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[Executive Summary] The Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) presents this Addendum Update, to spotlight wildland fire critical emphasis areas and challenges that were not identified or addressed in depth in the 2014 National Cohesive Wildland…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Abrahamson, Innes
The Northern Rockies Fire Science Network and Northwest Fire Science Consortium teamed up with Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) staff to introduce new fire regime products and demonstrate new search functions to inform fire management planning…
Year: 2016
Type: Media
Evans, Megown
During FY15 staff from the Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC) developed an online survey to assess Forest Service land cover disturbance information needs. There were 172 respondents to the survey across a wide and representative spectrum of…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Madsen, Zvirzdin, Petersen, Hopkins, Roundy, Chandler
Soil water repellency is commonly found in piñon (Pinus spp.)-juniper (Juniperus spp.) (P-J) woodlands and may limit site recovery after a fire. Understanding the extent of this problem and the impact it has on vegetation recovery will help guide…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Smith, Zouhar, Fryer
Managers have been coming to the Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) for reviews of scientific knowledge about fire effects since 1986. Prior to this project, FEIS provided relatively little coverage of invasive plant species in the eastern…
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Schneider, Fernando
In land change science studies, a cover type is defined by land surface attributes, specifically including the types of vegetation, topography and human structures, which makes it difficult to characterize land cover as discrete classes. One of the…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Tanaka
The primary goal of this symposium is to facilitate communication and information sharing across desert, regional, and state boundaries. The workshop that follows the symposium will devise strategies and identify gaps in knowledge to reduce the loss…
Year: 2009
Type: Project
Robbins, Eckelmann, Quiñones
This paper presents a summary of the forest fire reports in the insular Caribbean derived from both management reports and an analysis of publicly available Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrodiometer (MODIS) satellite active fire products from the…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Kuenzi, Fulé, Sieg
The Rodeo-Chediski fire burned approximately 189,650 ha in east-central Arizona from June 18 to July 7, 2002, 113,700 ha of it on White Mountain Apache tribal land. In 2004 and 2005, we measured plant canopy cover and richness in areas of high and…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Zouhar, Munger, Smith
The potential for nonnative, invasive plants to alter an ecosystem depends on species traits, ecosystem characteristics, and the effects of disturbances, including fire. This study identifies gaps in science-based knowledge about the relationships…
Year: 2008
Type: Document