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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This webinar covers significant changes made to the 2017 Prescribed Fire Complexity Rating System Guide (PMS 424).
Year: 2018
Type: Media
The U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are working together to use prescribed fire in and around Mexican spotted owl protected activity centers (PACs). The ecosystem, and therefore the wildlife, are adapted to fire, and…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Treadwell
Dr. Morgan Treadwell, with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, teaches ranchers about using prescribed burning, then uses drones to review burn footage and dissect the burn piece by piece.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Odman, Garcia Menendez
SIPFIS is the acronym for Southern Integrated Prescribed Fire Information System. SIPFIS merges prescribed fire and air quality data into a common analysis framework to create a unified prescribed fire and air quality database for the southern U.S.…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Jensen, Volk, Chambers, Ex
These short talks are from a webinar symposium put on by USU Forestry Extension & Southern Rockies Fire Science Network: 1:33 - 21:40 Einar Jensen, Community Risk Reduction Specialist, South Metro Fire Rescue -- 22:54- 40:49 Claire Volk,…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Edwards, Huisjen, Coop, Rodman
These short talks are from a webinar symposium put on by USU Forestry Extension & Southern Rockies Fire Science Network: 2:00 - 12:31 Gloria Edwards, Program Coordinator, Southern Rockies Fire Science Network -- 13:38 - 38:50 Dan Huisjen,…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Land managers are challenged to protect cultural resources within the context of reintroducing fire on the landscape. Positive relationships and partnerships are essential to effective management.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Allred, Jones
The Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP) is a free, online tool that helps landowners and natural resource managers track vegetation through time and plan actions to improve America's grazing lands. The RAP can be used to provide strategies to improve…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Balch
There are three ingredients needed for fire: fuel to burn, hot & dry conditions, and an ignition source. People are changing all three. The area burned has increased over just the past several decades, in western U.S. forests by 1500%. Last year…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Barrett
As wildfires increase in size and severity, the costs to protect homes and lives similarly rise. Yet protecting communities represents a relatively small portion of the total costs of a wildfire—other short- and long-term impacts yield a variety of…
Year: 2018
Type: Media