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 January 2020 Newsletter 

California Fire Science Consortium

  • New research brief and recorded webinar

  • Many upcoming spring events

  • Variety of Fire Research Roundup topics

New Research Brief

Wildfire Following Severe Tree Mortality in Frequent Fire Forests: A Research Summary and Call for Proactive Management 

This Overview Article summarizes research relevant to understanding short- and longer-term effects of massive tree mortality in what were historically frequent fire forests of California, presents results on fire severity from a recent wildfire that burned through severe tree mortality, and makes management recommendations for reducing future tree mortality and increasing forest resilience and adaptation to climate change.
View Research Brief PDF >

Recorded Webinar

New Product Release: LANDFIRE Remap in California

This webinar focused on LANDFIRE Remap products in the Southwest U.S., with specific emphasis on California applications.  Presenters Jim Smith and Kori Blankenship reviewed improvements to LF’s newest product offering and looked at what remains the same as previous versions. LF Remap products are being released through 2019-2020,  as determined by LF GeoArea.

Outside Events

 

41st Annual Forest Vegetation Management Conference

January 14-16, 2020
Anderson, CA
The Forest Vegetation Management Conference (FVMC)  conference will provide continuing education on forest vegetation management to meet California licensing needs and provide both peer and research contacts with whom those in the vegetation management field can consult when facing new challenges. The  flyer, registration, and the latest FVMC information can be found at www.fvmc.org.
 

Rangeland Summit: Sustaining Ranchers, Communities, and Ecosystems

January 14, 2020
Stockton, CA

Join us for presentations and conversation Network with ranchers, academics, non-government and agency rangeland decision and policy makers from across California. More information and registration >
 

Mojave Desert Native Plant Materials Development and Restoration Workshop

February 11-13, 2020
Las Vegas, NV

This event will provide information on current work and activities to restore native plants to the Mojave Desert, including after different disturbance events. The event is open to the public and free of charge.
 

California Society of American Foresters: 2020 Winter Meeting

February 21-22, 2020
Folsom, CA

During our 2019 Winter Meeting we explored the theme: The State of California is Burning: Is This Our Future?  At our meeting, many good ideas were shared, with the need to adjust the 'pace and scale' of projects on the landscape being a reoccurring theme. Come join us at the 2020 California SAF Winter Meeting in Folsom, California to explore these and other questions.  
More information and registration here >
 

Protecting Your City from Wildfire: Planning, Coordinating and Investing for Civic Resilience Workshop: Defining Our Future with Wildland Fire – A New Paradigm

March 11-12, 2020
San Diego, CA

Protecting Your City from WildfirePlanning, Coordinating and Investing for Civic Resilience will gather city leaders, county officials, state and federal agencies, first responders, forestry associations, electric and water utilities, equipment vendors, insurers, academics, and more to discuss how California can create resilient communities and leverage existing opportunities to protect their residents against wildfires. 
More information and registration > 
(Use promo code 203713 to save 10% off registration) 
 

 Bay Area Prescribed Fire Council- 2020 Spring Meeting and Field Tour  Bay Area Prescribed Fire Council- 2020 Spring Meeting and Field Tour

March 25-26, 2020
Stinson, CA

The Bay Area Prescribed Fire Council is excited to announce our second Spring Meeting and Tour! Save the Date for March 25-26, 2020. More information coming soon!
 

AFTER THE FLAMES: Conference and Workshop

April 6-8, 2020
Tahoe City, CA

A unique networking and professional development opportunity focused on building connections and raising the level of conversation as we work to plan, after wildfire.
Learn more and register >
 

California Nevada Hawaii Forest Fire Council Spring 2020

April 14-17, 2020
Maui, Hawaiʻi


The CNH Forest Fire Council 2020 Spring Workshop theme is 2020 Shared Solutions: A Combined Wildfire Meeting on the island of Maui, Hawaiʻi.  More information and registration coming soon.
 

IAWF 3rd International Smoke Symposium

April 20-24, 2020
Davis, CA  and Raleigh, NC

The symposium will be an international nexus of research, management and policy with a target audience of:governmental air quality regulators; land managers and fire practitioners; research and extension communities; public health professionals; air quality and fire weather forecasting communities; and climate change researchers.
View more information and registration  >


Fire Management 24/7/365: A Training Workshop on the Mitigation of Wildfire Risk in Mixed-Conifer Forests of California

April 20-23, 2020
Fresno, CA

To meet these challenges, the George Wright Society is organizing Fire Management 24/7/365, a collaborative, outcomes-focused training workshop to help practitioners, managers, and researchers from different agencies and organizations work together and with other land owners to reduce wildfire threat and restore fire-dependent mixed-conifer ecosystems in California. More information at https://www.georgewrightsociety.org/fire

Fire Research Roundup

The effects of wildfire severity and pyrodiversity on bat occupancy and diversity in fire-suppressed forests    
Z.L. Steel et al.  - Sci Rep 9, 16300, 2019                                                                     
DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52875-2
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Out of the Ashes: Ecological Resilience to Extreme Wildfire, Prescribed Burns, and Indigenous Burning in Ecosystems 
C Eisenberg et al. - Front. Ecol. Evol., 2019
DOI:  //doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00436
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Widespread severe wildfires under climate change lead to increased forest homogeneity in dry mixed‐conifer forests 
BA Cassell et al. - Ecosphere Vol, 10, Issue 11, 2019
DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2934
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Megafire effects on spotted owls: elucidation of a growing threat and a response to Hanson et al. (2018) 
GM Jones et al. - Nature Conservation, 2019
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.37.32741
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Fuel dynamics after reintroduced fire in an old-growth Sierra Nevada mixed conifer
forest

CA Cansler et al. - Fire Ecology, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-019-0035-y
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Proceedings of the Chaparral Restoration Workshops 
Narog, Marcia, techn. coord.- USFS PSW Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-265, 2019
View PDF >

First-entry wildfires can create opening and tree clump patterns characteristic of resilient forests
VR Kane et al. - Forest Ecology and Management, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117659
View PDF >
 
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