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 during any wildfire suppression. This…
Presentation gives an overview of several escaped prescribed fires in the Lake States dating back to the infamous 1980 Mack Lake Fire and the most recent escape on the Superior…
Fire-dependent communities are declining worldwide due to fire suppression and land development, reducing biodiversity. Open pine barren and savannah ecosystems (‘pine barrens’ hereafter) are a classic example of fire-dependent ecosystem…
With updates to the National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) to be implemented over the next two years, fire managers in Alaska and the Lake States need to learn about…
Response of insectivore pollinators, plant diversity, and fuel loads to a large-scale barren and northern dry forest restoration project in northeastern Wisconsin.
This presentation is a summary of measurements taken on the Brittle and Memorable prescribed burn projects. The combined area is over 16,000 acres with the primary fuels comprised of red…
The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (CNNF) began a landscape-scale effort to restore northern dry forests, especially barrens, on 37,000 acres in the Lakewood-Laona Ranger District that overlaps the Northeast Sands Ecological…
W. Matt Jolly, PhD Research Ecologist USFS, RMRS, Fire Sciences Laboratory Fire, Fuel and Smoke Science Program 5775 Hwy 10 W Missoula, MT 59808 406-329-4848email