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Fire Across the Grasslands – What Are We Managing For?
Drobney, Londe, Garrett, Spencer, Symstad
Grasslands in the Great Plains and Midwest are at constant risk from invasion by woody species. Conversion to deciduous woodlands and forests is already widespread in the Midwest and the southern Great Plains. This discussion focuses on the many…
Year: 2023
Type: Media

Grassification and Fast-Evolving Fire Connectivity and Risk in the Sonoran Desert
Wilder, Jarnevich, Franklin, Betancourt
In the southwestern United States, non-native grass invasions have increased wildfire occurrence in deserts and the likelihood of fire spread to and from other biomes. Wildfires were historically small and infrequent in the warm deserts of western…
Year: 2023
Type: Media

Monitoring and Removal of Invasive Grasses for Restoration of Dry Desert Systems
Rowe, Lata, Munson, Sinclair
The fire regime of dry desert systems, such as the Sonoran, historically consisted of infrequent, low intensity, size-limited fires. Native grasses and other vegetation, which grow in clumps and patches, are typically not contiguous enough to carry…
Year: 2023
Type: Media

Reading the Tea Leaves: The Second Great Reversal
Reeves
Season 4, Episode 1 of the monthly 'West-Wide Rangeland Fuel Assessment: Reading the Tea Leaves' webcast in which Dr. Matt Reeves, an RMRS Research Ecologist specializing in remote sensing and ecological modeling, analyzes current rangeland fuel…
Year: 2023
Type: Media

Reading the Tea Leaves: Doubling Down
Reeves
Season 3, Episode 2 of the monthly 'West-Wide Rangeland Fuel Assessment: Reading the Tea Leaves' webcast in which Dr. Matt Reeves, an RMRS Research Ecologist specializing in remote sensing and ecological modeling, analyzes current rangeland fuel…
Year: 2022
Type: Media

Invasive Annual Grasses Management
Burgiel, Bauer, Franklin, Maestas
Invasive annual grasses pose ecological and economic challenges for invasive species managers and agricultural producers across the West. On this Working Lands, Working Communities Initiative webinar, speakers will examine management tools and…
Year: 2022
Type: Media

Science and Management of Wildfire, Fish, and Water Resources in the Western US
Belmont
Wildfire has increased 20-fold in the last 30 years in the Western U.S., partly due to climate change and partly due to forest and fire management practices. At the same time, many water resources are drying up. And fish populations throughout the…
Year: 2022
Type: Media

Juniper-Pinyon Understory Response and Management Implications in a Changing Climate
Urza, Shriver
Fire impacts in pinyon-juniper woodlands: Recovery, plant invasions, and restoration opportunities – Ali Urza, USFS Anticipating future climate-driven changes in pinyon-juniper woodlands – Bob Shriver, UNR Q&A and discussion This webinar is part…
Year: 2021
Type: Media

State-and-Transition-Simulation-Modeling in Real-life: Part 2
Frid
This 3-part modeling miniseries will take a wide-ranging look at State-and-Transition-Simulation-Models (STSMs) and use the LANDFIRE BpS models as a launching point for inquiry about ecosystem change over time. It will communicate practical ways to…
Year: 2021
Type: Media

Fire and the Future: Tucson’s Bighorn Fire One Year Later
Wilder, Betancourt, Baldwin, Fulé, Beers, Falk, Brown, Garfin
University of Arizona production partners: Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, Arizona Public Media, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center In June and July 2020, Tucsonans watched as a…
Year: 2021
Type: Media