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Hoagland, Lake
The webinar describes traditional ecological knowledge and invaluable contributions of Native wisdom to ecological restoration. Specific case studies are presented where traditional ecological knowledge is incorporated into wildlife management plans…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Pyne, McDaniel
For the past decade, the San Carlos Apache fire and forestry staff has been working to reintroduce fire to the landscape through an expanding prescribed fire and managed wildfire program. Stephen J. Pyne narrates this video describing the 2014 fire…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Harrison, McDaniel
The San Juan fire ignited on June 26, 2014 on the White Mountain Apache Reservation and quickly entered the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. The fire was wind-driven for the first few days, and fire behavior was influenced by extremely dry fuel…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Keane
Wildland fuels may be the most important consideration in fire management, not just because they are important inputs for predicting fire behavior (i.e., how fast and intense a fire gets), but also because fuels are the only factor that can…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Robles
The recent mortality of up to 20% of forests and woodlands in the southwestern United States, along with declining stream flows and projected future water shortages, heightens the need to understand how management practices can enhance forest…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Busse
In this webinar presented by Matt Busse on March 31, 2015 he covers: (1) ecological consequences of prescribed fire on soil heating, water repellency, and soil nutrient release, (2) pile burning, (3) whole tree harvesting and nutrient removal, and (…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Potter
Brian Potter, a research meteorologist with the USDA Forest Service, presented a summary of the state of science behind spot fires. Spotting is one characteristic of "extreme fire behavior," capable of short range acceleration of fires as well as…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Drus
Increased wildfire has been observed with the displacement of native cottonwood-willow (Salix and Populus spp.) gallery forests by invasive, non-native tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) in desert riparian zones of North America. Greater post-fire recovery of…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Bigio
This webinar presents research on the historical fire regimes of the western San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado, where the landscape provided a unique opportunity to sample tree-ring and alluvial-sediment records in the same study sites.…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Potter
Brian Potter, a research meteorologist with the USDA Forest Service, presented a webinar on February 26, 2015 regarding the state of science with respect to the airflow associated with fire convection plumes. This includes the concepts of plume…
Year: 2015
Type: Media