NW Fire Science May Newsletter
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NW Fire Science May Newsletter
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nw.fireconsortium@oregonstate.edu Subscribe to this newsletter! May 2025 Newsletter --> Hello NW Fire Science Readers,
We hope you are all doing well, and have the monthly recap of pubs, resources, and news below as usual. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, resources to highlight in future newsletters, or other news to share; we are always happy to hear from you.
Autumn Ellison
NWFSC Program Coordinator --> Recent publications:
(Published an article? Send it to us!)
New journal articles (pdf available):
Reports/ practitioner guides/ academic opinion articles
**All times in PDT**
Day 1:
8-8:35 PDT: Welcome and Introduction. Autumn Ellison, Monique Wynnecoop, Tom DeMeo.
8:35-9:20: Developing a monitoring handbook for your local ecosystem to meet management objectives. Video and facilitated discussion.
9:20-10:10: Fuel’s measurement techniques (Brown’s fuel transects, duff/litter). Video, examples, and facilitated discussion.
10:10-10:20: Break.
10:20-10:50: Forms - Standard forms and how to customize. Video and examples.
10:50-11:50: Fuels/vegetation photo monitoring; Photoload technique. Video, presentation, exercise, and discussion.
11:50-12: Closeout & final questions.
Day 2:
8-8:10 PDT: Welcome.
8:10-8:50: Mortality measurements and the Tripod Fire/ Burn Severity Mapping Tool. Virtual presentation by Susan Pritchard.
8:50-9:20: Estimating fire severity and composite burn index. Video, examples, and facilitated discussion.
9:20-10: Introductory overview of FFI and entering data into the program/getting reports & summaries from the outputs. Virtual presentation by Duncan Lutes.
10-10:15: Break.
10:15-11:15: Compiling results and archiving data and forms; communicating and reporting
monitoring results; updating or adapting monitoring handbook; evaluating monitoring programs and changing protocols; overview of coarse-level metrics. Videos, examples, participant perspectives and experiences, discussion.
11:15-12: Overview of online resources and Apps: Excel fuels calculator, FFI, FFI Lite, FCCS, Survey 123. Video, examples, and facilitated discussion.
12-12:10: Closeout & final questions.
Register HERE!
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--> In the News:
Due to the rapidly changing nature of fires, we do not cover news related to current/individual wildfires in our newsletter. For current info on fires and smoke in the region, please check out the CURRENT FIRE INFO page on our website.
Jobs & funding
News & media:
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Autumn Ellison, Program Coordinator
NW Fire Science Consortium
215 Richardson Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
nw.fireconsortium@oregonstate.edu Subscribe to this newsletter! May 2025 Newsletter --> Hello NW Fire Science Readers,
We hope you are all doing well, and have the monthly recap of pubs, resources, and news below as usual. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, resources to highlight in future newsletters, or other news to share; we are always happy to hear from you.
Autumn Ellison
NWFSC Program Coordinator --> Recent publications:
(Published an article? Send it to us!)
New journal articles (pdf available):
- Campbell et al., Soc. Nat. Resources: Geolces: Geospatial Support for Evaluating Wildland Firefighter Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes, and Safety Zones
- Greiner et al., Fire Ecol.: The role of fuel treatments during incident management
- Jolly et al., Fire Ecol.: Combining ecophysiology and combustion traits to predict conifer live fuel moisture content: a pyro-ecophysiological approach.
- Jorge et al., Earth's Future: COVID-19 fueled an elevated number of human-caused ignitions in the western United States during the 2020 wildfire season
- Law et al., Commun Earth Environ: Anthropogenic climate change contributes to wildfire particulate matter and related mortality in the United States
- Manley et al., Front. Environ. Sci.: Going slow to go fast: landscape designs to achieve multiple benefits.
- Menor et al., Commun Earth Environ: Integrated fire management as an adaptation and mitigation strategy to altered fire regimes
- Povak et al., Fire Ecol.: Evidence for strong bottom-up controls on fire severity during extreme events
- Snyder et al., Environmental Research, Health: Household needs among wildfire survivors in the 2017 Northern California wildfires
- Srinivasan et al., Env. Mgmt.: Unpacking the Taxonomy of Wildland Fire Collaboratives in the United States West: Impact of Response Diversity on Social-Ecological Resilience
Reports/ practitioner guides/ academic opinion articles
- Community engagement in fire preparedness: It’s how that matters. A primer for community wildfire practitioners. Davis et al., 2025. Oregon State University Extension Catalog EM 9467.
- Aging and Wildfire Risk to Communities. Report. Winkler & Mockrin 2025. USDA Economic Research Service.
- Job Exposure to Wildfire Risk in the American West. Report, assesses job growth and wages in the West across five wildfire hazard categories. Joiner et al., 2025. Resources for the Future.
- Status of Tribes and Climate Change Report, V2. Status of Tribes and Climate Change Working Group, 2025, B.M. Panek, Ed.. Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Northern Arizona University.
- Opinion: Priority research directions for wildfire science: views from a historically fire-prone and an emerging fire-prone country. Little et al., Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B.
- Opinion: The use of fire to preserve biodiversity under novel fire regimes. Puig-Girones et al., Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B.
- 2025 Washington Post-Fire Workshop. May 12-13. Ellensburg, WA. Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources. Virtual and in-person options More info and register.
- WA DNR Certified Burner Program courses. See website for more information and application form.
- Spring 2025: May 20-22 at Wenatchee Valley College. Apply by 4/30.
- Fall 2025: October 28-30 at the Klickitat Community Center. Apply by 9/25.
- Preparing for Wildfire in the Southern Willamette Valley. May 20. Eugene, OR. Eugene Parks Foundation. More information.
- 48th Annual National Indian Timber Symposium. June 2-5. Missoula, MT. More info.
- Northeast Oregon IGNITE Prescribed Fire Skills Training. June 6-8. Wallowa, OR. Hosted by Wallowa Resources. More info and register.
- 50th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. July 13-16. Broomfield, CO. Natural Hazards Center. More info.
- 9th American Forest Congress. July 15-18. Washington, DC. More info.
- The 11th World Conference on Ecological Restoration. Sept. 30-Oct. 4. Denver, CO. Society for Ecological Restoration. More info.
- The International Association of Wildland Fire has released its 2024 Annual Report and is seeking presentation proposals for the 17th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit & 7th Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference, Calgary, Alberta. Oct. 20-23rd. Deadline to submit proposals is May 31st.
- 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. Dec. 2-6, 2025. New Orleans, LA. Association for Fire Ecology. Proposals due next week!
- New listing, 2 webinars: 5/20 & 5/22: The Behave7 Fire Modeling System. Northern Rockies Fire Science Network. More info and register.
- New listing: New post-fire resource website: After the Fire Washington. Information and resources for survivors of wildfire in Washington State.
- Storymap: Fire Regimes in the Great Basin. How are the number, size, and frequency of fires changing? April 2025. See storymap.
- 5/15, Webinar: ReSHAPE: Reshaping wildfire and fuels reduction information. Southwest Fire Science Consortium. Learn more and register.
- LANDFIRE Office Hour. 10-11a PDT. More info and register.
- 5/28: Characterizing Ecosystems at Different Spatial Scales with LANDFIRE Data.
- 6/25: LANDFIRE's Vegetation Update
- Recorded webinar: Urban Fires. National Academies, Climate Crossroads. YouTube (85m).
**All times in PDT**
Day 1:
8-8:35 PDT: Welcome and Introduction. Autumn Ellison, Monique Wynnecoop, Tom DeMeo.
8:35-9:20: Developing a monitoring handbook for your local ecosystem to meet management objectives. Video and facilitated discussion.
9:20-10:10: Fuel’s measurement techniques (Brown’s fuel transects, duff/litter). Video, examples, and facilitated discussion.
10:10-10:20: Break.
10:20-10:50: Forms - Standard forms and how to customize. Video and examples.
10:50-11:50: Fuels/vegetation photo monitoring; Photoload technique. Video, presentation, exercise, and discussion.
11:50-12: Closeout & final questions.
Day 2:
8-8:10 PDT: Welcome.
8:10-8:50: Mortality measurements and the Tripod Fire/ Burn Severity Mapping Tool. Virtual presentation by Susan Pritchard.
8:50-9:20: Estimating fire severity and composite burn index. Video, examples, and facilitated discussion.
9:20-10: Introductory overview of FFI and entering data into the program/getting reports & summaries from the outputs. Virtual presentation by Duncan Lutes.
10-10:15: Break.
10:15-11:15: Compiling results and archiving data and forms; communicating and reporting
monitoring results; updating or adapting monitoring handbook; evaluating monitoring programs and changing protocols; overview of coarse-level metrics. Videos, examples, participant perspectives and experiences, discussion.
11:15-12: Overview of online resources and Apps: Excel fuels calculator, FFI, FFI Lite, FCCS, Survey 123. Video, examples, and facilitated discussion.
12-12:10: Closeout & final questions.
Register HERE!
(Or, copy & paste the link: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/hM20h733Rb2IP6haXaKd_Q#/registration)
--> In the News:
Due to the rapidly changing nature of fires, we do not cover news related to current/individual wildfires in our newsletter. For current info on fires and smoke in the region, please check out the CURRENT FIRE INFO page on our website.
Jobs & funding
- Fire Module: The Nature Conservancy in Oregon is hiring three prescribed fire module crewmembers and three prescribed fire senior crewmembers for the May through November season. The positions will support prescribed fire planning, preparation, implementation and monitoring; there may also be opportunities to assist with fire suppression, and advance training and qualifications. For details, see postings on the TNC careers page for FFT2+ (job ID 56491) and FFT1+ (job ID 56492) positions. Current employees should use PeopleSoft.
Director: The Indigenous Stewardship Network (ISN), a Native-controlled and -led organization, is hiring a network director to oversee implementation of its business plan, lead decisions to further the organization’s growth, and be the public face of ISN. See the position description for details. - Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP). Helps the owners of non-industrial private forests restore forest health damaged by natural disasters. USDA, Ongoing. Learn more.
- The Association for Fire Ecology is seeking an editor-in-chief for the journal Fire Ecology. See the listing on the AFE jobs page for details on responsibilities and stipend.
- Network for Landscape Conservation Catalyst Fund 2025, request for proposals. The Fund makes strategic investments in strengthening the collaborative capacity of place-based, community-grounded landscape partnerships. This year there is also support available to undertake climate-informed conservation planning. Proposals due by May 16.
- Resource: Federal Grants Fundamentals for Wildfire Resilience Practitioners. A new post by Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network summarizes best practices and links to several virtual trainings to familiarize fire practitioners with important federal funding tools like grants and agreements, as well as key aspects of grants compliance.
News & media:
- 5/6: State partners with insurance industry to help Oregon homeowners with wildfire prevention. OR Capital Chronicle.
- 5/2: Oregon and Washington could be in for another destructive wildfire season. OPB.
- 5/1: USDA Water and Climate Update
- 5/1: Oregon wildfire season could be complicated by federal cuts. Axios.
- 4/23: Controlled burns reduce wildfire risk, but they require trained staff and funding − this could be a rough year. The Conversation.
- 4/23: ‘Crazy’: Forest Service cuts ignite fear, fury over wildfire risks. Politico.
- 4/22. Oregon Senate passes bill to eliminate controversial wildfire risk map. Statesman Journal.
- 4/18: Cultural burning: ‘Fire teaches us many lessons’. ICTnews.
- 4/16: Oregon wildfire funding takes legislative back seat as lawmakers grapple with federal cuts. OPB.
- 4/9: Wildfire recovery: What victims say they need most. Science Daily.
- 4/9: Mid-Session Update: Budgets and Big Decisions Ahead. TNC Stories in WA.
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