fire science
Partner Webinar: Engaging Local Communities to Restore Fire-adapted Ecosystems
Webinar Summary: Nationwide, the frequency and scale of catastrophic wildfires are growing at alarming rates, challenging forest and rangeland managers’ abilities to maintain ecologically resilient landscapes and fire-safe communities. To […]
Partner Webinar: Listening to the Flow – Discoveries from Wildland Fire Acoustics
Host: Lake States Fire Science Consortium Presenter: Kara Yedinak, Forest Products Lab, USDA - Forest Service Abstract: Sound is a fundamental part of our experience when interacting with the world […]
SFE Webinar: QUIC-Fire: A Fast-Running Simulation Tool for Prescribed Fire Planning
A free one hour webinar from Los Alamos National Lab, US Forest Service Southern Research Station, Tall Timbers Research Station, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida. Presenters: Rodd Linn, Ph.D., Los Alamos National Lab, Scott Goodrick, Ph.D., USFS Southern Research Station, and Kevin Hiers, Tall Timbers Research Station Webinar Description: Recent advances […]
SFE Webinar: LANDFIRE Remap in the Southeast
A free one hour webinar from LANDFIRE, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida. Presenter: Jim Smith, Ph.D., TNC LANDFIRE Director Webinar Description: LANDFIRE Remap is a multi-year effort to improve the usability of the product suite by recreating base LANDFIRE products using new plot information, new imagery and production techniques. Presenter Jim […]
SFE Webinar: Low-Severity Fires Protect Carbon Stores in Global Peatlands
VirtualHost: Southern Fire Exchange, Duke University, University of Florida. Presenter: Neal Flanagan, Ph.D., Duke University Abstract: Severe wildfires can cause smoldering ground fires that oxidize entire carbon stores and threaten peatlands around the globe. However, low‐severity surface fires can physically protect soil organic matter by thermally altering surface carbon chemistry, thus creating a slower cycling […]
SFE Webinar: Northern Bobwhites & Fire – A Perfect Match
VirtualHost: University of Georgia, National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative, Working Lands for Wildlife, Quail Forever, East Gulf Coastal Plain Joint Venture, the Southern Fire Exchange and the University of Florida. Presenter: James Martin, Ph.D., University of Georgia Abstract: Since Herbert Stoddard Northern Bobwhites and prescribed fire have been strongly connected. However, prescribed fire, bobwhite ecology, and […]