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SUMMARY:SFE and CAFMS Duff in the Sandhills Fire Science Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Duff in the Sandhills Fire Science Workshop\nLessons from Fire Science Research and Adaptive Management\nMarch 10\, 2026\nWeymouth Woods Nature Preserve \nThe Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists and the Southern Fire Exchange will be hosting a Duff in the Mountains workshop on February 24\, 2026. The workshop will be hosted at Weymouth Woods Nature Preserve near Southern Pines\, North Carolina. After the morning presentations and discussions\, there will be a field tour of several sites at Weymouth Woods. \nDescription:\nReintroducing fire into long-unburned forests has led to unexpected tree mortality. In many cases\, valuable overstory trees\, important for wildlife habitat and cultural history\, have died following prescribed burns due to large accumulations of soil organic horizons\, often referred to as duff. Sites with heavy duff loads continue to present persistent and pressing challenges for prescribed fire managers in the sand hills region of North Carolina. Research funded by the Joint Fire Science Program has revealed that thick layers of dry duff around tree bases ignite and burn slowly\, damaging roots\, causing stress\, and resulting in tree death. These findings shifted fire management strategies toward gradually reducing duff layers rather than immediately restoring open forest structure. This workshop\, hosted by Southern Fire Exchange and the Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists\, will support this approach by providing scientific presentations\, field demonstrations\, and planning tools to help land managers assess duff conditions\, plan effective burns\, and protect legacy and economically important trees. Emphasis will be placed on practical\, low-cost techniques\, like duff moisture testing and multi-stage burns\, making fire science accessible and actionable for a wide range of landowners and fire practitioners. \nPurpose:\nConnect landowners and fire professionals with the tools\, resources\, and knowledge to reintroduce prescribed fire to long-unburned areas with significant duff layers.Desired Outcomes \n\nIncrease understanding of duff fire science\, including the science that links duff and tree mortality.\nFacilitate conversations between researchers and fire practitioners to inform smoke management in high-duff areas.\nIncrease understanding of duff fire management and mitigation practices\nEvaluate specific duff management practices for the montane region\n\nRegistration and More Information \nAgenda
URL:https://southernfireexchange.org/calendar/sfe-and-cafms-duff-in-the-sandhills-fire-science-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Field Tours
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SUMMARY:SFE Webinar: A Story of Fire and Fuels in Southwest Georgia
DESCRIPTION:When: March 13th\, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET \nHosted by: Tall Timbers\, Southern Fire Exchange\, University of Florida IFAS \nSpeaker: George Jensen\, Southwest Georgia PBA Coordinator\, Tall Timbers \nDescription: Southwest Georgia and Northwest Florida represent the rekindling of prescribed fire culture in America\, cast back on the landscape by Herbert Stoddard and the newly fledged field of wildlife biology. These new managers\, researchers\, and conservation advocates sought to restore a natural and essential process in an almost wholly anthropogenically changed landscape. These changes impacted how we approach restoring the most common disturbance in our ecosystems\, tune in to hear the abridged tale of fire’s return to the landscape and how we fuel both the application and culture of prescribed fire in the present day. \nMore information and webinar registration
URL:https://southernfireexchange.org/calendar/sfe-webinar-bringing-fire-back-the-story-of-restoring-fire-to-southwest-georgia-and-north-florida-landscapes/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:4th International Smoke Symposium
DESCRIPTION:4th International Smoke Symposium\nWhen: Tuesday\, December 2nd through Saturday\, December 6\, 2025. \nWhere: Tall Timbers Research Station\, Tallahassee\, Florida \nHosted by: International Association for Wildland Fire \nMore information and registration. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 4th International Smoke Symposium (ISS4) will be held at the Leigh Perkins Conservation Education Center in Tallahassee\, Florida\, March 23-27\, 2026. ISS4 will bring together researchers from the atmospheric sciences\, the ecological sciences\, health sciences\, mathematicians\, computer sciences\, climatologists\, social scientists\, and others to discuss the complex issues of smoke and identify knowledge gaps and opportunities for innovation and development.
URL:https://southernfireexchange.org/calendar/4th-international-smoke-symposium/
LOCATION:Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy\, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive\, Tallahassee\, FL\, 32312\, United States
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