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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Vaillant
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
The Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System (IFTDSS) is a web-based application designed to make fuels treatment planning and analysis more efficient and effective.…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Young
In 2009, new guidance for wildland fire management in the United States expanded the range of strategic options for managers working to reduce the threat of high-severity wildland fire, improve forest health and respond to a changing climate.…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Young, Evans, Iniguez, Thode, Meyer, Hedwall, McCaffrey, Shin, Huang
In 2009, new guidance for wildland fire management in the United States expanded the range of strategic options for managers working to reduce the threat of high-severity wildland fire, improve forest health and respond to a changing climate.…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Hiers, O'Brien, Varner, Butler, Dickinson, Furman, Gallagher, Godwin, Goodrick, Hood, Hudak, Kobziar, Linn, Loudermilk, McCaffrey, Robertson, Rowell, Skowronski, Watts, Yedinak
The realm of wildland fire science encompasses both wild and prescribed fires. Most of the research in the broader field has focused on wildfires, however, despite the prevalence of prescribed fires and demonstrated need for science to guide its…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Piñon-juniper vegetation types, including juniper woodland and savannah, piñon-juniper, and piñon woodland, cover approximately 40 million ha in the western United States, where they provide ecosystem services, wildlife habitat, and cultural and…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Butler, Quarles, Standohar-Alfano, Morrison, Jimenez, Sopko, Wold, Bradshaw, Atwood, Landon, O'Brien, Hornsby, Wagenbrenner, Page
The relationship between wildland fire spread rate and wind has been a topic of study for over a century, but few laboratory studies report measurements in controlled winds exceeding 5 m s−1. In this study, measurements of fire rate of spread, flame…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
McGuire, Youberg
Wildfire alters the hydrologic and geomorphic responses of burned areas relative to nearby unburned areas, making them more prone to runoff, erosion, and debris flow. In post-wildfire settings, debris flows often initiate when runoff concentrates on…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Evans, Lynch, Naden, Davidson
The purpose of this webinar is to review 2019 fires and look ahead toward conditions for 2020. Dr. Zander Evans will present an overview of the largest fires in the Southwest during 2019. He will share summaries of forest types and burn severities…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
The NWCG Smoke Management Guide for Prescribed Fire contains information on prescribed fire smoke management techniques, air quality regulations, smoke monitoring, modeling, communication, public perception of prescribed fire and smoke, climate…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Ottmar, Brown, Larkin
This project will develop and prioritize the observations needed to perform this task, bring teams of modelers and observational specialists in various disciplines on board under separate funding, and coordinate these teams to create and validate a…
Year: 2020
Type: Project