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Jeremy S. Littell, Donald McKenzie, David L. Peterson, and Anthony L. Westerling. 2009. Climate and wildfire area burned in western U.S. ecoprovinces, 1916–2003 Ecological Applications 19(4):1003-1021. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1890/07-1183.1 Study finds that climate's influence on production, drying of fuels-not higher temperatures or longer fire seasons alone-critical determinant of Western wildfire burned area.
Schoennagel, Tania, Cara R. Nelson, David M. Theobald, Gunnar C. Carnwath, and Teresa B. Chapman. 2009. Implementation of National Fire Plan treatments near the wildland–urban interface in the western United States. Proc. of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0900991106
Quadrennial Fire Review: The Quadrennial Fire Review (QFR) is a strategic assessment process that is conducted every four years to evaluate current mission strategies and capabilities against best estimates of the future environment for fire management. This integrated review is a joint effort of the five federal natural resource management agencies and their state, local, and tribal partners that constitute the wildland fire community. The objective is to create an integrated strategic vision document for fire management.
Wildland Fire Statistics by year reported by the National Interagency Fire Center
Site Report by the National Interagency Fire Center
2005 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT: Important Progress Has Been Made, but Challenges Remain to Completing a Cohesive Strategy. Report by the Government Accountability Office.
NASA/Ames technology used as weapon against devastation by wildfire By Mike Swift Mercury News 04/13/2009With California's fire season looming, the cold lens of a satellite camera may not be the image people conjure as the latest tool to halt the spread of devastating wildfires.
Australian Bushfire Management: a case study in wisdom versus folly, By Roger Underwood
The Center for Invasive Plant Management is pleased to announce the second of two learning websites developed in collaboration with the US Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System and beneficial to other natural resource managers. The website, Managing Invasive Plants: Concepts, Principles, and Practices, provides an overview of invasive plant management and planning supported by case studies, quizzes, scientific literature, and web-based resources. The website is best viewed in Internet Explorer.
Dynamic Deserts: Resource Uncertainty in Arid Environments an international, multi-discliplinary conference to be held at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ, February 26th to March 1st, 2009. This conference will feature key presentations from top scientists, managers, and educators and poster sessions open to all. Organized breakout sessions will focus on reviewing and advancing research in arid environments and communicating this information to the public in novel ways.
Joint Fire Science Program Links
- Joint Fire Science Program Website
- Fire Science Briefs - 5 New Stories - All of the following information is found at JFSP Website
- Beetles and Severe Fire: Who's on First? A Century of Disturbance in Colorado's Subalpine Forests
- Fire and Ice: Fire Severity and Future Flammability in Alaskan Black Spruce Forests
- Fire is for the Birds in Northern Mixed Grass Prairie
- Mixed-fire Regime of the Klamath-Siskiyou: New Postfire Potentials
- Taking the Guesswork Out of Lightning-caused Wildfire
- Science You Can Use?
- Invasive Species - A Classic Reference. We were pleased to sponsor the Rainbow series and a pdf version is now on our website titled: Wildland Fire in Ecosystems-Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants. One of your best sources for up-to-date invasive species information is the Fire Effects Information System on the web
- Biomass -- A JFSP Roundtable Publication The JFSP Biomass Roundtable asked managers about their priority needs and their number one request was to conduct a series of case studies to learn what others are doing throughout the nation. We are pleased to offer this synthesis for your inspection. This is one pub you will want to download for future reference: Biomass Case Studies Report And visit biomass.forestguild.org for more information.
- Post-fire plant recovery in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of western North America
- Using a diverse seed mix to establish native plants on a Sonoran Desert burn
- And Much More - These are just two of the over 30 fire science publications that have been posted on our website this month. Look for information concerning Mortality and Scorching, Fire and Climate Change, Fire Histories and Regimes, Soils, Wildlife, People and Fire and finally information related to the Great Basin, Southwest, East, and the Ozarks.
Zouhar, Kristin; Smith, Jane Kapler; Sutherland, Steve; Brooks, Matthew L. 2008. Wildland fire in ecosystems: fire and nonnative invasive plants. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 355 p.
'88 Fires: Yellowstone and Beyond Jackson Hole, WY, Sept. 22-27, 2008.
10th Wildland Fire Safety Summit Phoenix, AZ, April 27-30, 2009.
Great Basin Information
Western Juniper Field Guide: Asking the Right Questions to Select Appropriate Management Actions
Sagebrush Steppe Ecology and Management, 2008 Research Progress Report.
Beige plague is an article from the LA Times on cheatgrass and wildfires.
Report assessing interactions among livestock grazing, vegetation types, and fire behavior in the 2007 Murphy Complex wildfires.Ecoregional assessments at ConserveOnline by The Nature Conservancy:
- Assessment Name: Great Basin
conserveonline.org/coldocs/2002/09/GBblueprint_v2001a.pdf
Colorado Plateau Information
Ecoregional assessments at ConserveOnline by The Nature Conservancy:
- Assessment Name: Colorado Plateau
report not available)
Mojave Desert Information
Mojave National Preserve website.
Inaugural edition of the Science Newsletter for Mojave National Preserve. The newsletter is posted at Mojave National Preserve Science Newsletter April 2009, Number 1. In this edition:
- Responses of Mule Deer to Experimental Manipulation of Water Sources: Preliminary Results from the First Year.
- Mohave Tui Chub: Hybridization and Invasion.
- Tortoise on Roads in Mojave Preserve
- Effects of Small Mammals on Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery in the Mojave Desert
- Resource Management Issue: Sahara Mustard
Mojave Desert Initiative Documents
- Mojave Desert Initiative Action Plan
- Mojave Desert Initiative Proposed Emphasis Area
- Monitoring of Restoration and Habitat Protection Projects in the Mojave Desert Ecosystem Spreadsheet
- Assessment Name: Mojave Desert
(report not available)
Sonoran Desert Information
Buffelgrass Information Center focuses on the Sonoran Desert.
Ecoregional assessments at ConserveOnline by The Nature Conservancy:
- Assessment Name: Sonoran Desert
conserveonline.org/coldocs/2001/04/SonoranPlan.pdf
Chihuahuan Desert Information
Ecoregional assessments at ConserveOnline by The Nature Conservancy:
- Assessment Name: Chihuahuan Desert
conserveonline.org/coldocs/2003/06/Final_English_CDERP_Report_6-13-03.pdf
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