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The Southwest Fire Science Consortium is partnering with FRAMES to help fire managers access important fire science information related to the Southwest's top ten fire management issues.

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Fire and Fuel Management in a Changing Fire Environment: Forest Service Perspectives
Reinhardt
Discussion of fire and fuel management presented by Elizabeth Reinhardt at Northern Arizona University in February 2014.
Year: 2014
Type: Media

Reaping the Whirlwind: Wind-driven Crown Fires in Southwestern Forests
Swetnam
Discussion of crown fires presented by Tom Swetnam of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research University of Arizona
Year: 2014
Type: Media

Fires of Change
Fires of Change is a collaborative project with the Southwest Fire Science Consortium, the Flagstaff Arts Council, and the Landscape Conservation Initiative (LCI) funded by the Joint Fires Sciences Program and the National Endowment for the Arts. It…
Year: 2014
Type: Media

Communicating About Climate Change - From Impacts to Solutions
Pike
Americans are waking up to the reality of extreme weather events and are beginning to connect the dots to climate disruption. Effectively engaging the public as partners in addressing the challenge requires emphasizing local, current and personally…
Year: 2014
Type: Media

A Panel Perspective on Regeneration in Southwestern Pine Forests after High Severity Wildfires
Fulé, Haffey, Iniguez, Youtz, Mast, Owen
A panel perspective on regeneration in Southwest pine forests after high severity wildfire --The Southwest Fire Science Consortium is hosting a panel discussion on regeneration of pine forests after high severity wildfires. Recent fires such as the…
Year: 2014
Type: Media

The National Climate Assessment and Wildland Fire Implications
Brown
Tim Brown presented a webinar on the new National Climate Assessment (NCA). The NCA summarizes present day and future impacts of climate change on the United States. Observations are showing changes in temperature and precipitation patterns causing…
Year: 2014
Type: Media

A Resilience Ecology Framework for Southwestern Forests: Ecosystem Shifts, Landscape Disturbance and Climate Change
Falk
In this webinar, Dr. Don Falk will review the basic concepts of ecological resilience as it applies to fire-adapted ecosystems in the Southwest. He will discuss how these concepts apply to the challenge of maintaining resilience in a rapidly…
Year: 2014
Type: Media

Smoke Consequences of New Wildfire Regimes Driven by Climate Change
McKenzie, Shankar
Smoke from wildfires has adverse biological and social consequences, and various lines of evidence suggest that smoke from wildfires in the future may be more intense and widespread, demanding that methods be developed to address its effects on…
Year: 2014
Type: Media

Projected Effects of Regional Differences in Change on Plant Production and Communities with Implications for Fire Regimes
Polley
We presented a webinar on March 5 by Dr. Wayne Polley, scientist with the Agricultural Research Service. Climate change discussions often gloss over the Great Plains, but Dr. Polley will focus on predictions for rangelands in the Great Plains.…
Year: 2014
Type: Media

Climate Change and the Future Impacts across the Southwest Region
McCollum, Bohlin
What is Climate Change? How will our changing climate impact seasonal weather conditions across the Southwest? This webinar was hosted by the Southwest Fire Science Consortium (http://swfireconsortium.org) and was presented to prepare attendees of…
Year: 2014
Type: Media