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  • Identification of Model-Forecast Thunderstorm Outflows to Enhance

    Identification of Model-Forecast Thunderstorm Outflows to Enhance

    Wildland Firefighting Safety Summary: https://www.southernrockiesfirescience.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IdentificationModelForecastThunderstorm.pdf Final Report: https://www.southernrockiesfirescience.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FinalReport_IdentificationModelForecastThunderstorm.pdf

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  • Objective identification of thunderstorm gust fronts from operational numerical weather prediction models

    Objective identification of thunderstorm gust fronts from operational numerical weather prediction models

    Video posted here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZGTS_YEBmw Publication: https://www.southernrockiesfirescience.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IdentificationModelForecastThunderstorm.pdf Abrupt changes in wind direction and speed can dramatically impact wildfire development and spread. Additionally, wind speed and direction changes can pose significant problems […]

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  • Updated CWPP Minimum Standards & Guidelines

    Updated CWPP Minimum Standards & Guidelines

    FULL ARTICLE HERE The above document provides updated minimum standards and guidelines for developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs), as originally directed per Colorado Senate Bill 09-001

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  • Warming increased bark beetle induced tree mortality by 30% during an extreme drought in California

    Warming increased bark beetle induced tree mortality by 30% during an extreme drought in California

    FULL ARTICLE HERE Using a novel model of bark beetle biology and host tree interactions, we assessed how contemporary warming affected western pine beetle populations and mortality of its host, […]

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  • Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions

    Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions

    FULL ARTICLE HERE Science-based adaptation options include the use of managed wildfire, prescribed burning, and coupled mechanical thinning and prescribed burning as is consistent with land management allocations and forest […]

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  • Colorado Interagency Fuel Treatment Database

    Colorado Interagency Fuel Treatment Database

    FULL ARTICLE HERE The Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI) is developing a spatial database of forest restoration and fuel treatment projects occurring in Colorado.

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  • Developing Strategies To Support Socioecological Resilience In Flammable Landscapes: A Structured Approach For Natural Resource Managers And Other Stakeholders

    Developing Strategies To Support Socioecological Resilience In Flammable Landscapes: A Structured Approach For Natural Resource Managers And Other Stakeholders

    FULL ARTICLE HERE Land management and fire management goals are increasingly framed in terms of resilience, in part due to the combined impacts of climate change, land-use change, and legacies […]

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  • Large wildfire-driven increases in nighttime fire activity observed across the conterminous United States

    Large wildfire-driven increases in nighttime fire activity observed across the conterminous United States

    FULL ARTICLE HERE Nighttime wildfire fire activity exposes firefighters to the risks of working in the dark and limits their opportunities for rest and recovery. Under rare conditions, extreme nighttime […]

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  • Wildfires are becoming more intense at night and lasting longer, study finds

    Wildfires are becoming more intense at night and lasting longer, study finds

    FULL ARTICLE HERE A study published Wednesday in Nature shows that a trend toward warmer and drier conditions after sundown is helping blazes withstand what should be unfavorable conditions — making fire […]

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  • Accessing Wildland Fire Research: A Guide for Fire Practitioners

    Accessing Wildland Fire Research: A Guide for Fire Practitioners

    FULL ARTICLE HERE This fact sheet outlines practical ways for fire practitioners and other professionals to access fire science research. These methods are roughly organized in order from least to […]

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