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NWFSC July / August Newsletter
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Summer fire science roundup
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July / August 2023 Newsletter
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Hello NW Fire Science Readers,
As we all collectively move into the thick of summer, our hearts go out to our friends, family, and colleagues reeling from recent fires in Hawaii.
While we also anxiously refresh our Inciweb pages here in the NW in the middle of this heatwave, we are busy wrapping up our final deliverables for this funding cycle that ends in September. We'll have some new research briefs, a synthesis, and a case study coming your way very soon. At the same time, we are gearing up & very excited for our newly-funded FY 24-25 proposal. If you haven't seen it yet:
NWFSC FY24-25 proposal and plan of work &
FY 24-25 logic model. For this next funding cycle, we are excited to welcome new team members from WSU Extension, an expanded partner sensing team, and deliverables arranged in 3 topic bundles (westside fire, smoke, landscape resiliency strategies).
The
JFSP Open Funding Announcements for fire science research proposals have also been announced. We are excited to see topics that build off our work in previous cycles (e.g., our most recent synthesis on
Communicating with the public about wildland fire preparation, response, and recovery), and eager to work with collaborators on new research in the NW that may come from these funding opportunities in the future.
Our roundup of new fire science publications, news, and online learning opportunities you may be interested in are recapped below as usual (and gosh, there's a lot of them). If you have items you want us to highlight in future newsletters,
we'd love to hear from you. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!
Autumn Ellison
NWFSC Program Coordinator
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Recent publications:
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New Journal articles (pdf available):
- Albores et al., Atmos. Env.: Continental-scale Atmospheric Impacts of the 2020 Western U.S. Wildfires
- Barnard et al., Agri. Water Mgmt.: Wildfire and climate change amplify knowledge gaps linking mountain source-water systems and agricultural water supply in the western United States
- Bowman, Fire: Detecting, Monitoring and Foreseeing Wildland Fire Requires Similar Multiscale Viewpoints as Meteorology and Climatology
- Davis et al., Fire: Multiple Stories, Multiple Marginalities: The Labor-Intensive Forest and Fire Stewardship Workforce in Oregon
- Finney et al., Intl. J. Wildland Fire: Effect of flame zone depth on the correlation of flame length with fireline intensity
- Higuera et al., PNAS Nexus: Shifting social-ecological fire regimes explain increasing structure loss from Western wildfires
- Hoffman et al., Intl. J. Wildland Fire: Assessment of wildland firefighter opinions and experiences related to incident medical providers
- Hwang et al., PMC: Face-to-face with scorching wildfire: potential toxicant exposure and the health risks of smoke for wildland firefighters at the wildland-urban interface
- Jiang et al., AMC: Projected Future Changes in Vegetation in Western North America in the Twenty-First Century
- Johnson et al., Fire: Exploring and Testing Wildfire Risk Decision-Making in the Face of Deep Uncertainty
- Kelp et al., Earth’s Future: Prescribed Burns as a Tool to Mitigate Future Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Lessons for States and Rural Environmental Justice Communities
- Kieta et al., Intl. J. Wildland Fire: Post-wildfire contamination of soils and sediments by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in north-central British Columbia, Canada
- Paveglio et al., J. For.: Variable Support and Opposition to Fuels Treatments for Wildfire Risk Reduction: Melding Frameworks for Local Context and Collaborative Potential
- Rao et al., Geophy. Res. Letters: Dry Live Fuels Increase the Likelihood of Lightning-Caused Fires
- Santos et al., Func. Ecol.: The eco-evolutionary role of fire in shaping terrestrial ecosystems
- Sonti et al., Env. Res. Ltrs: Expanding wildland-urban interface alters forest structure and landscape context in the northern United States
- Turco et al., PNAS: Anthropogenic climate change impacts exacerbate summer forest fires in California
- Woinarski et al., Intl. J. Wildland Fire:: Making choices: prioritising the protection of biodiversity in wildfire
- Wells et al., Fire Ecol.: Connecting dryland fine-fuel assessments to wildfire exposure and natural resource values at risk
Paywall articles (pdf not available on NWFSC page):
Reports:
- 2023 Washington Prescribed Fire Barriers Assessment Report and Strategic Action Plan. Washington DNR. This strategic action plan presents a barriers assessment and strategic action plan to serve as a common starting point for DNR and other prescribed fire partners’ future planning efforts to meet our shared stewardship goals. Link to Action Plan.
- Missing the Mark: Effectiveness and Funding in Community Wildfire Risk Reduction. Headwaters Economics and Columbia Climate School. This analysis finds that the most effective strategies for reducing community wildfire risk—those that manage the built environment—tend to receive the least funding and policy support when compared to the suppression or fuel management strategies most deployed at the federal and state levels. Link to report || Link to online overview.
Overlooking Mt. Jefferson in Oregon, August 2023.
Photo courtesy of Autumn Ellison.
Conferences, lectures, workshops, and summits:
- Restoring Riparian Habitats Field Training. Aug 28-29. Baker City, OR.
- 2023 Northeast-Midwest Regional Prescribed Fire Workshop. Aug. 29-31. Madison, WI.
- Fire & Climate Change: Adaptation Planning for Tribes Workshop. Sept. 26-28. Santa Cruz, CA.
- Tenth World Conference on Ecological Restoration. Sept. 26-30. Darwin, Australia
- Two upcoming RX Fire Training Exchanges (TREX) in Washington:
- California Wildfire Conference. Oct. 24-26. Simi Valley, CA
- Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition 19th Annual Meeting. Nov. 1-3. South Lake Tahoe, CA
- NWFSC SPONSORED! 6th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop. Nov. 6-10. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Register.
- National Assoc. of Extension Program & Staff Professionals Conference. Nov. 28-30. Salt Lake City, UT
- NWFSC SPONSORED! Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. Dec. 4-8; Monterey, CA.
2024:
- After the Flames Conference & Workshop. Apr. 15-17. Estes Park, CO
- Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference. Apr. 15-19. Boise. ID. (Locations also in Ireland and Australia).
New online events & resources:
In the News:
Note: The NW moved to
Preparedness Level 4 on
8/12.
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.
Additional resources:
WA DNR
Current Wildfire Incident Information
Oregon Department of Forestry
Wildfire News
National Significant Fire Potential Outlook as of August 1: HERE
Jobs and funding opps:
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