Happy February from NWFSC

• Adlam et al. 2021, Society & Natural Resources: Keepers of the Flame: Supporting the Revitalization of Indigenous Cultural Burning
• Balch et al. 2022, Nature: Warming weakens the night-time barrier to global fire
• Bowring et al. 2022, Nature Geoscience: Pyrogenic carbon decomposition critical to resolving fire’s role in the Earth system
• Bradford et al. 2022, Journal of Applied Ecology: Tree mortality response to drought-density interactions suggests opportunities to enhance drought resistance
• Downing et al. 2022, Nature, Scientific Reports: Human ignitions on private lands drive USFS cross-boundary wildfire transmission and community impacts in the western US
• Essen et al, 2022, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management: Improving wildfire management outcomes: shifting the paradigm of wildfire from simple to complex risk
• Halpern and Antos 2022, Forest Ecology and Management: Burn severity and pre-fire seral state interact to shape vegetation responses to fire in a young, western Cascade Range forest
• Mockrin et al. 2021, Landscape and Urban Planning: Growth of the wildland-urban interface within and around U.S. National Forests and Grasslands, 1990–2010
• Palsa et al. 2022, Plos One: Engagement in local and collaborative wildfire risk mitigation planning across the western U.S.—Evaluating participation and diversity in Community Wildfire Protection Plans
• Rao et al. 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution: Plant-water sensitivity regulates wildfire vulnerability

• USDA Forest Service Wildfire Crisis Strategy: Overview and Implementation Plan
• An issue paper by the American Academy of Actuaries highlights and examines efforts to better understand wildfire risk, ways to more effectively prevent and mitigate wildfires, and approaches to insuring against wildfire risk exposures.
• A new Washington DNR memo reports on using shaded fuel breaks for both aiding in community protection and landscape treatment

• DEEP DIVE WEBINAR: Invasion, Fire, and the Future of NW Wildlands: Ventenata dubia in the Blue Mountains Ecoregion. Tuesday February 22, 1-3pm PST. REGISTER
• Life with Fire podcast, new episodes:
  • EP.26: THE REALITY OF BURNING 50 MILLION ACRES IN 10 YEARS WITH MICHAEL WARA
  • EP.25: THE TIM HART ACT AND CHANNELING GRIEF WITH MICHELLE HART
  • EP.24: CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON HIGH SEVERITY, LOW FREQUENCY FIRE REGIMES WITH PHIL HIGUERA
• The Forest Overstory Podcast addresses forest management topics that impact small forest landowners (from Washington State University Forestry Extension)
• 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.

• NEW announcements:
  • 2022 Community Forest Forum and Field Tour. May 4 & 5, both virtual and in-person options. Spokane, WA. Hosted by Sustainable Northwest.
  • IAFC's Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) conference. March 22-24, Reno NV. 
• ALMOST HERE: Forest Health in Oregon 2022: State of the State Conference. March 1-2, 2022, virtual, free, requires registration. 
• Ongoing: Lookout: Envisioning Futures with Wildfire. 11-week lecture series on how we are shaping this era of megafires and how it is shaping us; virtual, weekly on Tuesdays at 6pm PST. Upcoming:
  • February 22: Stephen J. Pyne "Between Three Fires" REGISTER
  • March 1: Jessica Kahkoska "It Takes a Village: Responding to Wildfire with Theatre and Collaboration" REGISTER
  • March 8: Molly Fisk "Processing Fire and Climate Disasters Through Poetry" REGISTER
  • March 15: Christine Eriksen "Alliances in the Anthropocene: Fire, Plants and People" REGISTER
• 2022 Starker Lecture Series, Oregon State University College of Forestry. Women of Forestry: Inspiring Leadership. Starts Jan. 26, 2022; events once per month through May 2022. The next lecture:
  • March 9: Amanda Rau: Pyrocultural Forestry: Connecting People and Nature Through Fire. REGISTER

• International Association of Wildland Fire Conference. Fire & Climate: Impacts, Issues, and Futures. May 23-27, 2022 in Pasadena, CA.
• Fire Ecology Across Boundaries: Connecting Science and Management.  October 4-7, 2022 in Florence, Italy.

• Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon to receive $262 million in wildfire recovery funding for federal forests
• NPR: Study finds Western megadrought is the worst in 1,200 years
• NPR All Things Considered: A small town in Oregon is trying to keep its residents from leaving after wildfires
• Scientific American, focusing on several recent fires in OR (Bootleg, Alameda): Beaver Dams Help Wildfire-Ravaged Ecosystems Recover Long after Flames Subside
• Local features:
  • Multnomah County: County, Portland Public Schools awarded EPA grant to take steps toward extreme heat and wildfire smoke resilience
  • Salem Statesman Journal: Oregon wildfire survivors eligible to have medical bills for breathing problems reimbursed
  • Jefferson Public Radio: Oregon Department of Forestry issues grants to reduce wildfire risk
  • Willamette Week: Oregon Parks Forever Has Planted Over 500,000 Trees Across the State to Replace Those Lost in Wildfires
  • Spokane Journal of Business: App to monitor wildfire smoke’s effects on health
• USDA Forest Service:
  • Press Office: USDA Forest Service Welcomes New National Director of Fire and Aviation Management
  • National Partnership Office: Planting new hope in the Umpqua River basin
  • Umatilla National Forest: Fuels treatments critical to wildfire management
  • Office of Communication highlights the Greater La Pine Basin Cohesive Strategy Project: Joint Chiefs’ Funding at Work: Improving Landscapes and Protecting Communities