tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394396732122994882024-03-24T01:19:10.459-06:00FirescienceGOV BlogWildland fire science and management news from the Joint Fire Science ProgramJoint Fire Science Programhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12144191240928616081noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539439673212299488.post-85401623390160015612013-02-08T10:16:00.000-07:002013-03-06T08:35:11.952-07:00LANDFIRE: What's new?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Three words: <a href="http://www.landfire.gov/refresh_overview.php">LANDFIRE
2008</a> “Refresh.”<br />
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That is, many of LANDFIRE’s 20-plus
spatial data layers have been <a href="http://www.landfire.gov/version_comparison.php">improved
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<b><i>These maps show the vegetation disturbance information used to update LANDFIRE maps to circa
2008. Many of these disturbance events were submitted by the LANDFIRE user community to
help keep LANDFIRE data current. </i></b><br />
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To create the LF 2008 “Refresh” products, LANDFIRE made a number
of improvements to its products, many based on user feedback. Changes include:</div>
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forest height and cover mapping,</li>
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of Biophysical Settings in some areas using more detailed soils information, </li>
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of fire behavior fuel model layers in protected landscapes to reflect
situations where some agricultural and urban lands are managed as natural lands
or are in a burnable type,</li>
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urban and agricultural mapping using details from the National Land Cover
Dataset, National Agriculture Statistics Service and other data sets. </li>
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Condition Class information mapped for Alaska and Hawaii,</li>
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of succession information to “grow” or transition vegetation from circa 2001 vegetation
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As always, these data are available for free on the <a href="http://landfire.cr.usgs.gov/viewer/">Data Distribution
Site</a> and through the <a href="http://www.landfire.gov/datatool.php">LANDFIRE
Data Access Tool.</a><br />
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LANDFIRE is now working on its 2010 updated maps which are scheduled to be released in 2013. Similar to its 2008 "Refresh" counterpart, the LF 2010 products will incorporate succession and disturbance information as well as user feedback. <b style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: orange;">LANDFIRE needs you</span>. </b>LANDFIRE's maps are driven by plot data and disturbance/treatment information (typically GIS polygon data), much of which is provided by users. </div>
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<b>Improved input data = improved mapping</b>. <a href="http://www.landfire.gov/participate_refdata.php">Learn how
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Stay tuned for the latest from LANDFIRE with updates on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/nature_LANDFIRE" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and the <a href="http://www.landfire.gov/documents_bulletins.php">LANDFIRE
Bulletin</a>. </div>
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KORI BLANKENSHIP<br />
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The Nature Conservancy<br />
Bend, Oregon<br />
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Marjie Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560831091136503686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539439673212299488.post-19005230163134896692012-11-29T10:53:00.000-07:002012-11-29T10:53:48.630-07:00LANDFIRE: How can I use it?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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me?” Well, there is only one way to find out--inspect the data to determine if
it has the qualities you need to meet your objectives. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: orange;">You don’t have to have a PhD in
vegetation modeling or be a GIS guru to review LANDFIRE data.</span> </span></b>The LANDFIRE
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regional level strategic planning and reporting, but because of their
comprehensive and complete nature there is a demand for them for finer scale
applications. The applicability of LANDFIRE data varies by location and
specific application so users are encouraged to carefully review the datasets
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and yet it is a critical step to ensure that you use data appropriately, and
end up with a final product that meets your needs<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i>To evaluate a dataset you need time to explore and consider its
attributes, and maybe a little help from your friends and colleagues. For
example, if your background is in fuels planning, you might want to have your
local ecologist available when reviewing the vegetation maps; if you are an
ecologist, you may need your fuels planner to better understand the fire
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">KORI BLANKENSHIP<br />
fire ecologist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">The Nature Conservancy</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Maybe. If you are engaged in research or fire and land management
activities that require vegetation, fuel or fire regime information, LANDFIRE
may be for you.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.landfire.gov/">LANDFIRE</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">
is an ongoing national program that is producing continuous vegetation-and fire-
related spatial data and ecological models for the entire United States. That’s
wall-to-wall data for all 50 states, served for free on the <a href="http://landfire.cr.usgs.gov/viewer/">LANDFIRE Data
Distribution</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"> site and through the <a href="http://www.landfire.gov/datatool.php">LANDFIRE Data
Access Tool</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you already have high-quality, up-to-date spatial data and
ecological models for all the variables you want across your area of interest,
LANDFIRE is probably not for you. Most folks are not so lucky, finding that
they have no data, old data, are missing some variables, or need to fill data
gaps (e.g. on private lands). If the latter describes you, read on.</span><br />
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natural resource management activities including:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Regional and National Level Wildland Fire </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Planning and Prioritization </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">LANDFIRE fuel and vegetation layers are used to support <a href="http://www.fpa.nifc.gov/">Fire Program Analysis</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">
(FPA), Hazardous Fuels Prioritization and Allocation System (HFPAS) and the <a href="http://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/index.shtml">National
Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">LANDFIRE’s
fuel products include all the geospatial layers required to run tools such as
FlamMap, FARSITE and FSPro. These data have provided decision support
information to fire managers working on wildfire incidents around the country.
For example:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;">·<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.landfire.gov/downloadfile.php?file=Ashley_Lakes_external.pdf">Use
of LANDFIRE Data in Wildland Fire Risk Assessment: Ashley Lakes Fire</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">,
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;">·<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.landfire.gov/downloadfile.php?file=2007_Fire_Incidents.pdf">Use
of LANDFIRE Data Products on Fire Incidents in 2007</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">,
and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;">·<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.landfire.gov/downloadfile.php?file=Dammeron_VR_external.pdf">Use
of LANDFIRE Data in Wildland Fire Incident Management: Dammeron & Valley
Road Fires</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The <a href="http://www.landfire.gov/downloadfile.php?file=Signal_Peak_external.pdf">Signal
Peak Project</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">, <a href="http://www.conservationgateway.org/file/upper-mimbres-watershed-landscape-assessment-report-prepared-fire-learning-network">Upper
Mimbres Watershed Landscape Assessment</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"> and <a href="http://www.landfire.gov/downloadfile.php?file=Spokane_BIA.pdf">Spokane
Agency Multi-Year Fuels Planning Project</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"> each used
LANDFIRE fuels data to model fire behavior in support of fuel planning and
prioritization efforts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The <a href="http://www.conservationgateway.org/file/use-landfire-data-cowychee-mountain-community-wildfire-protection-plan-yakima-washington">Cowychee Mountain CWPP</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"> and the <a href="http://www.landfire.gov/downloadfile.php?file=Upper_Fraser_Valley_CWPP_and_LANDFIRE_data.pdf">Upper
Fraser Valley CWPP </a></span><span style="font-size: small;">plans both
used LANDFIRE fuel data to model potential fire behavior in their planning area.
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analyses, but may also be useful at local scales. In the end there is only one
way to find out if LANDFIRE will work for you, and that is to inspect the data
yourself. This doesn’t have to be a daunting task-- our next post will tell you
how!</span><br />
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fire ecologist<br />
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The Nature Conservancy<br />
Bend, Oregon<br />
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Marjie Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560831091136503686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539439673212299488.post-80463572023150673582012-09-25T16:32:00.001-06:002012-09-25T16:32:22.601-06:00When New Fire Meets Old Fire <h2 class="MsoNormal">
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<i><b>Thoughts on reburns, plus our recent round-up of science on the subject</b></i></h3>
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My family drove over to the Tetons and Yellowstone for a
raft trip on the Snake River and some camping recently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smoke filled the skies from Boise to
Wyoming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looked much like the smog in
the Los Angeles Basin of the 1970’s. On our final day at Teton National Park
you could not see the mountains, but you could look directly at the red morning
sun.</div>
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It was flashback time for me as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recalled working the 1988 Fan Fire in the
northwest corner of Yellowstone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every
afternoon the wind came up strong out of the west and the daily crown fire
ensued, especially on the North Fork Fire, near West Yellowstone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Almost a quarter of a century later, we traveled the width
of Yellowstone witnessing both the extent of the 1988 conflagration and the
renewal of the current forest. By car, the journey across Yellowstone is some
65 miles and can take a couple of hours to traverse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By fire, in 1988, that journey took from July
into early September when rain and snow brought the flames back to the ground -
although they burned into November awaiting winter’s white blanket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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While we drove through the park, I wondered what would happen
if today’s fires collided with previous conflagrations such as
Yellowstone?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do the old fires alter the
direction, intensity, or severity of today’s blazes?Would the older fires re-burn with new found
vigor or be constrained by past fire history?<br />
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As fires continue to burn across the West this fall, many are
overlapping terrain that burned previously via wildland fire, prescribed
fire, or both - in the recent or distant past. This week we bring you some science to
shine a bit of light on the complexities that determine what happens when fire
meets fire.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://fireecology.org/docs/Journal/pdf/Volume08/Issue02/082.pdf" target="_blank">Characterizing Fire-on-Fire Interactions in Three Large Wilderness Areas</a> by authors </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Casey
C. Teske</span><span class="andstyle"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Carl
A. Seielstad</span><span class="andstyle"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, and </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">LLoyd
P. Queen</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://fireecology.org/docs/Journal/pdf/Volume07/Issue03/108.pdf" target="_blank">Short-and
Long-Term Effects on Fuels,Forest Structure,and Wildfire Potential from
Prescribed Fire and Resource Benefit Fire in Southwestern Forests, USA</a> by authors Molly Hunter, Jose M. Iniguez, and Leigh B. Lentile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/37501" target="_blank">Burn Severity of Areas Reburned in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico, </a>by authors Zachary A. Holden, Penelope Morgan, and Andrew T. Hudak. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfrc.ufl.edu%2Ffire%2FFire_Science_Lab%2FPublications_files%2FGodwin_Kobziar%2520Burn%2520Severity.pdf&ei=cBNiULzdOIXxigKLqICwBg&usg=AFQjCNGiR9B5Jrpn-9a2oXn0ZDAt2NmL1Q&sig2=-oAqjz8ecoiYB4F1JEm1UA&cad=rja" target="_blank">Comparison of Burn Severities of Consecutive Large-scale Fires in Florida Sand Pine Scrub using Satellite Imagery Analysis</a>, by authors David Godwin and Leda Kobziar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://fire%20scarring%20patterns%20in%20sierra%20nevada%20wilderness%20areas%20burned%20by%20multiple%20wildland%20fire%20use%20fires/" target="_blank"></a><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.treesearch.fs.fed.us%2Fpubs%2F36892&ei=ehRiUNbpK-GWiAK8g4G4Aw&usg=AFQjCNEhxXlOzstBZF7YO-3F50US_nU8bg&sig2=TH_Nk6pjXZnU_kDNp20HtQ" target="_blank">Stand
Replacing Patches within a 'Mixed Severity' Fire Regime: Quantitative
Characterization Using Recent Fires in a Long-established Natural Fire
Area</a>, by authors B.M Collins and S.L Stephens.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span> </div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/v7051404vu263j12" target="_blank">I<span style="font-size: small;">nteractions Among Wildland Fires in a Long-established Sierra Nevada Natural Fire Area</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">, by authors </span></span><span style="color: #212100; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B.M. Collins</span>, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">J.D.
Miller, A.E. Thode, M. Kelly, J.W. van Wagtendonk, and S.L. Stephens.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #212100; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/wm61846887363714/" target="_blank">Factors
Associated with Crown Damage Following Recurring Mixed-severity
Wildfires and Post-fire Management in Southwestern Oregon</a>, by authors J.R Thompson and B.A. Spies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Reburns
in the news in Idaho where Elizabeth Reinhardt, U.S Forest Service
assistant director for fire ecology and fuels, talks about how <a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/09/02/2254914/old-burns-slow-new-fires-across.html#storylink=misearch" target="_blank">Old Burns Slow New Fires Across Idaho. </a></span></div>
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Enjoy the information. Please contribute your experience, impressions, and links to more reburn science!<br />
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Tim Swedberg<br />
Joint Fire Science Program<br />
Director of Communications<br />
<a href="mailto:tswedber@blm.gov">tswedber@blm.gov</a><br />
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Marjie Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560831091136503686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539439673212299488.post-13053278154834771582012-05-17T15:19:00.000-06:002012-05-17T15:19:11.482-06:00The Jury is Still Out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In the Journal Ecology (93(4), 2012, pp. 939-950) are<a href="https://www.firescience.gov/projects/06-2-1-20/project/06-2-1-20_Simard_etal_2012EcologyAllComments.pdf" target="_blank"> three commentaries</a> concerning the Simard </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">et.al</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">.</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> paper: <i><a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.firescience.gov%2Fprojects%2F06-2-1-20%2Fproject%2F06-2-1-20_simard_etal2011ecolmongr.pdf" target="_blank">Do mountain pine beetle outbreaks change the probability of active crown fire in lodgepole pine forests?</a></i></span><i><b><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /></b></i><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The first comment is by Christopher J. Moran and Mark A. Cochrane both of South Dakota State University.</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The second comment is by W. Matt Jolly, Russell Parsons, J. Morgan Varner, Bret W. Butler, Kevin C. Ryan,and Corey L. Gucker (all associated with the Rocky Mountain Research Station except J. Morgan Varner who is at Humboldt State University).</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The third is a response to the comments by the authors of the original paper - Martin Simard, William H. Romme, Jacob M. Griffin, and Monica G. Turner.</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><i><span style="color: orange;">These comments raise good points and are a healthy debate about the science findings.</span></i></b></span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As I have previously stated, the science is not definitive on these questions and more work is needed to reduce uncertainty.</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We will continue to post new information as it becomes available.</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Keep Smilin'</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Tim Swedberg</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">JFSP Communication Director</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Email: </span><a href="mailto:tswedber@blm.gov" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">tswedber@blm.gov</a>Marjie Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560831091136503686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539439673212299488.post-34391858972340067092012-04-26T17:14:00.000-06:002012-04-26T17:14:35.064-06:00In Search of Answers<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">JFSP recently released the latest
in its series of fuel treatment syntheses that covers the mixed conifer forests
of California, Central and Southern Rockies, and the Southwest. The southern
mixed conifer fuel treatment syntheses uses nearly 380 scientific articles,
agency reports, and other references to answer questions about historic
conditions, fire regimes, the impact of altered fire regimes, fuels treatment effectiveness,
and treatment impacts. A central goal for the guide is to combine existing
peer-reviewed literature and information gathered from dozens of interviews
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<span style="font-size: small;">The synthesis highlights the
importance of heterogeneity in mixed conifer forests. Pre-settlement fires in
mixed conifer forests burned on intervals that averaged between eight and 25
years for the Sierra Nevada, Southern Rockies, and Southwestern mixed conifer.
Low-severity fires were more frequent in some mixed conifer forests; but, in
general, mixed conifer forests have historically tended to be heterogeneous
mixtures in which species composition, forest structure, and fuel loads change
over short distances. Since the late 1800s, logging, fire suppression, road
building, and livestock grazing have reduced the frequency of fire and increased
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<span style="font-size: small;">Currently, many fuel treatments
seek to restore heterogeneity, i.e., the mosaic of openings and stands of
varying densities across the landscape. Rather than just removing trees to
create evenly spaced crowns, managers are experimenting with creating gaps and
openings to change fire behavior. Innovative managers are creating more
landscape heterogeneity by implementing prescribed burns across large mixed
conifer forests, such as early season prescriptions using aerial ignition to
burn upslope where remaining snow can control the fire. Of course fuel
treatments are also designed to reduced wildfire hazard and in most mixed
conifer forests, thinning that treats both the canopy and understory (crown and
low thinnings) combined with prescribed fire is the most effective way to do
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<span style="font-size: small;">However, land management objectives or external constraints can make
other tools, such as mastication or prescribed fire alone, more appropriate. Treatments
must be maintained for their fuel reduction effect to be sustained, and no
single treatment will reverse a long history of fire exclusion. </span><span style="font-size: small;">The synthesis also discusses numerous
complications and barriers to implementing fuels treatments in mixed conifer
forests such as smoke management, wildlife habitat protections and retirement
of experts, that can make these treatments more complicated, though not
impossible.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zander Evans is Research Director for </span><a href="http://www.forestguild.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.forestguild.org</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. He can be reached at
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<br /></div>Marjie Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560831091136503686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539439673212299488.post-46075148443961926522012-02-02T12:45:00.000-07:002012-02-02T13:00:52.097-07:00New Ponderosa Fuels Treatment Guide<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Planning
and implementing fuels treatments in ponderosa pine forests, from start to
finish, is no easy task. To give managers a hand, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration: none;">we’ve summarized information about historical land use, fire regimes,
common fuels treatment objectives, techniques, impacts and mitigation for ponderosa
pine across three regions across western North America, in - </span></span><b><i>A
Comprehensive Guide to Fuels Treatment Practices for Ponderosa Pine in the
Black Hills, Colorado Front Range and Southwest</i></b> (<a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr198.pdf" target="_blank">RMRS-GTR-198</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">).</span></span><br />
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managers face similar issues across these regions along with significant
differences, making one-size-fits-all solutions inappropriate. Varying current
and historical land use practices; along with a broad range of historical mean
fire intervals, require slightly different approaches to fuels treatments.</span></div>
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many of the lessons learned across these regions can’t be gleaned from
peer-reviewed literature or textbooks. Questions like – </span></span>How do
you overcome agency or public resistance to prescribed fire? How do you
minimize the effects of smoke on communities? – have multi-faceted answers.
Answers that can only
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interviewed experienced fire and fuels managers across these regions. We know
it’s critical to include their stories and knowledge about what it takes to be
successful. We’ve combined their experience with the pertinent information
found in published literature to bring you comprehensive management principles
that typically lead to effective fuels treatments, and included case studies
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</div>Marjie Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560831091136503686noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539439673212299488.post-54399502905859984562012-01-24T16:14:00.000-07:002012-01-24T16:43:19.947-07:00Trapped in the Here, the Now and the Future?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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occurrence maps, tree ring studies, and deep sediment drilling is something almost
everyone appreciates. <b><i> But when it comes
to</i></b> <b><i>wildland fire research and management history, are we less than enthusiastic
about the past?</i></b> Do we discount “old”
information? Are we trapped in the here
and now, and hyperfocused on the future</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">?</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Below are some classic resources for your perusal. Expand your perspective with this "old" information while keeping in mind that the science of wildland fire is still young! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">In 1954, George Byram from the USFS Southeastern Research
Station wrote a paper titled <a href="https://www.firescience.gov/projects/09-2-01-11/supdocs/09-2-01-11_Byram_1954.pdf" target="_blank">Atmospheric Conditions Related to Blowup Fires. </a> He
explains the wind patterns on fires such as Mann Gulch and Rattlesnake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">We’d also like to draw your attention to the Summer 2003 issue of Fire Management Today -<a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/fmt/fmt_pdfs/fmt63-3.pdf" target="_blank"> Wildland Fire Behavior Case Studies and Analyses: Part 1. </a>You'll find great information cover to cover.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">And I would be remiss if I did not mention another Clive Countryman
(1974) publication - <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr007/psw_gtr007.pdf" target="_blank">Can Southern California Wildland Conflagrations be Stopped?</a> <b>
</b>Rule of thumb from my younger days: <i>Southern California chaparral burns every 30 years</i>. Is creation of an age mosaic in chaparral the
way to prevent fires? What do you
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</div>Joint Fire Science Programhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12144191240928616081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539439673212299488.post-85814009520400304822012-01-05T14:46:00.000-07:002012-01-06T12:48:28.803-07:0037 Year Journey for Safety<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My first permanent job with the Forest Service was as a crew member on the Palomar Hotshots on the Cleveland National Forest in 1975. We learned through the telling of stories by our foremen and superintendents with a large dose of practical experience. I hope you will take a few moments to allow me to tell a story that means a lot to me and I hope to you as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Cleveland had its share of fatalities starting with the Inaja Fire that resulted in the 10 Standard Firefighting orders. My engine foreman Red Wilson survived the Decker Fire on the Ortega Highway of the Trabuco District. <a href="http://goo.gl/T2d6d"><span class="s1">The Loop Fire tragedy</span></a> on the Angeles changed how we think about downhill line construction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the 1970’s fires in southern California, research developed Firescope which became the Incident Command System first deployed on the Pacoima Fire. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1975, Clive Countryman wrote a paper called “<a href="http://www.firemodels.org/downloads/behaveplus/publications/Countryman/Countryman_1975_Part1_NatureOfHeat_blue_ocr.pdf" target="_blank">The Nature of Heat”(pdf).</a> Although I went to school at Humboldt State University, there were no classes in wildland fire science. This stuff was new! The Nature of Heat was written in understandable language with numerous illustrations. Just the kind of publication a Hotshot crew could use. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1978, Carl C. Wilson and James C. Sorenson wrote a pamphlet titled “</span><span class="s1" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://goo.gl/JsOMV" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some Common Denominators of Fire Behavior on Tragedy and Near-Miss Forest Fires</a> (pdf)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">”. This work forever changed the discussions about wildland firefighter safety. Dick Rothermel’s Spread Model, Behave </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the Ti59 soon followed and we could model fires in the field. Paul Gleason repackaged how we think about fire safety with <b>LCES – Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes and Safety Zones.</b> And Brett Butler has helped us understand how big a safety zone really needs to be and that rock pile I used so many times may not have been really safe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In spite of these and many other pieces of research, fire fatalities continue. An often heard phrase in these near-miss and fatal fires is, “<i>the fire behavior was unexpected</i>” or “<i>it blew up</i>.” I’m pleased to announce new research insight for wildland firefighters about Extreme Fire Behavior with the JFSP sponsored publication of <span class="s1"><a href="http://goo.gl/9MSz2">Synthesis of Knowledge of Extreme Fire Behavior: Volume 1 for Fire Managers</a> (pdf)</span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An even more detailed second volume will be published soon. <b><span style="color: orange;">I ask that all wildland firefighters download the document.</span></b> Spend time this winter learning about this subject that is central to everything we do. The Fire Behavior Committee will make changes in fire training based on this information and I urge due speed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Most importantly tell your own stories with your crews, unit, or post your thoughts here on firescience.gov. </i>All this month we will post the “classics” about fire behavior on our website and I hope you find them useful. </span><br />
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</div>Joint Fire Science Programhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12144191240928616081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539439673212299488.post-32821221820904997302012-01-04T13:27:00.000-07:002012-01-05T14:28:41.368-07:00On Fire: New Joint Fire Science Program Blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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