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Alexander, Cruz
In 2019 we described the development of a rule of thumb for estimating a wildfire’s forward rate of spread in cases when burning conditions are severe (i.e., namely when wind speeds are high and fuels are critically dry) and the time available to…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Leach, Gibson
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
NWS Missoula has experimented with methods for distributing probabilistic forecast information from the National Blend of Models (NBM). These are text-based and intended to…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
The challenges of the 2020 Fire Year have validated the Cohesive Strategy and proven its foundational value for additional success and achievement across boundaries and landscapes in the West. The following pages offer a snapshot of 2020 activities…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Iniguez, Thode, McCaffrey, Evans, Meyer, Hedwall
Managed wildfires, naturally ignited wildfires that are managed for resource benefit, have the potential to reduce fuel loads and minimize the effects of future wildfires, but have been utilized mainly in remote settings. A new policy federal…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
North, York, Collins, Hurteau, Jones, Knapp, Kobziar, McCann, Meyer, Stephens, Tompkins, Tubbesing
A significant increase in treatment pace and scale is needed to restore dry western US forest resilience owing to increasingly frequent and severe wildfire and drought. We propose a pyrosilviculture approach to directly increase large-scale fire use…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Fillmore, McCaffrey, Smith
There is increasing discussion in the academic and agency literature, as well as popular media, about the need to address the existing deficit of beneficial fire on landscapes. One approach allowable under United States federal wildland fire policy…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Stubbs, Humphreys, Goldman, Childtree, Kush, Scarborough
Wildland fires present a threat to both the environment and to homes and businesses in the wildland urban interface. Understanding the behavior of wildland fires is crucial for developing informed risk management techniques, such as prescribed…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Nguyen, Kaye
Results are presented from of experiments to determine the susceptibility of rooftops to embers staying in contact during wildfires. Wind tunnel experiments were run in which the rooftops of model houses were covered with model embers and exposed to…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Applestein, Simler-Williamson, Germino
The Enemy Release Hypothesis proposes that invasion by exotic plant species is driven by their release from natural enemies (i.e. herbivores and pathogens) in their introduced ranges. However, in many cases, natural enemies, which may be introduced…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Cartwright, Gregg, Panci, Croll
This webinar focuses on planning, restoration, and recovery actions that strengthen ecosystem resilience, mitigate the impacts of natural disasters, and realize co-benefits.
Speakers:
Dr. Jennifer Cartwright, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science…
Year: 2021
Type: Media