Happy Summer from NWFSC

• Reilley et al., Ecosphere: Cascadia Burning: The historic, but not historically unprecedented, 2020 wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, USA. 

• 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

• Ecosystem Workforce Program Working Paper: Oregon Wildfire Smoke Communications and Impacts: An Evaluation of the 2020 Wildfire Season
• Karuk Tribe: GOOD FIRE: Current Barriers to the Expansion of Cultural Burning and Prescribed Fire in California and Recommended Solutions. Updated June 2022. 
• Fire Adapted Communities: Pathways Tool Facilitation Guide. For use with the FAC Pathways Tool. 

• The In the Woods Podcast featured 2 episodes with some of our partners in the new OSU Extension Fire Program:
  • Episode 19: OSU Extension Fire Team Program
  • Episode 20: Fire Adapted Communities
• Life with Fire podcast was created to explore the ways humans interact with fire, while seeking solutions for how we can better coexist with it in the future. 
• The Forest Overstory Podcast addresses forest management topics that impact small forest landowners (from Washington State University Forestry Extension).
  • Episode 9: Fighting Fire with Fire...Literally, with Heather Heward
• Oregon State University Extension Fire Program Online Webinar Guide. Fire Aware. Fire Prepared. & Post Fire Resources. It's never too early to get ready for next fire season.
  • Newest episode: Smoke Ready Oregon: Preparing for Wildfire Smoke (Recorded)

• 2022 Natural Areas Conference. Sept. 6-9; Duluth, MN. 
• Fire Ecology Across Boundaries: Connecting Science and Management.  October 4-7; Florence, Italy.
• IAWF Wildland Fire Canada Conference. Oct. 31-Nov. 4; Edmonton, Canada
• IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research & 17th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit. Nov. 11-18; Coimbra, Portugal. 
• Fifth National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop. Nov. 14-18; Asheville, NC. 
• Wildfire Preparedness for Agricultural Producers and Rural Landowners. Virtual and on demand course.

• Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network:
  • Resource Round-Up: Insurance
  • Equitable Workforce Development in Fire Resilience: Creating Pathways for Priority Populations
  • Resource Round-Up: Communications in Fire Management
  • Introducing The Fire Adapted Communities Pathways Tool
  • Weather or Not to Burn: Steps to Organizing Learn-and-Burns
• Crosscut & InvestigateWest: Growing sprawl in WA woods comes with high wildfire risk
• Washington Post: 
  • New tools may predict wildfire season severity, rainfall months ahead
  • Biden boosts pay for federal firefighters as wildfire season heats up
• OPB: 
  • Out-of-state firefighters return to Oregon for 2022 wildfire season
  • Jackson County prepares for aggressive fight against 2022 wildfires
  • Oregon will have a much harder time filing a claim on its wildfire insurance policy
• Oregon Live: Check out the wildfire risk at your Oregon property. Building codes and other requirements may depend on it
• Seattle Times: Track wildfires, air pollution and drought conditions throughout Washington, Oregon and British Columbia
• Occupational Health & Safety: Washington State Files Emergency Rules on Heat Exposure, Wildfire Smoke
• Oregon Capital Chronicle: Research from Oregon State finds ways to slow wildfires in critical sagebrush rangelands
• KATU 2 ABC: Keep Oregon Green: Wildfire Prevention
• KOIN News: 
  • The dos and don’ts of burning in Oregon wildfire season
  • Report: Oregon more prepared for wildfire season now than a year ago
• KDRV: OSU wildfire project gets National Science Foundation support
• WSU Insider: Tribal youth use ‘seed bombs’ to heal wildfire-damaged lands
• USDA Forest Service:
  • Secretary Vilsack Directs USDA Forest Service to Take Bold Action to Restore Forests, Improve Resilience, and Curb Climate Change
  • USDA Seeks Proposals for Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership
  • Statement from Chief Randy Moore on Hermit’s Peak Fire Review
  • Statement of Forest Service Chief Randy Moore Announcing Pause of Prescribed Fire Operations on National Forest System Lands