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May 2013 Discovery Channel (Canada) Features RxCADRE Burns FCCS Covers Asia! Emission Modeling In Asia Uses Methods Developed at the Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory NIST and Forest Service Create World’s First Hazard Scale for Wildland-Urban Interface Fires Northwest Consortium Offers Webinars on FERA Research PNW’s Twitter Feed Research on Fire Emissions Information Support System Expanded Receives Continued Support from NASA Ruddy Mell Featured Speaker at Fire Conference in Russia Wildland Fire Emissions, Carbon and Climate: Characterizing Wildland Fuels
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March 2013 Effects of Climatic Variability and Change on Forest Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the U.S. Forest Sector Photo Series Focusing on Wet and Dry Sites in the Pacific Northwest Now Available in Print Quantifying the Effect of Fuel Reduction Treatments on Fire Behavior in Boreal Forests Vihnanek Conducts Technical Discussions with Local Firefighters in Colorado Springs
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January 2013 Peterson and McKenzie Represent Fire Research at National Council for Science and the Environment Annual Meeting Presentations and Posters at the 4th Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference in Raleigh, NC Rx410 Smoke Management Lessons FERA Participates in Meetings with Fire and Fuels Planners in Pacific Northwest Northern California Prescribed Fire Council Northwest Fire Science Consortium Inaugurates Web Seminar Series The North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership: A Science-Management Collaboration for Responding to Climate Change Numerical Study of the Interaction Between a Head Fire and a Backfire Propagating in Grassland Fuel Treatment Effects on Tree Mortality Following Wildfire in Dry Mixed Conifer Forests, Washington State, USA Radionuclide Activity Concentrations in Forest Fuels at the Savannah River Site Short Paper “Adaptation: Planning for Climate Change and Its Effects on Federal Lands”
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November 2012 RxCADRE Experimental Burn Landmark for Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Research Second Season of Pile Burning Finishes in Damp Weather Texas Research Burns to Include WUI Component Surface Fuel Treatments in Young, Regenerating Stands Affect Wildfire Severity in a Mixed Conifer Forest, Eastern Cascade Range, Washington, USA Note to VSMOKE Users
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September 2012 Prairie Burns in Western Washington in Advance Fire Behavior Model Evaluation FERA to Contribute at Annual American Geophysical Union Meeting Presentations and Posters at the 5th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress Season of Burning in the South Fuel Variability Following Wildfire in Forests with Mixed Severity Fire Regimes, Cascade Range, USA FCCS Installation for Computers Running Java 7.0
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July 2012 Ruddy Mell Part of Team Recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Fire Science Research Burn at Joint Base Lewis-McChord NASA Funds Additional Development of Regional Fire Emissions Products Quantifying Fuel Treatment Effectiveness on Arizona’s Largest Recorded Wildfire WUI Assessment Tool Tested in Colorado Springs Neighborhood Carbon Dynamics of Forests in Washington: U.S. Projections for the 21st Century Based on Climate-Driven Changes in Fire Regimes Tune In to Don McKenzie’s Podcast “Scarred for Life” New Joint Fire Science Projects Focus on Model Development McKenzie Leads Review of Smoke Consequences of Global Emission Scenarios Fuel Treatment Paper One of the Most Widely Downloaded of 2011
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May 2012 Special Issue of Forest Ecology and Management on “Assessing Wildland Fuels and Hazard Mitigation in the Southeastern United States" FERA Joins in UW Effort to Archive Field Data Technical Fire Management Class of 2012 Ottmar and Alvarado Present at Emission Factor Workshop Climate Model Workshop at Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals Conference Effects of Bark Beetle-Caused Tree Mortality on Wildfire
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March 2012 Fire Experiment Coordinates Data Collection Activities Across Academic Boundaries National Database for Calculating the Fuel-Available-to-Wildfires Shaping the Future of Prescribed Fire in Washington Northwest Fire Science Consortium FERA’s Dave Peterson Serves on Washington State Advisory Committee Improving Smoke Management and Testing Software Results FERA Welcomes Visiting Professor Dr. Guenther C. Krieger Filho from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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January 2012 National Forests Now Offered Guidelines on Responding to Climate Change Study Compares Consume 3.0 and FOFEM in the Eastern United States Understanding the Role of Terrain and Wind Interactions on Fire Spread through Communities Upslope Grass Fires Help Test Fire Behavior Models U.S. National Forests Adapt to Climate Change Through Science-Management Partnerships Newsletter Moving to Distribution Six Times a Year
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September 2011 Adapting to Climate Change at Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park Initial Reconnaissance of the 2011 Wildland-Urban Interface Fires in Amarillo, Texas Continuing Development of FCCS Western Mountain Initiative Meeting
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August 2011 Investigating Fuel Treatment Efficacy on Arizona’s Wallow Fire North Cascadia Workshop on Climate Change, Fish, and Fish Habitat Forest Regeneration and Biomass Production after Slash and Burn in a Seasonally Dry Forest in the Southern Brazilian Amazon Forest Service Issues Press Release on Simulations of Fuel Treatment Effectiveness
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July 2011 Summer Brings International Visitors to the Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab FCCS Fuelbed Maps Available to Download Alaska Boreal Fire History Database Available Climate Change and Wilderness Fire Regimes Multi-scale Controls of Historical Forest-fire Regimes: New Insights from Fire-Scar Networks Forest Service Begins Development of 2012 Assessment of Climate Change Science and Forests
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June 2011 NE Oregon FCCS Mapping Project Begins U.S. National Forests Adapt to Climate Change through Science-Management Partnerships Workshop Approach for Developing Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Actions for Natural Resource Management Agencies in the United States International Fire Research Addressed by Ernesto Alvarado at South Africa Meeting
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May 2011 Ramping Up for Summer Field Work International Fire Conference Participation FERA Team Teaching at Technical Fire Management Model Comparisons for Estimating Carbon Emissions from North American Wildland Fire Simulating Fuel Treatment Effects in Dry Forests of the Western United States: Testing the Principles of a Fire-Safe Forest FCCS Fuelbeds for the Lake Tahoe Basin: Final Report
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April 2011 Progress Made Toward Linking FCCS with FVS The Combustion of Sound and Rotten Coarse Woody Debris: a Review Using Hyperspectral Imagery to Estimate Forest Floor Consumption from Wildfire in Boreal Forests of Alaska, USA Mixed-Severity Fire Regimes: Lessons and Hypotheses from the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion North Cascadia Adaptation Project Moves Forward Webinar Addresses the Role of Bark Beetle Killed Trees in Wildfire Behavior
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March 2011 Join Us in Welcoming Dr. Ruddy Mell to the FERA Team FERA Presents at International Association of Landscape Ecology Meeting North Cascadia Adaptation Project Conducts Final Two Educational Workshops FERA Participates in the 44th North American Forestry Commission’s Fire Management Working Group Meeting
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February 2011 Recent Acceleration of Biomass Burning and Carbon Losses in Alaskan Forests and Peatlands FERA Announces New Book "The Landscape Ecology of Fire" Assistance to National Forests on Climate Change Adaptation Continues Three Experimental Burns Helped to Integrate Fire Research Data Collection Revision to Climate Change Resource Center Website
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January 2011 Mechanical Pile Consumption Calculations Added to Pile Calculator Collecting Fuels Data for Collaborative Research Burns Connecting with Fire Practitioners Around the Country Preparing for Climate Change in the Northern Cascade Range
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December 2010 Counting down to the new year, we are featuring 5 new publications that showcase the integration between FERA’s fuels, consumption, fire, and climate change research in the United States, Brazil, and Australia.
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November 2010 Seattle Approach to Fuel Management in Watershed Guided by Morris Johnson’s Research Crystal Raymond Presented at The Nature Conservancy Fire Learning Network Workshop NASA Interns Return to Methow Valley to Validate Dataset for Image Classification of Large-Scale Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak FERA Contributes to Workshop on Climate Change in Northern Colorado Using a Stochastic Model and Cross-scale Analysis to Evaluate Controls on Historical Low-severity Fire Regimes
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October 2010 Lake Tahoe FCCS Fuelbeds Available Online Stop By and Visit in Spokane Portuguese Visit PWFSL to Learn about FCCS Welcome Back to Dr. Crystal Raymond Sharing Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Scotland
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September 2010 Korean Visitors Hosted by Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory Reflections on 10 Years of the Joint Fire Science Program Demonstration of FERA’s Suite of Fuel Management Tools at Portugal Meeting Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Leadership Interested in Results of Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Study Integration Work Continues to Connect FCCS and Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool Space Available in PWFSL Workshops in Spokane
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August 2010 Clint Wright Awarded Ph.D. with Research on Shrub-Dominated Ecosystems Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory Offers 2 Workshops in Spokane New Publications
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July 2010 Natural Fuels Photo Series Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
FCCS Layers in LANDFIRE FERA Plans Collaboration with Fire Scientists in Portugal Opportunity to Provide Feedback on IFT-DSS Development
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May 2010 Critique of Sikkink and Keane's Comparison of Surface Fuel Sampling Techniques FERA Contributes to Discussion of BLM Collaborative Forestry Pilot Project Software Engineer Kjell Swedin Joins the FERA Team Workshop Offered at 3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Workshop Local Forest Briefed on Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab Projects Peterson Presents at Tribal Forestry Conference
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April 2010 Popular Handpile Calculator to Receive Enhancements “Climate, Forests, and Future: A View from the Tree Line” Lecture Online First Tripod Study Complete; Work Continuing FCCS Version 2.1 Released National Climate Change Adaptation Workshop Convened International Association of Landscape Ecology Meeting Wildfire Symposium
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March 2010 Video Lecture Series on Climate Change and Fish Available Online Handpile Calculator Report Published Dormant Season Data Collection Complete for Southeast Season-of-Burning Study Peterson Featured in “Sustaining Our Northwest World” Lecture Series Defining How Aging Pseudotsuga and Abies Compensate for Multiple Stresses through Multi-Criteria Assessment of a Functional–Structural Model Mini-Workshop Held at the University of Idaho FERA Crew Sampling Treated Fuel Sites at Savannah River Site
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January 2010 FCCS-FVS Integration Work in High Gear Adapting to Climate Change in National Forests: A Workshop for Resource Managers North American Wildfire Emission Study Featured 3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference Call for Papers
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December 2009 Post-Hurricane Fuels Photo Series Published Field Work in the South Continues after Holiday Break New Papers on Adapting to Climate Change Advanced Smoke Modeling Workshop Focuses on North Carolina Good Clearcuts? Young Stands Prove Resilient to Wildfire
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November 2009 Don McKenzie Discusses Climate Change with Forest Service Chief DVD Short Course on Adapting to Climate Change FERA Presents at the Fire Ecology and Management Conference 3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference to Reflect on Lessons Learned UW and FERA Search for Forest Ecologist and Software Engineer Research Update Provided to Forest Service Fuels Managers Final Climate Adaptation Workshop Focused on Fish
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October 2009 Handpile Biomass Estimator Now Available Online Issue of Fire Management Today Focuses on Fire Research Characterizing Sources of Emissions from Wildland Fires Workshop on Integrating Ecological and Fuel Management Western Mountain Initiative Annual Meeting Held in Santa Fe Wildlife and Climate Change Workshops Held on the Olympic Peninsula
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September 2009 Integration between FCCS and VDDT Washington: Warming and Wildfires FCCS Part of Evaluation of Fuel Treatment Tools Inclusion of FCCS into the Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System Effects of Forest Fires on Riparian Zones
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August 2009 Newly Published Information Kit Connects Stakeholders with Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory The Evaluation of Meta-Analysis Techniques for Quantifying Prescribed Fire Effects on Fuel Loadings Additional Photo Series for Brazil a Possibility Spanish Scientist Explores U.S. Fire and Fuels Research Work Begins to Study Effects of Season of Burn on Southeastern Fuel Dynamics
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July 2009 Economic Recovery Act Invests in FERA’s Fire Research Integration of Forest Vegetation Simulator and FCCS Tackled on Multiple Fronts Australian Researcher Concludes Visit to Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab NASA Interns Test Use of Satellite Imagery to Study Impact of Fuel Treatments on Carbon Emissions Workshop Scheduled for 4th Fire Congress Managing National Forest Resources under Climate Change
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June 2009 FERA Supports Cooperation among U.S. Forest Service Research, the Brazilian Agriculture Research Center (EMBRAPA), and the Brazilian Forest Service Field Crew Gathers Data from Research Burns in Alaska Progress on Development of Continental-Scale Fuelbed Map for NASA Carbon Emission Project Climate and Wildfire Area Burned in Western U.S. Ecoprovinces, 1916-2003 Holocene Fire and Vegetation Dynamics in a Montane Forest, North Cascade Range, Washington, USA Halofsky Presents at the 7th North American Forest Ecology Workshop Second Climate Change Workshop Held on the Olympic Peninsula
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May 2009 UNASYLVA Journal Publishes Paper on Adapting to Climate Change in United States National Forests Ernesto Alvarado Accepts Position as Associate Professor of Wildland Fire Science Outreach Announcement for Research Ecologist Technical Fire Management Course McKenzie and Kennedy Present at Landscape Ecology Meeting Fieldwork Begins on the Butte Falls Blowdown Study Training on Software Tools Continues across the Country
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April 2009 Joint Fire Science Program Funds Two FERA Projects in 2009 South Lake Tahoe Fuel Treatment Research Funded "Effects of Timber Harvest Following Wildfire in Western North America" Published by the PNW Research Station Region 6 Workshop Scheduled Insects and Climate Presentation by Don McKenzie
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MARCH 2009 Ecological Foundations for Fire Management in North American Forest and Shrubland Ecosystems" Technical Report Published Forest Vegetation Simulator to Create FCCS Fuelbeds Protected Areas around the World Plan for Climate Change Western Tribal Managers Trained in Using FERA Tools Mountain Views Newsletter Focuses on Adaptation to Climate Change
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FEBRUARY 2009 Olympic National Forest and National Park Plan for Climate Change FCCS Fuelbeds under Development for Mexico FERA Participates in Development of Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment Training Sessions Continue Throughout the Year
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JANUARY 2009 Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS) v. 2.0 Released LANDFIRE FCCS Layer Available Field Crew Heads South for the Winter Have It Your Way: Open Source Software Brings Common Ground to Smoke Management and Emissions Inventories
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NOVEMBER 2008 Posters and Papers at the Pacific Coast Fire Conference Hurricane Fuels Natural Photo Series Field Work Complete Global Warming and Stress Complexes in Forests of Western North America Core Fire Science Caucus Reviews Preliminary Data from RxCADRE Burns
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OCTOBER 2008 Brazilian Forest Researcher Stationed in Seattle Climate Change Planning Cadre Visits Montana and Idaho National Forests Butte Falls Blowdown Site Scoped for Potential Fire Hazard Research Colville, Okanogan, and Wenatchee National Forests Also Address Climate Change Ellen Eberhardt Receives Science Support Award
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| SEPTEMBER 2008 Field Work in the Rangelands of Eastern Oregon Hurricane Photo Series Assists in Assessing Forest Damage from Hurricane Ike
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AUGUST 2008 Online Climate Change Resource Center Testing and Development of FCCS Continues at Savannah River FERA Connects Climate Change Research with Monarch Butterfly Study Predicting the Effects of Climate Change in Washington State Evaluation of the Composite Burn Index for Assessing Fire Severity in Alaskan Black Spruce Forests
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JULY 2008 Fire Severity in Regenerating Stands Focus of New Study NASA Interns Study Tripod Complex Fire Severity Alongside FERA Climate Change Workshop Convened to Develop Educational Materials Study on Conditions Where Water Limits Growth of Douglas-Fir in Mountain Ecosystems Boreal Fire History Project Progresses
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JUNE 2008 Field Work Complete on Project to Estimate Biomass of Handpiles Real-World Applications of the Fuel Characteristic Classification System Doctoral Degree Awarded to Morris Johnson Field Crew Measuring Consumption on Interior Alaska Research Burns David Peterson Presents Plenary Session at Workshop “Climate Change Impacts on Natural Resource Management in the Columbia River Basin” FERA Participates in Upcoming Regional Fire Conferences
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MAY 2008 Honorary Degree Awarded to Roger Ottmar FCCS Mapping of the Angora Fire Region Maureen Kennedy Welcomed to the FERA Team Development of System Architecture for Fire Modeling and Decision Making about Fuels Climate Drivers of Regionally Synchronous Fires in the Inland Northwest (1651-1900) FERA Team-Teaches Technical Fire Management Classes Assistance Provided to Develop Fire Management Plan for Paraguay Department of Defense National Environmental Training
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APRIL 2008 Core Fire Science Advancement Plan Unveiled Efforts Continue to Assist Land Managers in Planning for Climate Change Improving Prediction of Smoke Impacts in the Eastern United States Landscape Management System to Help Select Actions to Mitigate Carbon Emissions while Reducing Fire Risk and Future Costs Efficient Field Work across Southern California Changes in Fuelbed Characteristics and Resulting Fire Potentials after Fuel Reduction Treatments in Dry Forests of the Blue Mountains, Northeastern Oregon
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MARCH 2008 RX Combustion-Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiment a Grand Success Alpine Treeline of Western North America: Linking Organism-to-Landscape Dynamics Mexico Photo Series Published Department of Defense Land Managers Learn Suite of Fuels Management Tools Prescribed Fires in San Bernardino National Forest Aid Shrub Consumption Research
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FEBRUARY 2008 Emissions from Forest Fires near Mexico City FERA Welcomes Jessica Halofsky Field Crew Spends Time in Georgia and Florida Talk Given on Climate Change’s Influence on Forest Ecosystems Paper Studies Topographic Controls on Fires
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JANUARY 2008 FCCS Scientific Documentation Published FERA Offers Poster and Exhibit at "Fire in the Southwest" Conference McKenzie to Present at 2008 Forest Management Conference Peterson’s Comments on Climate Change Focus of News Article in the Skagit Valley Herald
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DECEMBER 2007 Final Report on Multi-Day Burn Pilot for Smoke Management FERA Collaborates on NASA Projects to Develop Carbon Emission Estimates for North America Session at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting Co-Chaired by Don McKenzie Canadian Journal of Forest Research Publishes Scientific Documentation of FCCS
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NOVEMBER 2007 Research Recognition Worldwide Concepción, Chile; Stockholm, Sweden; and Brasilia, Brazil Ottmar Assists City of Portland in Evaluating Fire Hazard Using FCCS Overstory Tree Mortality Resulting from Reintroducing Fire to Long-Unburned Longleaf Pine Forests: the Importance of Duff Moisture Forest Fire and Climate Change in Western North America: Insights from Sediment Charcoal Records
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OCTOBER 2007 FERA Tools Featured in "A
Toolkit for Assessing Fire Hazards"
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| SEPTEMBER 2007 Fire-Climate Connection Summarized by the Joint Fire Science Program
JUNE 2007 FERA Helps Establish International Fire Management Actions Alliance
APRIL 2007
FEBRUARY 2007
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AUGUST 2007 FCCS Papers Accepted by the Canadian Journal of Forest Research
JULY 2007 Pilot Study on Multiple Day Prescribed Burns FERA Assists as Washington State Considers Climate Effects on Forests Building FCCS Fuelbeds for the Savannah River Site Overview of Forest Service Research into Integrated Fire and Fuels Management Presented Field Work Begins on Tripod Fire Complex Fuel Treatment Effects Study
MAY 2007 Fuel Treatment and Fire Hazard Guidebook Published
MARCH 2007
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