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Smoke TOOLS Workshop 2024

Overview of the Workshop - Smoke management and smoke hazards are one of the most important things to plan for and manage when doing a prescribed burn, or to consider…

Type: Workshop
Topic: Fire Ecology, Fuels Management

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Understanding the Importance of Spatially-Explicit Metrics of Natural Disturbance Regimes in Restoration of Mixed-Pine Forests

LSFSC quick-read research brief. Written by Igor Drobyshev (University of Quebec at Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Canada & Swedish Agricultural University, Sweden)

Type: Research Brief
Topic: Forests & Silviculture, Monitoring & Mapping

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Windstorm and Fuel Reduction Effects on Ground Beetles in a Sub-Boreal Forest

LSFSC quick-read research brief. Written by Shelby A. Weiss (Applied Sciences Program, Seney NWR)

Type: Research Brief
Topic: Forests & Silviculture, Fuels Management

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Legacy demonstration site — current status unverified · Michigan

Kirtland’s Warbler Wildlife Management Area, Michigan

Nearly 80-acre site demonstrating differences between patterns of fire in jack-pine forests and plantation patterns created for Kirtland’s warbler habitat.

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Legacy demonstration site — current status unverified · Michigan

Muskrat Lakes, Michigan

Cooperative effort evaluating ecological impacts of prescribed fire for fuels reduction, interactions with pests and invasive species, restoration of fire-damaged ecosystems, and…

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Legacy demonstration site — current status unverified · Minnesota

Underburning to Control Hazel in Red Pine, Cutfoot Experimental Forest, Minnesota

Research conducted from 1960–1970 suggesting methods for controlling hazel and hardwood competition in regeneration of natural dry and dry-mesic pine forests.

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July 6, 2026

Current consortium announcements are available

The LSFSC newsletter archive remains the most current source for webinar notices, opportunities, and regional fire-science updates.

January 27, 2026

2026 Lake States Fire Science Consortium Intern Program

The consortium invited manager–researcher teams to propose student internships addressing priority fire-science and management needs.

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