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QUESTIONS or COMMENTS? CONTACT:
Janean H. Creighton, Administrative Director
NW Fire Science Consortium
321 Richardson Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-1049
nw.fireconsortium@oregonstate.edu
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Northwest Fire Science Consortium
June 2022 Newsletter
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Happy Summer from NWFSC
Below is our most recent roundup of new pubs, events, resources, and news. We hope that your summers are all starting out well, and that you enjoy the upcoming holiday weekend if you are able to. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!
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Viewing a 30-year old prescribed fire project, ready for its next burn this fall in the forests outside of Wenatchee, WA in June 2022. Photo courtesy of Autumn Ellison.
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Recent publications:
New journal articles:
Highlight:
- Key findings:
- The 2020 Labor Day Fires were much larger and more severe than others in the recent record, but they were remarkably consistent with many historical fires. Strong east winds and dry conditions are the common denominators in both large historical fires of the past and the 2020 fires.
- Forest management and fuel treatments are unlikely to influence fire severity in the most extreme wind-driven fires, like the 2020 Labor Day Fires. Pre-fire forest structure, largely the result of previous forest management activities, had little effect on burn severity when east winds were strong during the 2020 fires.
- Fuel treatments around homes and infrastructure may still be beneficial under low and moderate fire-weather conditions.
- Adaptation strategies for similar fires in the future in west-side communities might, instead, focus on ignition prevention, fire suppression, and community preparedness.
- Anderegg et al., Ecol. Letters: Future climate risks from stress, insects and fire across US forests
- Airey-Lauvaux et al., J. Env. Mgmt: Changes in fire behavior caused by fire exclusion and fuel build-up vary with topography in California montane forests, USA
- Bacciu et al., Env. Sci. & Policy: Towards a systemic approach to fire risk management
- Copes-Gerbitz et al., Reg. Env. Change: Regional Environmental Change: Transforming fire governance in British Columbia, Canada: an emerging vision for coexisting with fire
- D'Evelyn et al., Current Env. Health Rep.: Wildfire, Smoke Exposure, Human Health, and Environmental Justice Need to be Integrated into Forest Restoration and Management
- Hamilton et al., Glob. Env. Change: Cognition of feedback loops in a fire-prone social-ecological system
- Iniguez et al., Forests: Comparing Geography and Severity of Managed Wildfires in California and the Southwest USA before and after the Implementation of the 2009 Policy Guidance
- Ivanova et al., Fire: A Survey on Monitoring of Wild Animals during Fires Using Drones
- Juang et al., Geophy. Res. Letters: Rapid Growth of Large Forest Fires Drives the Exponential Response of Annual Forest-Fire Area to Aridity in the Western United States
- Miller et al., Fire: Re-Envisioning Wildland Fire Governance: Addressing the Transboundary, Uncertain, and Contested Aspects of Wildfire
- Sehrsweeney & Fischer, Env. Sci & Policy: Governing ecosystem adaptation: An investigation of adaptive capacity within environmental governance networks
- Simon et al., Frontiers Env. Sci.: The Costs and Costs Avoided From Wildfire Fire Management—A Conceptual Framework for a Value of Information Analysis
- Snitker et al., Nature Ecol. & Evolution: A collaborative agenda for archaeology and fire science
- Stasiewicz & Paveglio, J. Env. Mgmt: Exploring relationships between perceived suppression capabilities and resident performance of wildfire mitigation
Issue papers, guides, reports:
Published an article? Send it to us!
Webinars, Podcasts, & Videos:
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During the week of June 20th, we were up in Wenatchee, WA for the WA Prescribed Fire Council's annual tour and meeting. We saw lots of great prescribed fire projects in landscapes with diverse ownership. It was a great way to start the summer, and meet so many passionate partners!
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Conferences, lectures, workshops, and summits:
In the News:
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Visit the NW Fire Science Consortium website for additional information and resources.
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