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Fire plays a critical role in forests of the Western United States (US), but as wildfire and climate deviate from historical patterns, increasing fire activity may significantly alter forest ecosystems. To understand the impacts of changing climate…
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness and Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Fire Science Workshop was held on June 27-28, 2023.
This was a two-day event:
June 27: Workshop in Darby, MT (agenda link to right)
June 28: A field day based out of…
Maximizing the effectiveness of fuel treatments at the landscape scale is a key research and management need given the inability to treat all areas at risk from wildfire, and there is a growing body of scientific literature assessing this need.…
Speaker: Gavin Jones (Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station): Synthesis: wildlife and fire issues
Panel Discussion:
Gavin Jones (Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station)
Alissa…
Reburns, sequential overlapping fires occurring in an unusually short timeframe, are expected to become more common and widespread with increases in fire-conducive weather. The context for reburns varies by ecosystem; in subalpine forests of the…