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Prescribed Burn Geodatabase for the Southeastern United States

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Tall Timbers Research Station is undertaking a project that aims to do the following:

1) Survey Southeastern states to understand their prescribed fire permitting systems.

2) Develop minimum attribution for geodatabase (specific to prescribed fire)

3) Create a geodatabase to include how permit location is tracked, what attributes are collected, spatial characteristics, period of record and data stewardship.

4) Generate a formal updating process for each state.

View a storymap about the project here.

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Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium Newsletter Now Available

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A new issue (Volume 10, Issue 4) of the Oak Woodlands Forests and Fire Consortium newsletter (IGNIS) is now available. To view this newsletter, CLICK HERE or find it at their website HERE.

In this issue:
ESSAY – ‘Good Fire’ Communication and Policy
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT – Characterizing Context and Demand for the CFLRP  
SPOTLIGHT – Meet Ryan Gauger, Missouri TNC 
HOT SPOTS – Targeted Goat Browsing / Woodland Restoration on the Mark Twain NF
HEADS UP! – Brown-headed nuthatch reintroduction virtual workshop recording available, 9th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress has gone virtual! 
UPCOMING EVENTS – Fall Webinar Series, Fueling Collaboration 2.0, and lots more!

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Webinar Recording: Interpreting the Latest IPCC Assessment Report for the U.S. Southeast

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The Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center 2021-22 Global Change Fellow, Andrew Shannon, summarized the first in the fall Global Change Seminar series, Demystifying the Recent IPCC Assessment Report and “Code Red” on Climate Change, on October 21, 2021.  The discussion was moderated by Global Change Fellow, Ben Makhlouf. The seminar planning team also included Madeline Anderson, Regina Ayala Chavez, Smitom Borah, and Olakunle Sodiya.

View a recording of the discussion.

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IAWF Dispatch: Seeking Input on IAWF Climate Change Position Paper, Workforce Resilience Ignite Talks

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The International Association of Wildland Fire Dispatch includes a number of important news items:

The IAWF is requesting feedback on their climate change position paper.

Recordings are available for the Workforce Resilience Ignite Talks on Giving Voice to Cultural Safety of Indigenous Wildland Firefighters in Canada and Containing the blaze: How can we do better? Stories from transgender people in the fire community.

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Oklahoma State University Survey on Risk Management in Fire Management

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Oklahoma State University Oklahoma Climatological Survey/Mesonet is conducting a research study on risk perceptions and decision-making, as well as related processes, among different organizational levels within the fire management field. Individuals who are at least 18 years old and work or volunteer in fire management, firefighting, or any related trade may participate. Participation will involve the completion of an online survey that will take roughly 20 minutes to complete. If you are interested, please visit the linkhttps://ousurvey.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1THfdsjGvRpHJJk to participate in the survey by December 3. There are no known risks or compensation involved in this research.

For more information about this study, please contact Monica Mattox, by phone at 517-605-1853 or email at mmattox@ou.edu.

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Fire & Climate Conference 2022 Call for Presentations

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The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) Fire & Climate 2022 Conference has issued a Call for Presentations.

The Fire & Climate Conference 2022 is relevant for researchers and practitioners with expertise in a range of wildland fire areas including air quality monitoring and/ or regulation, land management, fire responders, public health, fire weather, climate change and forecasting, among others. The conference will leverage the lessons learned in recent extreme wildfire seasons around the globe and discuss emerging adaptive behaviors to benefit the entire international wildland fire community.

The conference will be held in Pasadena, California on May 23- 27, 2022 and in Melbourne, Australia on June 6-10, 2022. There will be a separate program for each venue, and, therefore, a separate process to submit presentations.
The deadline to submit is January 15, 2022 for Pasadena and January 31, 2022 for Melbourne.

Submit a proposal for Pasadena here.

Submit a proposal for Melbourne here.

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