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nw.fireconsortium@oregonstate.edu Subscribe to this newsletter! March 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.
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NWFSC Program Coordinator --> Recent publications:
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New journal articles (pdf available):
Paywall articles (pdf not available on NWFSC site):
Reports
We regret to inform that due to various logistical circumstances, the Westside Summit that NWFSC was planning to host in November 2025 has been canceled for the time being. Stay tuned as we continue to look for opportunities to share this important research via events and resources in the near future. --> New & upcoming online events & resources:
Interdisciplinary understanding and prediction of wildfires:
https://youtu.be/U2XPnjjLiUY
Spatial and temporal trends in causes of human-ignited wildfires:
https://youtu.be/70olITJdPKA
See the playlist from our Fall 2024 post-fire webinar series:
Revive the Future: Transforming Post-Fire Recovery in the Northwest webinar series recordings --> 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
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Autumn Ellison, Program Coordinator
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215 Richardson Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
nw.fireconsortium@oregonstate.edu Subscribe to this newsletter! March 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):
- Barker et al., Frontiers in Forests and Global Change: Assessing costs and constraints of forest residue disposal by pile burning
- Bernal et al., Ecological Applications: The national Fire and Fire Surrogate study: Effects of fuel treatments in the Western and Eastern United States after 20 years
- Edgeley et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Understanding rural adaptation to smoke from wildfires and forest management: insights for aligning approaches with community contexts
- Faulstich et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Enhancing fire emissions inventories for acute health effects studies: integrating high spatial and temporal resolution data
- Kumar et al., npj Natual Hazards: Compounding effects of climate change and WUI expansion quadruple the likelihood of extreme-impact wildfires in California
- Linn et al., PNAS Nexus: Wildland fire entrainment: The missing link between wildland fire and its environment
- Parks et al., Nat Commun: A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned
- Rutherford et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Short-term impacts of operational fuel treatments on modelled fire behaviour and effects in seasonally dry forests of British Columbia, Canada
- Sloan et al., Ecology & Society: Equity in resilience: a case study of community resilience to wildfire in southwestern Oregon, United States
- Swain et al., Glob Change Biol: Increasing Hydroclimatic Whiplash Can Amplify Wildfire Risk in a Warming Climate
- Wagner et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Mental health risk for wildland firefighters: a review and future directions
- Wheatly et al., Int. J. Wildland Fire: Assessing wildland fire suppression effectiveness with infrared imaging on experimental fires
Paywall articles (pdf not available on NWFSC site):
- Birch et al., Sci. Total Environ.: Small-scale fire refugia increase soil bacterial and fungal richness and increase community cohesion nine years after fire
- Francis et al., For. Ecol. Manage.: Modeling the probability of bark beetle-caused tree mortality as a function of watershed-scale host species presence and basal area
- Glover et al., Journal of Burn Care & Research: Wildland Firefighters Suffer Increasing Risk of Job-Related Death
- Jones et al., For. Ecol. Manage.: Prescribed fire, managed burning, and previous wildfires reduce the severity of a southwestern US gigafire
Reports
- An Indigenous Perspective of Fire in the Upper Snake River Basin. Upper Snake River Tribes (USRT) Foundation and the Great Basin Fire Science Exchange (GBFSE).
- California Forest Science Symposium. March 24-25. Sacramento, CA. CA Fire Science Consortium. More info.
- Wildland-Urban Interface Conference 2025. March 27-29. Kansas City, MO. Early bird registration closes February 19. International Association of Fire Chiefs. More info.
- IGNITE Prescribed Fire Skills Weekend. April 4-6. Selma, OR. This training is for anyone who wants to learn about the intentional use of fire for healthy landscapes and safer communities. Register by 3/17. More info.
- Wildland Fire Peer-Learning Exchange. April 15-17. Wawona, CA. ANREP National Extension Wildland Fire Initiative. More info.
- Smoke Management in the Northwest Conference. **Postponed until Fall 2025, virtual Spring session pending **. EPA Region 10. More info.
- 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.
- Fish & Fire 2025: Where There Are Fish, There is Fire. April 29-May 2. Santa Cruz. CA. Salmonid Restoration Federation. More info.
- 2025 Central Oregon TREX. May 5-16, 2025. More info & Apply by Feb. 7.
- 2025 Washington Post-Fire Workshop. May 12-13. Ellensburg, WA. Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources. More info.
- 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.
- 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. Dec. 2-6, 2025. New Orleans, LA. Association for Fire Ecology. SAVE THE DATE!
We regret to inform that due to various logistical circumstances, the Westside Summit that NWFSC was planning to host in November 2025 has been canceled for the time being. Stay tuned as we continue to look for opportunities to share this important research via events and resources in the near future. --> New & upcoming online events & resources:
- New listing: 3/20, Webinar: Global Wildfire Collective Webinar- Ecological & Human Causes and Impacts of Three Extreme Wildfire Events. Conservation Biology Institute. Register.
- New listing: 3/25, Webinar: Addressing the Mental Health Toll of Extreme Heat and Wildfire Smoke. Foundation for Health Care Quality. Register.
- New listing: 3/31, Webinar: Impacts of prescribed fire on drought vulnerability and short-term growth of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir. Northern Rockies Fire Science Network. More info and register.
- New listing: 4/2. IMAGINE 2025 Virtual Workshop: Invasive Annual Grasses. April 2. Learn more and register.
- New listing: 4/3, Webinar: ReSHAPE: Reshaping how we view, interact with, and learn from wildfire and fuel treatment information. Missoula Fire Lab. More info and register.
- 4/19. Collective Action and Resilience; Learning from Northern Colorado's Fireshed Collaboration. Starker Lecture Series, Oregon State University. April 9. In person and online. Learn more and register.
- LANDFIRE Office Hour. 10-11a PDT. More info and register.
- 3/26: Project Level Fuels Management Planning Using Quantitative Wildfire Risk Assessment in IFTDSS
- 4/30: The Use of LANDFIRE Data in the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS)
- 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).
- Fire Ecology of Oregon Forests webinar Series. 9 webinars from January through March, 2025. Oregon State University Extension. More info and register. Topic remaining:
- 3/13: Fire ecology: Oregon's dry forests
- 3/20: Fire ecology: sagebrush ecosystems
- 3/27: Fire ecology: oak savannah and woodlands
- Video: The Fire Problem Documentary. Wilderness Institute at the University of Montana. YouTube (57m).
- Video: DNR 20-Year Forest Health Strategic Plan Progress Report. YouTube, 4m.
- Video: Partnering with Fire – Learning from Tribal Nations and Indigenous Practices. SW CASC.
Interdisciplinary understanding and prediction of wildfires:
https://youtu.be/U2XPnjjLiUY
Spatial and temporal trends in causes of human-ignited wildfires:
https://youtu.be/70olITJdPKA
See the playlist from our Fall 2024 post-fire webinar series:
Revive the Future: Transforming Post-Fire Recovery in the Northwest webinar series recordings --> 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
- Community Wildfire Defense Grants, Round 3, apply by 3/14--tomorrow!
- Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP). Helps the owners of non-industrial private forests restore forest health damaged by natural disasters. USDA, Ongoing. Learn more.
- TNC WA is hiring a rx fire manager to lead the chapter’s efforts focused on accelerating ecological fire to build wildfire resilience in frontline communities of Central and Eastern Washington. Details are on the TNC careers page (job ID 56299). Applications due March 17.
- WA DNR is hiring a wildfire meteorologist intern (college or graduate school) for the summer season. Details are on the DNR careers page; applications are due by March 17.
- Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance is hiring for multiple positions, including: human resources manager, fire manager, program coordinator, and outreach program coordinator. See the TERA jobs page for details.
- 3/12: Administrator Zeldin Takes Action to Decrease Risk of Future Catastrophic Wildfires (“Exceptional Events”). EPA Press Release.
- 3/11: Western states move toward shielding utilities that spark wildfires. WY Public Radio.
- 3/11: Fire lab scientist says we're still not doing enough to prevent massive wildfires: "We're definitely part of the problem". CBS.
- 3/11: Oregon wildfire bills offer some financial protections to utility companies. OPB.
- 3/4: How Washington State pioneered an ‘all hands, all lands’ wildfire prevention strategy. Grist.org.
- 2/28: Bipartisan bill could lead to creation of a single federal wildfire service. Boise State Public Radio.
- 2/27: California tribe enters first-of-its-kind agreement with the state to practice cultural burns. LA Times.
- 2/20: Oregon is home to 4 of the top 5 smokiest cities nationwide. OPB.
- 2/19: Confronting Debris Flow Hazards After Wildfire. Eos.org.
- 2/18: Gov. Kotek, Legislature want to pause action on wildfire hazard map to quell public frustration. OPB.
- 1/26: The Path of an Ember: Visualizing how burning debris spreads a wildfire. Inside Climate News, Infographic.
- 1/21: The Washoe Tribe brings back cultural fire to restore forests, plants amid climate change. NPR, KUNR.
- 1/17: Cascading wildfire insurance issues impact local and state budgets. Headwaters Economics. Writeup, infographics, and media.
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