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Intraspecific Variation in Surface Water Uptake in a Perennial Desert Shrub

Intraspecific Variation in Surface Water Uptake in a Perennial Desert Shrub Zaiats, A., Lazarus, B.E., Germino, M.J., Serpe, M., Richardson, B., Buerki, S., Caughlin, T., 2020, Intraspecific variation in surface water uptake in a perennial desert shrub: Functional Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13546 Contact: Matthew Germino, FRESC, 208-426-3353, mgermino@usgs.gov
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Small-scale water deficits after wildfires create long-lasting ecological impacts

O’Connor, R.C., Germino, M.J., Barnard, D.M., Andrews, C.M., Bradford, J.B., Pilliod, D.S., Arkle, R.S., Shriver, R.K., 2020, Small-scale water deficits after wildfires create long-lasting ecological impacts: Environmental Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab79e4 Moisture deficit affects ecological processes and land management interventions, such as restoration of native vegetation. However, there is little guidance on how to determine when water…
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Elk Fire: Department of Fire Prevention and Control’s review

See Department of Fire Prevention and Control’s Elk Fire review on their website.
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NEW WEBINAR – Lunch and Learn: Boundary-Spanning for Collective Action: Managing Wildfire Risk in the West

Watch webinar here Speakers: 1) Emily Jane Davis, Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist, OSU 2) Tony Cheng, Director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute & Professor with an Extension appointment, CSU 3) Darren McAvoy, Extension Assistant Professor of Forestry, USU & Fellow of the Society of American Foresters Co-sponsored by Oregon State University, Colorado State…
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VIDEO: Studying Wildfire Using Drones – Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) – Summer 2019

Watch on YouTube. A team of five DRI researchers, along with nearly 35 other scientists, embarked on a unique kind of camping trip this June. The group spent several days and nights in a remote area of central Utah’s Fishlake National Forest to do something that’s never been done before: to light 2000 acres of…
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Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) – video overview

The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) is a multi-agency effort to provide advanced measurements necessary to evaluate and advance operationally-used fire and smoke modeling systems and their underlying scientific models. The field campaign will be conducted on large operational prescribed fires targeting heavy fuel loads and burned to produce high-intensity fires with developed…
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Sagebrush steppe habitat flashcards – great teaching tool for kids!

You’ll find plants, the animals that eat the plants, the animals that eat those animals, and then the clean-up crews that recycle the living matter to make it available to start the cycle again. Click here to download. Visit the Audobon Rockies website for more free activities, lesson plans, and toolkits for connecting youth to…
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New Wyoming Prescribed Burn policy guidelines

Click here to see the guidelines from University of Wyoming and the Wyoming Prescribed Fire Council.
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New podcast episode on 2019 GIS trends

Check out the latest episode of a podcast from StateScoop summarizing GIS trends for 2019. GIS is an increasingly important tool for us in sagebrush country, from Wyoming’s Density and Disturbance Calculation Tool to using remote sensing to map the vegetation canopy and density. Highlights include: Almost two years after the landmark passage of the…
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Sediment Loading Key to Predicting Post-wildfire Debris Flows

From Penn State: “The mudslides that follow wildfires …can be deadly and difficult to predict. New research can help officials identify areas prone to these mudslides and respond before disaster occurs…”
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