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Biochar kilns: A simple and innovative approach to removing hazardous fuels and improve forest health

The Southern Rockies Fire Science Network (SRFSN) is collaborating with Utah State University (USU) Forestry Extension to highlight an innovative approach to removing hazardous fuels and improving forest health. Traditional means of removing hazardous fuels can damage soils and air quality. Biochar kilns allow for burning of hazardous fuels in ways that result in production…
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Taking it to the Road: Utah Biochar Workshops Increase Knowledge and Lead to Behavior Change

From USU Forestry Extension: Taking it to the Road: Utah Biochar Workshops Increase Knowledge and Lead to Behavior Change. This fact sheet describes attitude and behavior changes that have resulted from attending our state-wide biochar workshop program. By administering surveys 6 to 8 months following workshops, we learned that attendees were making biochar and biochar kilns, and…
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Post-Fire Native Seed Use in Western Colorado: A Look at Burned and Unburned Vegetation Communities

Wildfires on public lands in the United States are increasing in size and frequency over time. Government agency post-fire treatments often include seeding of native and nonnative plant species; however, the effectiveness of post-fire seeding has been questioned, and while the importance of using native species has been emphasized, more research on the effects of…
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Collaboratively Engaging Stakeholders to Develop Potential Operational Delineations (PODs)

Prioritization of management units on a forest-wide scale can often be a challenging and daunting task for forest staff. In this research brief, Mike Caggiano outlines what PODs are, how to develop them, and how they can be utilized for landscape-scale collaborative forest management. Collaboration among multiple partners can be a useful tool to accomplish…
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Fighting Fire with Fire: Great Plains FSE Workshop Recording

New workshop recording from the Great Plains Fire Science Exchange and Joint Fire Science Program. Fighting Fire with Fire: Rx Fire Toolbox to Combat Identified Social Barriers. Recording: https://www.gpfirescience.org/resources/fighting-fire-with-fire-workshop-recording/ Image Credit: Tyler Gilbert, Forest Stewards Guild, Niobrara Valley Preserve Prescribed Fire, Nebraska, 2019.
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Piled Fuels Biomass and Emissions Calculator

Calculate an estimation for biomass and potential emissions from piled wildland fuels. Piled fuels Biomass and Emissions Calculator: https://depts.washington.edu/nwfire/piles/ Prior to burning, ALWAYS ensure all regulatory measures have been met, that acceptable environmental conditions are in place, that the proper permits have been obtained, and that the appropriate authorities and/or contingency resources have been notified.…
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Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP)

From USDA NRCS comes a free new online tool to help manage and monitor western rangelands. View a how-to webinar to learn the ins and outs of usage, and then get started with your free download. This tool allows landowners and land managers alike to track vegetation through time, and can be used to provide…
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New Operational National Satellite Burned Area Product

New 1-pager from USGS, Great Plains Fire Science Exchange, and SRFSN: New Operational National Satellite Burned Area Product. Land management and large-scale assessments of fire activity are hindered by the inconsistencies related to spatial and temporal fire information. There are a variety of uses remote-sensing can have in the wildland fire interface, these including monitoring…
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Fire Operations Guidance in Bark Beetle Stands

Revised operational guide from R2 USFS about safe operations in bark beetle stands. Due to altered fuel conditions, personnel operating within the bark beetle environment should be aware of the imminent danger presented by dead and dying trees, falling at an increasing rate across a broad forested landscape. https://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/predictive/usfs_fire_ops_bb_guidance_2012_0216.pdf Photo Credit Dan West: Spruce Beetle…
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IFTDSS: Interagency Fuel Treatment Decision Support System

Many tools available through the IFTDSS portal here: https://iftdss.firenet.gov/landing_page/ Thumbnail Photo by Tyler Gilbert, The Ember Alliance. Copper Hill Prescribed Fire. New Mexico, 2019. The Ember Alliance acknowledges this image was taken on culturally significant land to the Jicarilla Apache, Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱, and Pueblos peoples.
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