Finding the Best Science Available on Fire Ecology and Fire Regimes in Great Plains Ecosystems
WHEN: September 21, 2016 at 10:00am MST
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Biophysical Settings Review in the Great Basin: What it is, How it works & Why it matters
WHEN: September 27, 2016 at 12:30 MST
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Springs and Springs-dependent Species in the Southern Rockies LCC
WHEN: September 28, 2016 at 10:00am MST
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Predicting climate change impacts on big sagebrush populations: diverse models project similar response to rising temperatures
WHEN: November 4, 2016 at 12:00pm MST
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Fire Adapted Cities: Prescribed Fire Use in Urban and Community Forest Management
WHEN: November 10, 2016 at 11:00am MST
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Synthesis: Ecohydrologic impacts of rangeland fire on runoff and erosion: A literature synthesis is intended to provide a useful reference and conceptual framework for understanding and evaluating impacts of fire on rangeland runoff and erosion..

Article: Some Wildfire Ignition Causes Pose More Risk of Destroying Houses than Others results suggest that targeting fire prevention strategies around ignition causes, such as improving powerline safety and targeted arson reduction programmes, and reducing fire spread may decrease the number of wildfires that destroy houses.

Report: Evaluation and Optimization of Fuel Treatment Effectiveness with an Integrated Experimental/Modeling Approach discusses how the effectiveness of a hazardous fuel reduction treatment must take into account both the physical change on fuel loading and structure and the effect that this change may have on wildland fire behavior.

Article: Increased water deficit decreases Douglas fir growth throughout western US forests provides context and direct evidence for the negative impact of water stress on forest ecosystems.

Report: Places where wildfire potential and social vulnerability coincide in the coterminous United States found that places with high wildfire potential have, on average, lower social vulnerability than other places, but nearly 10% of all housing in places with high wildfire potential also exhibits high social vulnerability.

News Articles:

• Thrive or fail: Examining forest resilience in the face of fires (University of Wisconsin-Madison News)
• Attacking Invasive Cheatgrass at Its Root (Blog from Cool Green Science)
• Summer ‘break’ is filled with legislative business (The Durango Herald)
• With Warming, Western Fires May Sicken More People (Climate Central)
• Wildfires beware: Boeing patents giant bullet to shoot down blazes (The Guardian)