It’s that time of year again to reset from the busy summer and catch up on the latest news in fire science and management planning. Webinars are becoming the fastest and easiest way to communicate from afar. Here’s just a glimpse of some free webinars coming your way (shown in Alaska Time):
Online Piled Fuels Biomass & Emissions Calculator
It’s that time of year again to start thinking about burning your leftover piles from this year’s (or past) hazard fuel reduction projects.
Ever wonder how much biomass you are actually burning in those piles? Need a better way to estimate smoke emissions and impacts to comply with the evermore strict air quality reguations?
Exploring the Mega-fire Reality 2011
Register now for the ” Exploring the Mega-Fire Reality 2011: A Forest Ecology and Management Conference.” This event will be held November 14-17, 2011 at the Florida State University Conference Center.
New results show “how quickly one tundra fire can reverse a half-century worth of soil-stored carbon”
Satellite image of Anaktuvuk River Fire from Sept. 25, 2007 (NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center)
New findings from the 2007 Anaktuvuk River Fire revealed just how much carbon was released into the atmosphere from this single fire and the potential role tundra fire disturbances play in feedbacks driving global climate change.
News from the Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab
The Fire and Environmental Research Application Team (or FERA) from the USFS Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab have several new products, papers, and projects to share with you!
Check out the FCCS fuelbed maps for Alaska, the Alaska boreal fire-history synthesis and lit review, and this new article on the relationship between climate and fire.
How to generate and interpret fire characteristics charts for surface and crown fire behavior
This new publication, “How to generate and interpret fire characteristics charts for surface and crown fire behavior” is now available from the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station.
AK Fire Science Highlights 