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SUMMARY:Drought & Aquatic Ecosystems in the Southeast Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Save the dates for a regional workshop on ‘Drought and Aquatic Ecosystems in the Southeast: Informing drought response and ecological resilience to future low-flow events’ will be held on January 7-9\, 2025\, in Raleigh\, North Carolina. \nRegistration will open in August on the workshop website. Sign up to be notified when registration opens. Further agenda details to come. \nWhat: Given the broad interest and need to better understand and plan for ecological drought in the Southeast\, the USGS Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SE CASC) and NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)\, in support of the Southeast Drought Early Warning System (DEWS)\, will convene a 3-day workshop addressing drought and low-flow in the Southeast. \n\nTheme 1 will focus on understanding drought/low-flow ecosystem impacts and water resource management in the context of the Southeast.\nTheme 2 will focus on ecological drought monitoring and response in the near-term.\nTheme 3 will focus on incorporating drought/low-flow in long-term resilience and adaptation planning.\n\nThis workshop will provide an opportunity to share available science\, resources\, and best practices; jointly identify key management priorities and research questions; and expand the region’s ability to respond and prepare for future droughts. \nWho: The intended audience for this workshop are federal\, Tribal\, regional\, and state natural resource managers\, water resource managers\, drought planners\, regional boundary organizations (water and climate)\, scientists\, and data providers. The geographic scope will be Alabama\, Arkansas\, Georgia\, Florida\, Mississippi\, North Carolina\, South Carolina\, Tennessee\, and Virginia. \nWhy: The Southeast region has experienced several periods of exceptional drought in the 21st century and is a hot spot for frequent drought events that can rapidly intensify. Competing water demands stress supply even in this humid region. Historically\, drought has been viewed in terms of its agricultural\, hydrological\, and socioeconomic impacts. How drought affects ecosystems—and the services they provide human communities—has only recently been acknowledged as an important area of research. The USGS Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center held an ecological drought workshop in 2016 to better understand management challenges in a regional context. In the seven years since this regional discussion\, there has been a significant amount of hydroclimatic change research\, but a limited focus on ecosystem impacts\, especially in the Southeast. Understanding the impacts of low-flow and drought on natural systems to inform future research needs\, management practices\, and adaptation planning is a critical need. The time is ripe to weave together and articulate what we have learned so far from the science community\, identify if there are some commonalities across different parts of the region\, and produce a scientific baseline—driven by management and planning needs—to inform future research investments. \nIf you have any questions about this workshop\, please contact Meredith Muth (meredith.f.muth@noaa.gov) and Kasia Nikiel (cnikiel@usgs.gov).
URL:https://southernfireexchange.org/calendar/drought-aquatic-ecosystems-in-the-southeast-workshop/
LOCATION:Raleigh\, NC\, Raleigh\, North Carolina
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Conferences|Meetings
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Northern Bobwhite and Prescribed Fire: a Review and Synthesis
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Dr. James Martin\, University of Georgia \nHosted by: Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium and Southern Fire Exchange \nDate: January 7\, 2025\, 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET \nRegister here (required): https://umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvfuuurzktE9xjeeuhcP_HHawLEVgxlY6a  \nThis webinar will include research associated with the publication: \nWeber\, D. A.\, E. P. Tanner\, T. M. Terhune II\, J. M. Varner\, and J. A. Martin. 2022. Northern bobwhite and prescribed fire: a review and synthesis. National Quail Symposium Proceedings 9:306–319. https://doi.org/10.7290/nqsp09V0ju.
URL:https://southernfireexchange.org/calendar/webinar-northern-bobwhite-and-prescribed-fire-a-review-and-synthesis/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Expanding the Fuels Planning Toolkit - Terrestrial Laser Scanning and 3D Fuels Characterization for Improved Wildland Fire Decision Support
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: MC Murphy\, USFS Southern Research Station \n\n\nPANEL DISCUSSION:  \nHosted by: Fueling Collaboration Partners \nDate: Thursday\, January 16\, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM ET \nRegister here: More information and registration \nDescription: Wildland fire managers require an expanded toolbox for decision support in the context of an increasingly novel fuel and fire environment complicated by a changing climate\, invasive species encroachment\, and rapid increase in wildland-urban interface in many areas within the U.S.  Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) offers an efficient\, cost-effective\, and powerful tool for characterizing high resolution\, sub-canopy forest and fuel structural conditions with the simple press of a button.  In this panel discussion\, TLS subject matter experts from both research and operations will share their efforts and practical applications of TLS and other 3D wildland fuels characterization tools for improved wildland fire planning\, fire effects monitoring\, and decision support. This panel discussion has been approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE’s by the Society of American Foresters. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrett Williams (Moderator)Brett Williams is a Technology Transfer Specialist and Research Liaison for the U.S. Forest Service Southern Region Fire & Aviation Management.  He also serves as the Working Group Lead for the Eastern Innovation Landscape Network (EILN)\, an interagency partnership working in the eastern U.S. to accelerate adoption of wildland fire science innovations through intentional co-production between fire practitioners and fire scientists. Brett has over 20 years of experience in wildland fire management\, prescribed fire planning and implementation\, and fire effects monitoring\, is qualified as a Type 2 Burn Boss (RXB2) and is a Long-term Fire Analyst trainee (LTAN(T)). Brett earned a BS in Environmental Science and a MS in Forest Science from Stephen F. Austin State University in East Texas. \n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Michael Gallagher (Panelist)Dr. Michael Gallagher is a Research Ecologist and a Team Leader in the US Forest Service Northern Research Station’s Climate\, Fire\, and Carbon Cycle Science Research Work Unit and is located in the New Jersey Pine Barrens at the Silas Little Experimental Forest\, where he is also Scientist in Charge. Gallagher’s current work focuses on integrating terrestrial lidar approaches into fuels inventorying and ecological monitoring as well as developing better knowledge about fire behavior phenomena like embers and smoke emissions to better inform fire simulation tools. Gallagher is also an active wildland firefighter of 17 years with a red card and single resource qualifications and aspires to one day be able to say he’s done a prescribed burn in every state. In his free time\, he loves home improvement projects\, helping coach little league baseball\, and canoeing. \n\n\n\n\n\nEmily Link (Panelist)Emily Link is the regional fire ecologist for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region. She has worked coordinating the terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) program within USFWS in the Southeast since 2021. Emily is also involved in the development of TLS training\, training individuals across the country and within different agencies. Emily is an airborne LiDAR technician\, operating the sensor from a fixed-wing plane\, collecting data for refuges and national forests in the Southeast. \n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Louise Loudermilk (Panelist)Dr. Loudermilk is a Research Ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service\, Southern Research Station and currently serves as the Fire Team Leader of the Athens Prescribed Fire Science Laboratory.  Her work focuses on advancing science to support prescribed fire management and fire effects monitoring using advancing technology.  She uses terrestrial (TLS) and aerial laser scanning (ALS) to measure fuels and ecosystems in 3D\, particularly for supporting monitoring needs.  An integral part of her work is building streamlined approaches to incorporating laser scanning and fuels data into ecosystem process models and next-generation 3D fire behavior models. She also uses ecosystem modeling techniques to estimate long-term changes in tree species composition and landscape carbon flux. This is widely used from regional climate vulnerability assessments to local management decision support. She aims to bridge gaps between science\, technology\, and management through co-production\, all to support everyday applications of prescribed fire\, ecosystem management\, and long-term decision-making. Dr. Loudermilk received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Forestry and Ecology from the University of Florida. \n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Russ Parsons (Panelist)Dr. Russ Parsons is a Research Ecologist with the USFS RMRS Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula\, MT. Russ received his B.S. in Forestry from U.C. Berkeley\, in 1992\, his M.S. in Forest Resources at the University of Idaho in 1999\, and his Ph.D. in Forestry at the University of Montana in 2007. His research work at the Missoula fire lab spans multiple time and space scales\, ranging from landscape fire and vegetation simulation modeling to highly detailed 3D fuel and physics-based fire modeling\, including 3D fuel models at tree scales (FUEL3D) and stand scales (STANDFIRE). Russ and his partners have developed FastFuels\, a prototype 3D fuel modeling system to accelerate access to and use of advanced fire models and to facilitate stronger analysis in fuel management\, from local projects to regional scales. Russ is excited to be part of this event and looks forward to discussion and building collaborations with new partners. \n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Susan Prichard (Panelist)Dr. Susan Prichard is a fire ecologist and has worked as a research scientist for over 20 years at the University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. Her main interests are in the effects of fire and other disturbances on forest dynamics\, climate change on forest ecosystems\, and fuel treatment options to mitigate fire severity and smoke impacts in fire-prone forests. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://southernfireexchange.org/calendar/webinar-expanding-the-fuels-planning-toolkit-terrestrial-laser-scanning-and-3d-fuels-characterization-for-improved-wildland-fire-decision-support/
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