world through the lens of wildland fire. Across four days in May 2021, the IAWF will present real world risks and...
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The 9th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, hosted by the Association for Fire Ecology in cooperation with Tall Timbers, will be held in the Florida Panhandle at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort,...
All invited, members and non-members - invite a colleague
This will not be your typical AGM - it will be informative AND fun! Join the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) to network with other members, learn more about IAWF...
Hosted by the Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Science Consortium
Presented by Michael Stambaugh, University of Missouri
Vegetation of the Cumberland Plateau (USA) has undergone dramatic transitions since the last glaciation and...
Increasingly, land managers and policy makers are recognizing fire’s role in meeting multiple resource objectives. This discussion will explore how understanding historical fire data can provide insights for supporting today’s desired ecological...
Rescheduled from March due to COVID-19 concerns. IAFC is planning a new, virtual event format. This virtual experience will provide access to educational resources on timely issues and the insights you need to keep your community safe.
The IAFC'...
Sponsored by the Forest History Society
Presented by Dr. Stephen Pyne
Acclaimed fire historian and author Dr. Stephen J. Pyne will deliver the 2020 Lynn W. Day Distinguished Lectureship in Forest and Conservation History on October 28,...
Warmer summers, longer growing seasons, and pressures from insects and tree diseases are some of the factors shaping wildfires in Alaska. Randi Jandt, Fire Ecologist with the Alaska Fire Science Consortium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, will...
Join forest representatives from forests in Idaho and the northwest for a virtual event to learn about 2021 seasonal positions across the region. After an overview of each forest and open positions, including tips and tricks for the hiring/USAJobs...
The use of fire on the landscape is a hotly debated topic, despite being a natural process in northern forests. It is seen as a vital tool by land managers to improve forest health and spur regeneration.
This webinar will look at the history of...
The 2020 Georgia Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting will be offered online. Continuing Forestry Education credits (3.5 Category 1 Hours) and Master Timber Harvester credits (3.5 Category B Hours) will be offered for those attending the entire...
California Fire Science Seminar Series
Presenters:
- Crystal Kolden, Assistant Professor of Fire Science, University of California, Merced
- Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of...