November 2022: Research and Events

2022 Wildfire crisis strategy roundtables: Themes & opportunities for action

Soil nutrient release and microbial changes following burning of masticated fuels

Increasing prevalence of severe fires change the structure of arthropod communities: A meta-analysis

Frequency of disturbance mitigates high-severity fire in the Lake Tahoe Basin

Role of biological disturbance agents (like beetles) in influencing fuels and fire

The new age of LANDFIRE: A story map

Rangeland production lost to tree encroachment - paper, and map tool

Mapping the ethical landscape of fire management

Incorporating place-based values into ecological restoration

USFS burn boss arrested after Rx fire burns private land

Marshall Fire: Facilitated Learning Analysis - story map

Why forest managers need to team up with Indigenous fire practitioners: Op-Ed from LA Times

Traditional knowledge and fire: Semi-annual newsletter

USFS Life First safety initiative: Exploring unnecessary exposure to risk

Collective action for managing wildfire risk across boundaries in forest and range: Case studies from western US

A pessimist's guide to functional hope

Understanding public health benefits and costs of prescribed fire: suggested new research agenda

FUNDING/AWARDS/ JOBS

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UNR post-doc to focus on genetic considerations in restoration, apply by 11/3

BSU-USGS post-doc to use existing data in rehab and restoration, apply by 11/6

Resource Assistant with the USFS, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Reno, NV
Apply by 11/7

IMAGINE Outreach Program Coordinator, Sheridan, WY, apply by 11/20

Fire Ecology Associate or Assistant Professor at University of ID- open until filled

Biological Soil Crust Technicians, Reno, NV, apply by 2/15

**NOW OPEN** JFSP Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcements, due 12/20

 

11/2-3 Oregon SageCon Summit- Burns, OR

11/11-18 17th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit- Coimbra, Portugal

11/14 3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Wildfire Smoke Virtual Symposium

11/14-17 The 2022 Forest Inventory and Analysis Science Stakeholder Virtual Meeting

11/14-18 5th Annual Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop- Asheville, NC

11/18 Last day to apply for Women in Fire Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WTREX) (open to all), Feb 20-Mar 3, NC

12/6-7 Western Governors' Winter Meeting- Phoenix, AZ

2023

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2/7-8 Post-Fire Landscapes: Research and Monitoring Symposium- Corvallis, OR

2/24 Rangeland Summit- Stockton, CA and Virtual

3/27-31 National Native Seed Conference- Washington, DC

3/28-30 Wildland Urban Interface Conference- Reno, NV

4/11-14 CO Wildland Fire Conference- Fort Collins, CO

5/2-4 Cross-Boundary Landscape Restoration Workshop- Fort Collins, CO

12/4-8 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress- Monterey, CA

ANYTIME

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Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Seed Technology and Restoration Course

IFTDSS for prescribed fire plans- Online Course

Fire Ecology Curriculum Unit for middle school students in AZ and NM

Free Prescribed Fire Training Course

Wildfire Preparedness for Agricultural Producers and Rural Landowners- Online Course ($25)