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October 2019 Newsletter
California Fire Science Consortium
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New research briefs (6 of these!!!)
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Upcoming webinar and workshops
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Variety of Fire Research Roundup topics
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New Research Briefs
A recent study in press with Ecological Monographs collected and analyzed a long-term data set of fluctuations in perennial plant communities in the eastern Mojave Desert. During the 37-year period, most measures of the native perennial plant community changed temporally.
View Research Brief PDF >
This paper compares tree mortality patterns in treated (thinned and/or burned) forested stands to untreated stands and how these treatments affect forest response to drought.
View Research Brief PDF >
For many fire-adapted ecosystems, prescribed fires and managed wildfires are valuable tools for mimicking and maintaining natural fire’s full assortment of invaluable Ecosystem Services. View Research Brief PDF >
This paper contrasts the two most important factors driving large fires: fuel-dominated vs. wind-dominated wildfires.
View Research Brief PDF >
This paper explores whether human or natural ignition (lightning) sources are linked to wildfire occurrence during Santa Ana wind events. While lightning ignitions during Santa Ana conditions have been rare in the past, predictions under anthropogenic climate change project drier fuels during the winter months when lightning and Santa Ana winds are more likely to occur simultaneously, increasing the future potential for devastating wildfires. View Research Brief PDF >
Assisted natural regeneration (ANR) is an alternative aimed at encouraging site conditions favorable for natural regeneration through actions such as alleviating limitations on viable seed production, germination, and seedling survival. Two ANR approaches were tested on the Mojave Desert foundation species, the creosote bush. View Research Brief PDF >
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Upcoming Webinar!
November 4, 2019
This webinar will focus on LANDFIRE Remap products in the Southwest U.S., with specific emphasis on California applications. Presenters Jim Smith and Kori Blankenship will review improvements to LF’s newest product offering and look at what remains the same as previous versions. LF Remap products are being released through 2019-2020, as determined by LF GeoArea.
Who should participate?
Anyone who is or might be considering using LANDFIRE products to inform fire and vegetation management decisions, e.g. researchers, land and project managers, fire and fuel professionals, GIS specialists, scientists, and practitioners.
More information and registration here >
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 These two-day workshops are designed for landowners and managers
looking to gain skills in prescribed fire planning and implementation. The
first day will consist of classroom lecture, instruction, and exercises. The second day will include a field trip to view lands actively managed with prescribed fire and take part in a prescribed fire, permit / weather allowing.
Dates and Locations:
October 8th, 2019: Sonora, CA (burn day last week of October)
October 10th, 2019: Sutter Creek, CA (burn day last week of October)
October 18th and 19th: Meadow Valley, CA
November 5th and 6th, 2019: Shaver Lake, CA
December 13th, 2019: Forest Ranch, CA
Register and more information here >
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Outside Events & Resources
 Yosemite Hydroclimate Meeting 2019
Oct 10, 2019 – Oct 11, 2019
Yosemite National Park, CA
The annual Yosemite Hydroclimate Meeting is scheduled for Oct. 10-11, 2017. Check back soon for more information as it becomes available, including how to submit to present and how to sign-up.
More information soon here >
Oct 12, 2019 – Oct 15, 2019
Redding, CA
ART from the ashes’ Seeds of Regrowth exhibition and community programming is planned for October 12th - November 15th in Redding CA. Check out the Fire Science Exhibits throughout the event!
VISIT artfromtheashes.org/ for more information.
Oct 21, 2019 – Oct 24, 2019
Plymouth, MA
To maintain and strengthen meaningful progress towards this vision, the 3rd Annual National Cohesive Strategy Workshop will provide a forum unlike others for collaborative interaction.
View more information >
Join Us for the Upcoming Southern Sierra Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting!
The Southern Sierra Prescribed Fire Council will host its annual meeting on Wednesday, November 6th at the Central Sierra Historical Museum in Shaver Lake, CA. Thursday will include a field trip on nearby Southern California Edison forestry lands with the potential of seeing an active prescribed fire in action (weather dependent).
View more information and registration >
Nov 18, 2019 – Nov 22, 2019
The Association for Fire Ecology is excited to be hosting this event in Tucson, Arizona in cooperation with the Southwest Fire Science Consortium. We welcome all those interested in fire ecology and management to attend, and we aim to create a diverse and inclusive event.
More information >
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Help inform solutions on one of the biggest barriers to prescribed fire: liability insurance. The Forest Stewards Guild is currently surveying organizations across the nation to better understand insurance needs and potential solutions. Take the survey or learn more https://buff.ly/2YYeV56
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 The new CNPS Fire Recovery Guide is available now. The wildfire guide is a collaboration between the California Native Plant Society, dozens of scientific and topical experts, and more than 30 state and local organizations. View more information and download the guide here >
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Fire Research Roundup
In 1998, the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) was statutorily authorized as a joint partnership between the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The program provides leadership to the wildland fire science community by identifying high-priority fire science research needs that will enhance the decision making ability of managers to meet their objectives. This publication celebrates and describes the JFSP’s contributions to and impact on the wildland fire community over the past 20 years.
View Report here >
T Marks-Block, et al. - For. Eco. & Mgmt., 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117517
View PDF >
CA Schultz, et al. - Fire Eco., 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-019-0028-x
View PDF >
D Schweizer, et al. - Air Quality, Atmo. & Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-018-0633-x
View PDF >
ALR Westerling -Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0178
View PDF >
AG Smith, et al. -Fire Eco., 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-019-0031-2
View PDF >
JD Bontrager et al. -Fire Eco., 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-019-0037-9
View PDF >
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JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network
Know someone who wants more info about fire but lives outside California? Help them find their fire exchange here, we're all over the nation!
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Thanks for reading!
Please feel free to contact me with suggestions, comments, or questions. I'd love to hear from you! ssfrederick@berkeley.edu
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