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Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Newsletter  |  Sept 2012  |  Issue 9
Alaska Fire Science Consortium
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Alaska Fire Science Workshop
October 11th & 12th
BLM- Alaska Fire Service


The 4th Annual Alaska Fire Science Workshop will be on October 11th &12th at the BLM - Alaska Fire Service (immediately following the Interagency Fall Fire Review).  

Workshop Topics:
  • Decision Support Toolbox: How to make the most of the tools available to you
  • Live Fuel Moisture Sampling
  • Research Needs in Alaska
  • UAFSmoke Model
  • The Art of Fire: Exhibit
  • New Joint Fire Science Projects in Alaska
  • Impact Spruce Bark Beetle Outbreaks on Kenai Peninsula
  • And more....
Complete agenda coming soon. 


Fall/Winter Webinar Series

We are working on our webinar series now.  Have a project you would like to share?  Is there a topic you would like to hear more about?

Contact us to submit your Webinar Request.

'Art of Fire' Gallery Now Online

Take a tour of the gallery and view all of the artwork from The Art of Fire.

The Community Art Show and Artist Lectures will be posted soon!
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Sept 2012 Newsletter

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Webinars

Sept 18:  Introduction to LANDFIRE's vegetation & fire-related spatial data for the US

Sept 19:  Social Network Analysis (Fire Science Communication)

Sept 20:  Current Research on Public Perceptions of Smoke from Wildland Fire to Inform Communication & Outreach

Sept 25:  Evacuation Planning in the WUI

Oct 2:  2012 National Prescribed Fire Use Survey and the Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils

Oct 11:  CWPPs and Fire Adapted Human Communities: Trial by Fire

Oct 18:  Intro to Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System - IFTDSS


Meetings

Nov 1-2:  Words on Fire: Toward a New Language of Wildland Fire

Dec 3-7:  5th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress: Uniting Research, Education and Management


New Pubs

A decision-making framework for wildfire suppression

Airtankers and wildfire management in the US Forest Service: examining data availability and exploring usage and cost trends

Bark beetle outbreaks, wildfires and defensible space: how much area do we need to treat to protect homes and communities?

Is Alaska's Boreal Forest Now Crossing a Major Ecological Threshold?

Predicting Fire Severity Using Surface Fuels and Moisture

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