JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network
Do you have any idea just how valuable chaparral is? Most of us don't realize that these often overlooked lands provide essential benefits worth billions of dollars. The four southernmost forests in California actually contain more chaparral shrubland than forest. This animation describes the benefits and values of these often under-appreciated lands.
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Read MoreDr. Biswell's influence on the development of prescribed burning in California was paramount in so many of our actions today. Here’s a throwback to his work, where he leads a prescribed fire and discussion in Southern California in May 1983.
Read MorePresenter: Janet Franklin (UC Riverside)
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Presented at the 3rd California Chaparral Symposium: Global Change and the Vulnerability of Chaparral Ecosystems. May 14-16, 2018. Arcadia, CA.
Presenter: Stephen Davis (Pepperdine Univ.)
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Presented at the 3rd California Chaparral Symposium: Global Change and the Vulnerability of Chaparral Ecosystems. May 14-16, 2018. Arcadia, CA.
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Presented at the 3rd California Chaparral Symposium: Global Change and the Vulnerability of Chaparral Ecosystems. May 14-16, 2018. Arcadia, CA.
Land managers, researchers, and conservationists gathered to share the latest in invasive plant biology and management at the California Invasive Plant Council (CAL IPC). 2017 Symposium presentations are now online.
Read MoreThese presentations are meant to provide background and fire prevention mitigation strategies for land use planners utilizing current science findings of the day. These three presentations provide targeted information and background that may be useful for a variety of planners.
Read MoreThis presentation was given at the Desert Symposium 2014.
Presenter: Nussear et al.
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Agenda for the Mojave Desert Fire Science and Management Workshop. Barstow, CA 2014.
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Presented at the Mojave Desert Fire Science and Management Workshop. Barstow, CA 2014.
This presentation explains the use and implication of utilizing modeling tools to predict invasive species distribution after a fire.
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Presented at the Mojave Desert Fire Science and Management Workshop. Barstow, CA 2014.
Conclusions from this presentation include statements about the prehistoric, historic, and current characteristics in the Mojave desert area. For example, high elevation and riparian vegetation types contain many species that evolved with fire, whereas lower elevation vegetation is characterized by species that evolved with very little fire.
Presenter: Matthew Brooks
Read MoreThe goals of this project were to provide a more detailed representation of the rainfall patterns in the Mojave and to compare the current precipitation regime and patterns with both historic patterns and predicted future patterns.
Presenter: Jerry Tagestad et al.
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Presented at the Mojave Desert Fire Science and Management Workshop. Barstow, CA 2014.
This presentation discusses the process of model development to map the ignition probability and fire severity.
Presenter: Emma Underwood et al.
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This presentation discusses findings from two large scale integrated projects. The overarching goals of these projects were to use models and create tools about resource issues such as non-native species, postfire vegetation, ignition likelihood and fire severity.
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This presentation was given at the Mojave Desert Fire Science and Management Workshop. Barstow, CA 2014.
Results from multiple studies on seeding in the Mojave Desert are presented in this presentation.
Read MorePresentation from the June 2013 Chaparral Restoration Workshop in Arcadia, CA
This presentation shows detailed examples of the types of activities done in Spain and Mediterranean following a fire to restore the desired ecological conditions and values. Factors that go into the restoration decision process and desired outcomes are also discussed.
Presenter: V. Ramón Vallejo, University of Barcelona & CEAM-Valencia.
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Presentation from the June 2013 Chaparral Restoration Workshop in Arcadia, CA
This presentation discusses the different types of post-Fire rehabilitation on federal lands: 1) Suppression rehabilitation; 2) Emergency stabilization (a.k.a. BAER) 3) Rehabilitation & restoration. For each, examples of management actions, responsibilities, and costs are noted.
Presenter: Jan Beyers, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station.
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Presentation from the June 2013 Chaparral Restoration Workshop in Arcadia, CA.
Follow the restoration process in this step-by-step, highly visual story from the Angeles National Forest. This post-fire restoration story discusses challenges including invasive species, environmental conditions, and more.
Presenter: Katie VinZant, USFS Botanist.
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Presented at the Aspen Restoration and Ecology Workshop, South Lake Tahoe, CA, 2014.
This presentation discusses the active management restoration projects for Aspen in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Issues of resilience, implementation strategies, and multiple resource benefits are highlighted.
Presenter: Dave Fournier
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The California Fire Science Consortium is divided into 4 geographic regions and 1 wildland-urban interface (WUI) team. Statewide coordination of this program is based at UC Berkeley.
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This regional Fire Science Exchange is one of 15 regional fire science exchanges sponsored by Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP).
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