Orlando Fire Congress ScheduleMon, Nov 27, 2017

4:00pm

Registration Opens! 4:00pm - 4:00pm, Nov 27 Sabal Registration

Come visit us at registration from 4pm to 8pm today, and skip waiting in line tomorrow morning!

7:00pm

Moderators and Volunteers Meeting 7:00pm - 8:00pm, Nov 27 Sabal A

Orientation meeting for moderators and volunteers

Tue, Nov 28, 2017

6:00am

Greet the Day Yoga 6:30am - 7:15am, Nov 28 Pindo C

Join Johnny Stowe, a wildlife biologist and certified yoga instructor, for yoga sessions throughout theconference. There will be no charge for classes; however, donations to the Mike da Luz Scholarshipfund would be appreciated and can be made at the Registration desk. Greet the Day Yoga is a gentle-flow class for all levels aimed at waking one’s mind and body for the day’s activities. It can be done inany loose, comfortable clothing.

8:00am

Opening Plenary: A 20 Year Reflection on Fire Ecology and Management 8:00am - 10:30am, Nov 28 Citron North

5 Subsessions

Welcome 8:00am - 8:30am, Nov 28 Citron North

The Antiquity of Fire as an Ecological-Evolutionary Force in Florida and theSoutheastern Coastal Plain 8:30am - 9:00am, Nov 28 Citron North

Fire Science's American Century: A Hundred Years of Wildland Fire Research in theUnited States 9:00am - 9:30am, Nov 28 Citron North

Reflections on Fire Ecology and the Association for Fire Ecology over the Past 20Years 9:30am - 10:00am, Nov 28 Citron North

The Joint Fire Science Program - 19 Years of Research Supporting Sound Decisions 10:00am - 10:30am, Nov 28 Citron North

10:00am

Morning Break 10:30am - 11:00am, Nov 28

11:00am

Fire Circle: Southern Fire Exchange - Making a Difference? 11:00am - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Citron Center

The Fire Circle will be led by a Southern Fire Exchange staff member as an open discussion focused onasking participants to provide examples and descriptions of the impacts and benefits of the SFE. Firemanagers and scientists are invited to drop in.

Speaker:

General Session: Restoration and Resiliency

Alan LongAdministrative Director, Southern Fire Exchange, Tall Timbers Research Station

Looking back, looking forward : Restoration of white pine with fire in La MauricieNational Park, Québec, Canada 11:00am - 11:20am, Nov 28 Areca

Restoring overstory and understory structural heterogeneity in the Sierra Nevadaforests: A comparison of prescribed fire and mechanical thinning treatments 11:20am - 11:40am, Nov 28 Areca

Mortality and regeneration dynamics influence resiliency and recovery immediatelyfollowing the Wallow Fire, Arizona, USA 11:40am - 12:00pm, Nov 28 Areca

Post-fire conifer regeneration in ponderosa pine-dominated forests of the UnitedStates Interior West 12:00pm - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Areca

The Southern Appalachian Wildfire Outbreak of Fall 2016: Background and ResearchResponse 11:00am - 11:20am, Nov 28 Citron North

Numerical Weather Simulations during the 2016 Chimney Tops 2 Fire

11:00am - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Areca

4 Subsessions

Special Session: The Southern Appalachian Wildfires of 2016 11:00am - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Citron North

In the Fall of 2016, extreme drought conditions coincident with autumn leaf fall in the southernAppalachians led to an outbreak of wildfires not seen in recent memory, including the catastrophicGatlinburg fire. This session reports on conditions that led up to the fires, the dynamics of the fires andexpected economic, health and ecological impacts.

Speaker:

4 Subsessions

Joseph J. O'BrienFire Team Leader, USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Disturbance Science

11:20am - 11:40am, Nov 28 Citron North

Harbingers of Chimney Tops 2: Ancient Fires in Great Smoky Mountains National Park 11:40am - 12:00pm, Nov 28 Citron North

Immediate Relevance of Fire History Research for Understanding Wildfire Risk in theWildland-Urban Interface 12:00pm - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Citron North

The new Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System: Facilitating fuelsplanning for all 11:00am - 11:20am, Nov 28 Pindo A

Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Monitoring and lessons learned 11:20am - 11:40am, Nov 28 Pindo A

Building a sustainable fire management Program in Kafue National Park, Zambia 11:40am - 12:00pm, Nov 28 Pindo A

Methods to expand understanding of fuel treatment effectiveness and informtreatment design 12:00pm - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Pindo A

Did Prescribed-Fire Treatments Moderate Effects of the 2015 Rough Fire on GiantSequoias in Grant Grove, Kings Canyon National Park? 11:00am - 11:20am, Nov 28 Pindo B

Impacts of species composition on litter flammability: a potential role in the

General Session: Fire Management and Use 11:00am - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Pindo A

4 Subsessions

General Session: Fire Ecology and Effects 11:00am - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Pindo B

4 Subsessions

mesophication of eastern U.S. hardwood forests 11:20am - 11:40am, Nov 28 Pindo B

Tree mortality following a drought-year lightning ignition in the Ouachita Mounains,Arkansas: 5 years postburn 11:40am - 12:00pm, Nov 28 Pindo B

Densification of the Cross Timbers forest resulting from fire exclusion and Juniperusvirginiana encroachment 12:00pm - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Pindo B

Why is Predicting the Future so Hard? Limits to Projecting Fire Regimes in a ChangingClimate (11:00-11:30) 11:00am - 11:30am, Nov 28 Sabal A

Meteorological Conditions Associated with Large Fires in the Canadian Boreal Forest 11:30am - 12:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal A

Changing Western US Wildfire Regimes: Sensitivity to a Rapidly Changing Climate 12:00pm - 12:30pm, Nov 28 Sabal A

Special Session: Fire and Climate Change: Past Patterns and Future Expectations 11:00am - 12:30pm, Nov 28 Sabal A

Future climate change is expected to result in global warming and variable changes in precipitation.Experts from the U.S., Canada, Spain, and Australia will address diverse aspects of the impact of thesechanges on future fire regimes.

Speaker:

3 Subsessions

Special Session: Where's the Biodiversity in Fire Management? 11:00am - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal B

Jon E. KeeleyResearch Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center

Fire Regimes Promoting Common and Rare Species in Florida Scrub 11:00am - 11:20am, Nov 28 Sabal B

Timber Harvesting and Fire Management Interact to Increase Plant Biodiversity in aMixed-Pine Hardwood Forest 11:20am - 11:40am, Nov 28 Sabal B

Decadal Responses of Native Trout Populations to Fire in the U.S. Rocky MountainWest 11:40am - 12:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal B

High Severity Wildfire Alters Plant Diversity, Species Composition, and ForestStructure in an Arizona Madrean Evergreen Forest 12:00pm - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal B

Recolonization and growth of Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata) following stand-replacement fires 11:00am - 11:20am, Nov 28 Sabal E

Patterns and mechanisms of forest type-conversion in Arizona Madrean pine-oakforests following high-severity wildfire 11:20am - 11:40am, Nov 28 Sabal E

Fine-scale mixed-severity fire fosters heterogeneous spatial patterns of conifer

Seminal fire science and policy questions will be addressed in talks focusing on the biodiversityassociated with large and mixed-severity fires, and discussions about the ecological importance of largewildfires and how to manage for them in human-dominated landscapes.

Speaker:

4 Subsessions

General Session: Fire Ecology and Effects 11:00am - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal E

4 Subsessions

Dominick DellaSalaChief Scientist/President, Geos Institute

regeneration in a dry donifer forest 11:40am - 12:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal E

Spatial variability in tree regeneration and fire-driven range shifts at a dry forestecotone 12:00pm - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal E

Numerical investigation of aggregated fuel spatial pattern impacts on fire behavior 11:00am - 11:20am, Nov 28 Sabal F

Fuel treatment effects at the landscape level: burn probabilities, flame lengths, and firesuppression costs 11:20am - 11:40am, Nov 28 Sabal F

Using local slope to determine spread rate 11:40am - 12:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal F

Next-generation fuel and fire modeling with STANDFIRE, a prototype platform forstand-scale fuel treatment analsyis 12:00pm - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal F

Biomass burning smoke plume injection height: CALIOP-based estimates andcomparisons to CMAQ 11:00am - 11:20am, Nov 28 Sabal G

Temperate peatland carbon emissions: Contributions of wildfire vegetation andorganic soil consumption 11:20am - 11:40am, Nov 28

General Session: Fire Modeling 11:00am - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal F

4 Subsessions

General Session: Smoke Management and Modeling 11:00am - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal G

4 Subsessions

Sabal G

Pyroaerobiology: The transport and characterization of viable microorganisms bywildland fire smoke 11:40am - 12:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal G

Examination of wildland fire spread at small scales using frequency comb laserdiagnostics and direct numerical simulations 12:00pm - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal G

Workshop: Fuel and Fire Tools (FFT): An Application for Wildland Fuel and Fire ManagementPlanning 11:00am - 3:40pm, Nov 28 Tangerine 6

The Fuel and Fire Tools (FFT) application is an integrated a suite of products that allows users to buildand characterize fuel beds, assess potential fire hazard and surface fire behavior, and estimate theamount of fuel consumed and emissions produced if burned during a wildland fire.

**Please note: If you are interested in following along at this workshop on your own laptop (PC only),please download and install FFT prior to the workshop.

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Workshop: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace and its Impact on the Fire World 11:00am - 12:20pm, Nov 28 Tangerine 5

Please note, this workshop is only for participants who pre-registered. This workshop will addresssexual harassment in workplace and the fire world, how to recognize this issue, and prevent it fromhappening. Workshop organizer, Aili Johnston, spent six seasons as a wildland fire fighter and willengage participants at a practical level, answering the hard questions, and supporting honest anddynamic conversation.

Speaker:

Susan PrichardResearch Scientist, University of Washington

Aili JohnstonPresident | Educational Specialist | Trainer, Willamette Public Health

Ecosystem responses to post-fire mulch treatments in a lodgepole pine forest 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 28 Areca

Effects of forest restoration treatments and wildfires on tree spatial patterns in theColorado Front Range 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 28 Areca

Consequences of recurrent wildfire for the future of California black oak woodlands inLassen National Forest, California 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 28 Areca

12:00pm

Lunch (on your own) 12:20pm - 1:20pm, Nov 28

SAFE Members Lunch Meeting 12:20pm - 1:20pm, Nov 28 Citron Center

All students welcome! Come meet your fellow SAFE members, share updates on our chapters, electnew national officers, and help shape the future of SAFE.

1:00pm

Work the Kinks Out Yoga 1:10pm - 1:25pm, Nov 28 Pindo C

Join Johnny Stowe, a wildlife biologist and certified yoga instructor, for yoga sessions throughout theconference. There will be no charge for classes; however, donations to the Mike da Luz Scholarshipfund would be appreciated and can be made at the Registration desk. This short class includes gentle,light-hearted stretching. Quietly come in after class starts or quietly leave before it ends toaccommodate your schedule.

General Session: Restoration and Resiliency 1:40pm - 2:40pm, Nov 28 Areca

3 Subsessions

Intervention and Impact: the Human Element of the 2016 Southern AppalachianWildfires 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 28 Citron North

The Environmental Impacts of the 2016 Rough Ridge Fire in Southern Appalachians 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 28 Citron North

Fuel and Emissions Properties of the 2016 Rough Ridge Fire 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 28 Citron North

Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Fire in the Southern Appalachian Mountians 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 28 Citron North

Landscape Patterns of Fire Severity in the 2016 Fires in the Southern AppalachianMountains 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Nov 28 Citron North

Early Measurements of Fire Effects and Long-Term Forest Recovery After the 2016Southern Appalachian Wildfires 3:20pm - 3:40pm, Nov 28 Citron North

Do Adaptations to Frequent Fire Predispose Trees to Post-Fire Mortality After LongPeriods of Fire Exclusion? 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Nov 28 Citron North

Earthworms and the 2016 Southern Appalachian Fires-Conceptual Model of theSurprising Influence of an Invasive Species, Amynthas agrestis

Special Session Cont'd: The Southern Appalachian Wildfires of 2016 1:40pm - 4:30pm, Nov 28 Citron North

In the Fall of 2016, extreme drought conditions coincident with autumn leaf fall in the southernAppalachians led to an outbreak of wildfires not seen in recent memory, including the catastrophicGatlinburg fire. This session reports on conditions that led up to the fires, the dynamics of the fires andexpected economic, health and ecological impacts.

Speaker:

8 Subsessions

Joseph J. O'BrienFire Team Leader, USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Disturbance Science

4:10pm - 4:30pm, Nov 28 Citron North

Planning, managing, and evaluating the burn: The basis for a successful prescribedfire program on Florida’s state forests 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 28 Pindo A

A topographically resolved wildfire danger and drought monitoring system for theconterminous United States 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 28 Pindo A

Predicting fire behavior (in-)directly via fuel composition and airborne remote sensing 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 28 Pindo A

Revaluing the empirical knowledge of firefighters to generate information on forestfuel beds and fire environment at a National level 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 28 Pindo A

Shooting management in a fire prone landscape 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Nov 28 Pindo A

Geospatial change analysis interpretation from a land managers perspective 3:20pm - 3:40pm, Nov 28 Pindo A

New perspectives on fire ecology in the Mojave Desert 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 28 Pindo B

The volatile terpene content of pine species adapted to differing fire regimes 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 28

General Session: Fire Management and Use 1:40pm - 3:40pm, Nov 28 Pindo A

6 Subsessions

General Session: Fire Ecology and Effects 1:40pm - 3:20pm, Nov 28 Pindo B

5 Subsessions

Pindo B

Spatial elements of fire temperatures and hardwood response in longleaf pinesilvicultural systems 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 28 Pindo B

Fire and water: The paradox of wetland fire and its vulnerability to regime change 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 28 Pindo B

Tragedy in Wine Country: Lessons Learned During the 2017 Northern CaliforniaWildfires 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Nov 28 Pindo B

If Mixed Severity Fires Begat Biodiversity, Then Why Aren't We Managing for Them? 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal B

Are Very Large High-Severity Patches a Natural Component of Fire Regimes inPonderosa Pine-Dominated Forests of the Western U.S.? 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal B

Optimizing Fire Risk Reduction and Biodiversity Conservation: What Works Where? 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 28 Sabal B

Resprouting in Florida scrub: Are fire temperatures and residence time goodpredictors of survival and re-growth for resprouters in Florida scrub? 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal B

Special Session Cont'd: Where's the Biodiversity in Fire Management? 1:40pm - 3:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal B

Seminal fire science and policy questions will be addressed in talks focusing on the biodiversityassociated with large and mixed-severity fires, and discussions about the ecological importance of largewildfires and how to manage for them in human-dominated landscapes.

Speaker:

5 Subsessions

Dominick DellaSalaChief Scientist/President, Geos Institute

Panel Discussion 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal B

How does topography and neighboring trees influence fine-scale patterning of treeregeneration following stand-replacement fire? 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal E

Effects of repeated fire on conifer regeneration in low elevation mixed conifer-hardwood forests of the California Klamath region 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal E

Season of fire, longleaf pine forest density and species composition effects onhardwood sprout demography 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 28 Sabal E

Post-fire fuel succession patterns in Baker cypress forests 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal E

Wildfire risk to caribou conservation in northeast Alberta: Firesheds and fireplains 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal E

The composition of fire refugia in western forests: Contribution of non-forested areasto the burn mosaic 3:20pm - 3:40pm, Nov 28 Sabal E

Real-time adjustment of wildfire propagation simulations to support fire operations &evacuation planning 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 28

General Session: Fire Ecology and Effects 1:40pm - 3:40pm, Nov 28 Sabal E

6 Subsessions

General Session: Fire Modeling 1:40pm - 3:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal F

5 Subsessions

Sabal F

Determining the probability of impact from wildland fires: A near real-time approach 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal F

Risk assessment on dynamic landscapes 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 28 Sabal F

How changes in development affect wildfire risk 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal F

Visualizing Dysktra-based routing applied to fire suppression assignments 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal F

Fire Circle: From Outcomes to Impacts - Fire Science Exchange Network Success Stories: AFire Circle 1:40pm - 3:40pm, Nov 28 Citron Center

Authors: Charles Goebel; Ed Brunson

A series of short examples of applied science delivery and adoption will be followed by discussion onlessons learned. Participants are invited to share additional examples of successful fire scienceapplication which will be included in the summary document.

Fire Circle: Prescribed Fire Councils 1:40pm - 3:40pm, Nov 28 Citron Center

Members of all Prescribed Fire Councils across the country are invited to this facilitated discussionfocused on results from a recent survey of PFC Presidents. This information will be compiled into areport/white paper and/or journal article.

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Special Session: Fire and Climate Change: Past Patterns and Future Expectations 1:40pm - 3:10pm, Nov 28 Sabal A

Future climate change is expected to result in global warming and variable changes in precipitation.

Jennifer FawcetttExtension Associate, North Carolina State University

Climate-Limited and Non-Climate-Limited Fire Regimes 1:40pm - 2:10pm, Nov 28 Sabal A

Humans modulate fire regimes and fire-climate relationships in montane forest in theUSA (2:10-2:40) 2:10pm - 2:40pm, Nov 28 Sabal A

Will Climate Change Break the Ability of Past Burns to Limit Wildfire Spread in BorealForest? 2:40pm - 3:10pm, Nov 28 Sabal A

A New Decision Framework for Large Fire Management 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal C

Experts from the U.S., Canada, Spain, and Australia will address diverse aspects of the impact of thesechanges on future fire regimes.

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3 Subsessions

Special Session: Engaging the Fire Before It Starts 1:40pm - 3:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal C

Incorporating risk-based science metrics into the pre-fire planning process helps reduce uncertainties,improve safety and efficiency, and align incident response actions with Land and Resource Planningobjectives. This session will introduce new methods to determine and translate optimal fire responsestrategies into actions prior to the fire season.

Speaker:

5 Subsessions

AA LeRoy WesterlingAssociate Professor, University of California

Chris DunnResearch Associate, Oregon State University

Initial Response Planning-Exploration of Current Practices and PotentialImprovements 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal C

A Common Operating Picture for Fire Planning: The New Interagency Fuels TreatmentDecision Support System 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 28 Sabal C

Spatial Fire Planning: Integrating Land Management Guidance and Analysis to Assistwith Informed Decision-Making using Wildland Fire Decision Support Systems(WFDSS) 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal C

Quantifying the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Snag Hazard in Post-FireEnvironments 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal C

Policy barriers to prescribed fire: A diversity of experiences and governanceapproaches across the West 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal G

Perspectives of western stakeholders on the Cohesive Wildland Fire ManagementStrategy 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 28 Sabal G

Co-managing risk or ‘Parallel Play’? Examining connectivity across wildfire riskmitigation and fire response in the Intermountain West 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 28 Sabal G

The power of incentives - How insurance premiums and availability shape homeownermitigation decisions 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 28 Sabal G

How organizational institutions may limit progress in US Forest Service firemanagement 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Nov 28

General Session: Policy Issues 1:40pm - 3:40pm, Nov 28 Sabal G

6 Subsessions

Sabal G

Tubbs home destruction in the WUI compared to the “average” wildfire 3:20pm - 3:40pm, Nov 28 Sabal G

Using Targeted Livestock Grazing to Strategically Reduce Fine Fuels in the GreatBasin 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Effects of prescribed fire season on Pinus lambertiana growth and defense in Sequoiaand Kings Canyon National Park 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Patterns of delayed mortality resulting from severe wildfire in the southernAppalachian Mountains 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Population dynamics of a knobcone pine (Pinus attenuata) across its range in Oregonand California

Workshop: Rx310: Introduction to Fire Effects, Day 1 1:40pm - 5:30pm, Nov 28 Tangerine 5

Please note, this workshop is only for participants who pre-registered. This course is designed toprovide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and communicate therelationships between basic fire regimes and first order fire effects, the effects of fire treatments on firstorder fire effects, and to manipulate fire treatments to achieve desired first order fire effects.

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4:00pm

Poster Session 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

82 Subsessions

Beth BuchananUSFS

4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Woodland Restoration in the Ouachita National Forest of Arkansas 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Effects of Various Fire Frequencies and Thinning on Understory Vegetation inNorthern Wisconsin Mixed Conifer-Hardwood Stands 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Gambel Oak Ecology and Management in the Southern Rockies: An overview ofcurrent knowledge, climate models, and future research. 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Assessing post-wildfire confer regeneration: Validation of a non-destructive seedlingaging method 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

EFFECTS OF PRESCRIBED FIRE ON FUEL LOADINGS IN CONTRASTING SIERRANEVADA MEADOW AND FOREST SITES 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Non-native Species Distribution and Abundance on a Disturbed Landscape in theValles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, USA 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Extended Severity and Initial Effects of the Chimney Tops 2 Wildfire in Great SmokyMountains National Park, Tennessee, USA 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Fire maintains ridge-slough patterning of the Everglades 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Wildfires and wildland-urban interface in Andean Patagonia, Argentina: firstassessment in a rapid growing community 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Legacy effects of prescribed fire season and frequency on soil properties in Pinusresinosa forests of the Lake States region 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

15 Years of Fuel Reduction Effects on Understory Vegetation in the SouthernAppalachian Mountains, USA 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28

Sabal Ballroom

Soil variability comparisons across two burn units in the Moquah Pine Barrens ofWisconsin 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Short-term stem mortality of prominent tree species following prescribed burning inupland forests of the southern US 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

ChaRoFlux: developing a charcoal reflectance method for assessing fire behavior andfire severity 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

The FOFEM and FuelCalc Applications: Tools for modeling fire effects and fuelbedmodification 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Impacts of soil heating on soil carbon storage and soil carbon processing bymicrobes: insights from manipulative lab experiments. 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Prescribed fire effects on Northeast Florida upland plant biodiversity and abundance 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Spatial patterns of tree regeneration following high-severity wildfires in ponderosapine forests 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Quantifying ash characteristics and impact on nutrient availability on a Wisconsinpine barrens restoration site. 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Restoring prescribed cultural fires in Karuk and Yurok Indian territory: Effects onCalifornia Hazelnut for Basketweaving 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Factors influencing the severity of subsequent reburn wildfires across theSouthwestern United States. 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Smouldering combustion dynamics of organic matter in Mediterranean Pinushalepensis Mill. forests

4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Fire differentially affects fitness and population growth of an invasive shrub comparedto coexisting native species 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Trends in spatial patterns of high severity patches in the southwestern USA from1984-2016 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Forest soil biogeochemistry and charcoal content along a wildfire chronosequence inthe rain shadow forests of the east side Olympic peninsula, Washington, USA 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Detrital Chemistry is not Altered by Long-term, Frequent Prescribed Fire in LongleafPine Forests 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Fire Ecology as a bridge to increasing the relevancy of monitoring data to managers 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Effect of radiative heating on litter flammability 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Observations of fine-scale moisture dynamics in pine and oak litter: Solar heating, fuelposition, and species all matter. 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Vegetation Response to Mastication and Burning in a Mixed Conifer Forest 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Biomass decomposition and upper soil nutrient dynamics as affected by differenttechniques of treating pruning and thinning residues of ponderosa pine afforestationslocated in an environmental gradient of Patagonia 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Wildfire field report from one of Europe’s top risk areas in Brandenburg, Germany 15years fire detection and management with the optical sensor system FireWatch 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Effects of postfire salvage logging on stand structure and dead woody fuels 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Effect of Prescribed Burning and Soil Disturbance on the Spread of Caesar’s Weed(Urena lobata) in Pine Flatwoods 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

BLM and Fuels Management 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Evaluation Salvage Logging Impacts on Fuels and Shrub Regeneration- An Empiricaland Modeling Comparison, Pioneer Fire 2016, Boise National Forest 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Department of Defense Wildland Fire 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Make a difference: Share your expertise for improving map products using theLANDFIRE Data Project Review Website 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Institutional Singularities: The experience of five controlled burns in Mexico 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Identifying suppression risk factors from firefighting demand data 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Specializing unmanned aircraft and their payloads for fire-science missions 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

A comparison of the US National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) with recordedfire occurrence and final fire size 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Arkansas prescribed burning trends in relation to air quality standards 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

A Novel Application of Wildfire Risk Assessments in Land Management Plans (LMPs) 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

A modified form of the Keetch-Byram Drought Index for estimating wildfire danger 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Next Generation Fire Modeling for Advanced Wildland Fire Training: Using Science to

Improve Wildland Fire Management 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

The Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System (IFTDSS) 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Three dimensional fire modeling using LiDAR-derived fuels data 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

An evaluation of the Consume emissions prediciton program in dry coniferous forestsof Washington State 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Exploring spatial representations of forest fuels in mechanistic modeling of firespread and intensity 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Changing Climate, Changing Energy Release Components (ERCs)-implications formodeling and management 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Mapping Fine-Scale Spatial Variability of Surface Fuel Load: A Comparison of SpatialInterpolation Methods 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Use of a physics-based fire model to assess the influence of group size and inter-treedistance on crown fire behavior 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Comparing the use of Pyrometers and Thermocouples for Estimating PrescribedBurning Flame Temperature 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Spatial-temporal alteration of fire regime due to ENSO and PDO fluctuations, andcumulative anthropogenic disturbances in Eastern WA. Preliminary findings. 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Spatial variation in historical fire-regime characteristics of an oak-pine landscape,Pennsylvania, USA 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Wildfires are not only important for land ecosystems but may provide essentialregulation of ocean habitat conditions

4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Pitch Pine Adaptation: The use of field studies and provenance trials to predictadaptation to climate change and ecological disturbance 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Fire History of the Metolius Basin: Implications for Passive Management 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Spatial variability of surface fuels in conifer encroached Oak woodlands in HumboldtCounty, California 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Shrubs vs. conifer seedlings: the battle for post-fire recovery in the Sierra Nevada 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

The effectiveness of variable density thinning and prescribed fire in promotingresistance to drought-induced bark beetle mortality 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Collector 4 Fuels: A Technological Approach to Fuels Management 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Multi-scale fire severity assessment and mapping in a context of salvage loggingmanagement – a case study in the boreal forest of Eastern Canada 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Linking fire effects with fire behavior using burn severity indices 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Comparison of Post-fire LiDAR and RTK GPS Elevation Measurements FollowingOrganic Soil Combustion During a Wildfire 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Busting Duff: Gritty Lessons from the Field 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

MEFYTU, the fire educational program from Pau Costa Foundation 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Smoke Management Information Resources on the FRAMES Emissions and SmokePortal

4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Beyond the Bear: Introducing “Charrtoons” to promote wildfire and climate changescience and policy messages to diverse audiences 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

A Case Study of WLFF: Implications of Body Composition Changes Across a FireSeason 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Wildland Firefighter Perceptions Regarding Health and Safety Issues on the Fire Line 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Wildland firefighters’ hydration on a fire assignment: Self-reported contributingfactors and perceptions 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Economic impact of prescribed fire in central Nebraska 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

NWCG Smoke Committee (SmoC) 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Forest health status and oak regeneration potentials 11-years after prescribed fires inoak-hickory stands in the Ozark National Forest, AR" 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Building a Complex Surface to Simulate America’s Dry West 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

The Effects of Prescribed Fire within Texas National Forests on Vegetation, FuelLoads, and Wildlife Habitat: A United States Forest Service Case Study 4:00pm - 6:45pm, Nov 28 Sabal Ballroom

Wed, Nov 29, 2017

8:00am

Plenary: Fire AFEx Talks 8:00am - 9:40am, Nov 29 Citron North

Maintaining the Air That We Breathe: Why We Need to Understand Long-Term Fire-Feedbacks to The Earth System to Manage Our Future 8:00am - 8:20am, Nov 29 Citron North

Building a Fire Program That Sustains Ecosystems: Reflections on Twenty Years ofBuilding a Fire Program in Florida 8:20am - 8:40am, Nov 29 Citron North

The Wildland-Urban Interface in the Southeastern United States: Lessons fromGatlinburg, Tennessee 8:40am - 9:00am, Nov 29 Citron North

Reform Fire and Forest Policy to Emphasize Resilient Forests Long-Term 9:00am - 9:20am, Nov 29 Citron North

Confessions of a Pyromantic or How I Learned to Stop Warring and Love Wild Fire 9:20am - 9:40am, Nov 29 Citron North

Developing Prescribed Fire and Improving the Practice: Meeting Fire Challenges of theFuture 10:10am - 10:30am, Nov 29 Citron North

Burn Severity: Where, Why, So What? 10:30am - 10:50am, Nov 29 Citron North

5 Subsessions

9:00am

Morning Break 9:40am - 10:10am, Nov 29

10:00am

Plenary Cont'd: Fire AFEx Talks 10:10am - 11:50am, Nov 29 Citron North

5 Subsessions

Wave of Fire: The Historical Signal of New World Colonization and Settlement 10:50am - 11:10am, Nov 29 Citron North

Fire Narratives: Are Any Accurate? 11:10am - 11:30am, Nov 29 Citron North

Fire-Ties that Bind: The Rekindling of Prescribed Fire Culture in North America 11:30am - 11:50am, Nov 29 Citron North

11:00am

Lunch (on your own) 11:50am - 1:20pm, Nov 29

12:00pm

Work the Kinks Out Yoga 12:45pm - 1:00pm, Nov 29 Pindo C

Join Johnny Stowe, a wildlife biologist and certified yoga instructor, for yoga sessions throughout theconference. There will be no charge for classes; however, donations to the Mike da Luz Scholarshipfund would be appreciated and can be made at the Registration desk. This short class includes gentle,light-hearted stretching. Quietly come in after class starts or quietly leave before it ends toaccommodate your schedule.

1:00pm

Fire Circle: Understanding the Role of Past, Current and Future Drought Information in WildlandFire Management 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Pindo B

Authors: Tamara Wall

This is one of many regional workshops in a drought-fire nexus project for the National IntegratedDrought Information System. Focus so far has been on the western U.S.; the AFE conference is anexcellent opportunity to gather perspectives from the Southeast and other regions.

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Aligning endangered species management with ecosystem restoration: Managerperspectives on red-cockaded woodpecker conservation 1:20pm - 1:40pm, Nov 29 Areca

Fire Circle: The Fall 2016 Southern Appalachian Wildfire Outbreak 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Citron Center

This Fire Circle will expand the discussion initiated during Tuesday’s Southern Appalachian Wildfires of2016 Special Session.

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Fire Circle: Enhancing Understanding and Implementation of the Cohesive Strategy throughLearning Laboratories. 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Citron Center

Participants will learn how to more fully implement Cohesive Strategy at all stakeholder levels throughan interactive "Learning Laboratory" exercise developed around a large 2017 wildfire event. The FireCircle is open to any participants; especially those seeking to better understand and implement theCohesive Strategy at all levels.

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General Session: Case Studies and Lessons Learned 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Areca

5 Subsessions

Tim BrownResearch Professor, Desert Research Institute

Joseph J. O'BrienFire Team Leader, USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Disturbance Science

Craig GoodellFire Ecologist, PNW USFS and BLM Fire, Fuels & Aviation

Buck Creek serpentine restoration: A case study in fire management 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 29 Areca

Collaborative web-based tools for NPS resource management 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 29 Areca

Fire behaviour in black spruce forest fuels following mulch treatments: A case studyat Red Earth Creek, Alberta 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 29 Areca

40 years of fire history in SE France : What’s the story ? 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Areca

Prescribed Burn Associations: Land Owners Effectively Applying Fire to the Land 1:20pm - 1:40pm, Nov 29 Citron North

Lessons Learned from Starting up a Prescribed Burn Association in the SoutheasternUS 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 29 Citron North

An Effective PBA Recipe: Just Add Fire 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 29 Citron North

Available Opportunities to Help Form and Maintain Prescribed Burn Associations 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 29 Citron North

Special Session: Prescribed Burn Associations: Landowners Effectively Applying Fire to theLand 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Citron North

Speakers will provide information about what a prescribed burn association is, what it can do forlandowners, agencies and the community, along with how to form and maintain one in your area.

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5 Subsessions

John WeirResearch Associate, Natural Resource Ecology and Management Oklahoma State University

The Future of Prescribed Burn Associations 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Citron North

Smoke from a distant fire: Reconstructing long-term human-fire interactions inprehistoric forests of the southwestern US 1:20pm - 1:50pm, Nov 29 Sabal A

Future fire in Australian temperate forests and woodlands: the long and winding road 1:50pm - 2:20pm, Nov 29 Sabal A

Does More Matter Matter More? Climate Change, Fuel Load and the Four Switches ofFire (2:20-2:50) 2:20pm - 2:50pm, Nov 29 Sabal A

Special Session: Fire and Climate Change: Past Patterns and Future Expectations 1:20pm - 2:50pm, Nov 29 Sabal A

Future climate change is expected to result in global warming and variable changes in precipitation.Experts from the U.S., Canada, Spain, and Australia will address diverse aspects of the impact of thesechanges on future fire regimes.

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3 Subsessions

Speical Session: The Science and Implementation of the Integrated Rangeland Fire ManagementStrategy (IRFMS) 1:20pm - 2:55pm, Nov 29 Sabal B

Three tracks in this Session showcase progress-to-date in implementing these components of theIRFMS: the central, foundational science which supports implementation of the strategy, and field-based examples of IRFMS implementation.

Speaker:

Mike FlanniganProfessor, University of Alberta

Conservation and Restoration of Sagebrush Ecosystems - Using Resilience andResistance Concepts (1:20-1:45) 1:20pm - 1:45pm, Nov 29 Sabal B

Conservation and Restoration of Sagebrush Ecosystems - Integrating Species HabitatRequirements 1:55pm - 2:20pm, Nov 29 Sabal B

Conservation and Restoration of Sagebrush Ecosystems - Integrating Science andManagement in the Great Basin 2:30pm - 2:55pm, Nov 29 Sabal B

Restoring Fire Integrity 1:20pm - 1:40pm, Nov 29 Sabal C

History of Fire and Plant Evolution 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 29 Sabal C

Facts are Not Enough: Spreading a Passion for Fire Ecology Through LandscapePainting

3 Subsessions

Special Session: Restoring Fire Integrity: A New Paradigm Arises from the Ashes 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 v

Speakers will begin setting the stage for restoring Fire Integrity over the next 10 to 20 years on landscommitted to maintaining a full complement of natural diversity of birds, plants and animals. We need tolay the groundwork for a new plan.

Speaker:

5 Subsessions

Michele CristBLM Fire And Aviation

Cecil FrostLandscape Fire Ecologist, Univ of North Carolina -Chapel Hill

2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 29 Sabal C

Reigniting an Extinguished Flame in the Northeastern United States 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 29 Sabal C

Fire Phenology Indirectly Mediates Plant Succession and Nutrient Cycling viaHerbivory 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Sabal C

Bark Beetle and Fire Interactions: A Complex and Hot Topic 1:20pm - 1:45pm, Nov 29 Sabal E

Bark Beetle Utilization of Fire-Injured Trees in the Pacific Northwest 1:45pm - 2:10pm, Nov 29 Sabal E

Impacts of Fire and Fuel Treatments on Tree Defenses and Resistance to MountainPine Beetle 2:10pm - 2:35pm, Nov 29 Sabal E

Volatile and Within-Needle Terpene Changes Following Colonization by Bark Beetles 2:35pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Sabal E

Special Session: Bark Beetle and Fire Interactions in Western North America: The Current Stateof Knowledge and Implications for Forest and Fire Managers 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Sabal E

Two common interactions between bark beetles and wildfire will be reviewed: (1) the effects of fuelreduction treatments and mixed-severity wildfire on bark beetles, and (2) the effects of bark beetleoutbreaks and resultant tree mortality on fuels and fire risk and severity.

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4 Subsessions

General Session: Education and Communication

CChristopher J. FettigResearch Entomologist and Team Leader, Pacific Southwest Research Station

Rhythm of the reigns. Periodizing American wildland fire history 1:20pm - 1:40pm, Nov 29 Sabal F

Future of use-inspired science in America: Fire science as a model 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 29 Sabal F

Fire in the Pines Festival, prescribed fire outreach 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 29 Sabal F

Fire in the Pines Festival survey results; Gauging the results of community outreach 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 29 Sabal F

A fire science core curriculum for OSU Extension 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Sabal F

LANDFIRE MoD-FIS: Near real-time monitoring of fuel conditions 1:20pm - 1:40pm, Nov 29 Sabal G

Modeling wildland fire suppression decisions using GIS and remote sensing data 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 29 Sabal G

Modeling fire and forests in a warmer world: will management be effective? 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 29 Sabal G

Bringing coupled atmosphere-wildland fire modelling into operations: the Coloradoexperience 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 29 Sabal G

Modeling synchronous large-fire activity across the conterminous United States 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29

1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Sabal F

5 Subsessions

General Session: Fire Modeling 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 29 Sabal G

5 Subsessions

Sabal G

Workshop: Introduction to the FFI Ecological Monitoring Application 1:20pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Tangerine 6

FFI is designed to assist managers with collection, storage, and analysis of ecological information. Theplot-level monitoring data stored in FFI are useful for assessing the effectiveness of land managementactivities (e.g., fuels treatments) and to demonstrate and document that land management objectivesare being met.

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Workshop: Rx310: Introduction to Fire Effects, Day 2 1:20pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Pindo A

Please note, this workshop is only for participants who pre-registered. This course is designed toprovide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and communicate therelationships between basic fire regimes and first order fire effects, the effects of fire treatments on firstorder fire effects, and to manipulate fire treatments to achieve desired first order fire effects.

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3:00pm

Afternoon Break 3:00pm - 3:30pm, Nov 29

General Session: Case Studies and Lessons Learned 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Areca

Duncan LutesFire Ecologist, USFS Missoula Fire Lab

Beth BuchananUSFS

Creation and implementation of the forest plantations fire risk SAFOR certificationsystem, to improve insurability of small and medium companies (SMEs) 3:30pm - 3:50pm, Nov 29 Areca

Perceptions of wildfire risk amongst the long-term “pobladores” of the ParqueNacional de los Alerces, Argentina 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Nov 29 Areca

The physical basis for fire refugia in the U.S. Northern Rocky Mountains 4:10pm - 4:30pm, Nov 29 Areca

Wildland firefighter perceptions regarding health and safety issues on the fire line 4:30pm - 4:50pm, Nov 29 Areca

Wildland firefighters’ hydration on a fire assignment: Self-reported contributingfactors and perceptions 4:50pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Areca

Fuel Breaks as a Strategy to Reduce the Loss of Sagebrush Habitat: UnderstandingPotential Ecological Effects 3:30pm - 3:55pm, Nov 29 Sabal B

Modeling Wildfire and Sage-Grouse Populations: Inferences to Inform Fire

5 Subsessions

Speical Session Cont'd: The Science and Implementation of the Integrated Rangeland FireManagement Strategy (IRFMS) 3:30pm - 4:55pm, Nov 29 Sabal B

Three tracks in this Session showcase progress-to-date in implementing these components of theIRFMS: the central, foundational science which supports implementation of the strategy, and field-based examples of IRFMS implementation.

Speaker:

3 Subsessions

Michele CristBLM Fire And Aviation

Management 4:00pm - 4:25pm, Nov 29 Sabal B

Adaptive Management and Monitoring: Lessons from the Soda Fire 4:30pm - 4:55pm, Nov 29 Sabal B

Changes in Plant Species Richness, Species Diversity and Ecological Integrity inResponse to Patch Burn Grazing: A 15-Year Study 3:30pm - 3:50pm, Nov 29 Sabal C

Earth, Air, Fire, and Water: A Crazy Quilt History of the Ecosystems of Eastern NorthAmerica 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Nov 29 Sabal C

Changing the Paradigm: Eco-Cultural Revitalization and our Collective Fire Future 4:10pm - 4:30pm, Nov 29 Sabal C

Panel Discussion - Restoring Fire: Brainstorming Actions to Push the Next Swing ofthe Pendulum in Funding and National Purpose 4:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Sabal C

Special Session Cont'd: Restoring Fire Integrity: A New Paradigm Arises from the Ashes 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 v

Speakers will begin setting the stage for restoring Fire Integrity over the next 10 to 20 years on landscommitted to maintaining a full complement of natural diversity of birds, plants and animals. We need tolay the groundwork for a new plan.

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4 Subsessions

Special Session Cont'd: Bark Beetle and Fire Interactions in Western North America: TheCurrent State of Knowledge and Implications for Forest and Fire Managers 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Sabal E

Cecil FrostLandscape Fire Ecologist, Univ of North Carolina -Chapel Hill

Bark Beetles, Fuels and Fire Behavior - A Comprehensive Overview of a Decade ofResearch in North American Conifer Forests 3:30pm - 3:55pm, Nov 29 Sabal E

The Influence of Bark Beetle, Severity, Pattern and Timing on Potential Fire Behaviorin Lodgepole Pine Dominated Forests 3:55pm - 4:20pm, Nov 29 Sabal E

Modeling Tree Impacts of Mortality on Fire Spread in Piñon-Juniper Woodlands 4:20pm - 4:45pm, Nov 29 Sabal E

Simulated Fire Severity Following Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Ponderosa Pine: Synergy,Antagonism, and Neutrality 4:45pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Sabal E

Two common interactions between bark beetles and wildfire will be reviewed: (1) the effects of fuelreduction treatments and mixed-severity wildfire on bark beetles, and (2) the effects of bark beetleoutbreaks and resultant tree mortality on fuels and fire risk and severity.

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4 Subsessions

Fire Circle: Enhancing Understanding and Implementation of the Cohesive Strategy throughLearning Laboratories. 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Citron Center

Participants will learn how to more fully implement Cohesive Strategy at all stakeholder levels throughan interactive "Learning Laboratory" exercise developed around a large 2017 wildfire event. The FireCircle is open to any participants; especially those seeking to better understand and implement theCohesive Strategy at all levels.

Speaker:

CChristopher J. FettigResearch Entomologist and Team Leader, Pacific Southwest Research Station

Craig GoodellFire Ecologist, PNW USFS and BLM Fire, Fuels & Aviation

The 1998 Florida Extension Fire Experience - Are Lessons Learned Lost? 3:30pm - 3:50pm, Nov 29 Citron North

Communicating Fire Science to Private Landowners and the Public: Extension's Rolein the Southeastern US 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Nov 29 Citron North

Fire-Related Training and Educational Opportunities for Cooperative Extension andOther Educators

Fire Circle: A Conversation on How to Write a Successful GRIN (Graduate Research Innovation)Proposal 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Citron Center

Authors: Eva Stand; Kobziar

The Fire Circle is open to all students and advisors interested in submitting GRIN proposals. Pastreviewers, program leaders, and student recipients will provide insights on the basic requirements andconsiderations for GRIN proposals, highlight best practice strategies, and field questions fromparticipants.

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Special Session: Exploring Past & Future Roles of the Cooperative Extension Service in U.S.Fire Education 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Citron North

As communication and education experts, Cooperative Extension is well-positioned to implement acomprehensive fire education strategy at all community levels to maintain human safety and fire safe,resilient landscapes. This session will identify resources and develop opportunities across states toincrease Extension’s role in fire programming.

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5 Subsessions

Jeffrey M. KaneAssociate Professor, Humboldt State University

SSharon GambleUF Extension

4:10pm - 4:30pm, Nov 29 Citron North

Citizen Fire Academy Extension Programming: a Multi-pronged Approach at GrowingFire Adapted Communities 4:30pm - 4:50pm, Nov 29 Citron North

Cooperative Extension's Next Great Role in Fire Outreach 4:50pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Citron North

The influence of boundary layer atmospheric conditions, terrain, and fuels on fireseverity in northern California, USA. 3:30pm - 3:50pm, Nov 29 Pindo B

Temporal effects of thinning and prescribed fire on ground flora in mixed pine-oakstands 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Nov 29 Pindo B

Wildfire severity drives differences in the regeneration trajectories of temperatepeatlands 4:10pm - 4:30pm, Nov 29 Pindo B

Vegetation response to mastication and burning in a mixed conifer forest 4:30pm - 4:50pm, Nov 29 Pindo B

General Session: Fire Ecology and Effects 3:30pm - 4:50pm, Nov 29 Pindo B

4 Subsessions

Special Session Cont'd: Fire and Climate Change: Past Patterns and Future Expectations 3:30pm - 4:30pm, Nov 29 Sabal A

Future climate change is expected to result in global warming and variable changes in precipitation.Experts from the U.S., Canada, Spain, and Australia will address diverse aspects of the impact of thesechanges on future fire regimes.

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Spatial and Temporal Variability in Start, End, and Duration of the Fire Activity Season(3:30-4:00) 3:30pm - 4:00pm, Nov 29 Sabal A

Tree-Ring Reconstructions of Intra-Annual Climate, Drought, and Wildfire Interactionsin the Southwest USA Since 1600 CE 4:00pm - 4:30pm, Nov 29 Sabal A

Resiliency and prescribed fire: How fire serves as the common denominator inmanagement of red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) across distinctlydifferent habitat conditions 3:30pm - 3:50pm, Nov 29 Sabal F

Fire resiliency modeling: Using outreach and information to influence managementchoices in the Okefenokee/Osceola Significant Geographic Area. 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Nov 29 Sabal F

Experimental restoration of Kansas oak woodlands 4:10pm - 4:30pm, Nov 29 Sabal F

Restoration of landscape-scale fire to the central Nebraska mixed-grass prairie 4:30pm - 4:50pm, Nov 29 Sabal F

2 Subsessions

General Session: Restoration and Resiliency 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Sabal F

4 Subsessions

General Session: Climate Change and Fire History 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Sabal G

5 Subsessions

Ross BradstockProfessor, University of Wollongong

Burn, grow, repeat: Evaluating spatial, temporal, and ecological trends in “reburn”fires within Alaska, 1940-2016 3:30pm - 3:50pm, Nov 29 Sabal G

Too short of time – Resilience or change? Impacts of shortened fire return intervals inAlaska 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Nov 29 Sabal G

Florida's Fireprints: Weather phenomena as predictors of spatially-explicit prescribedfire frequency. 4:10pm - 4:30pm, Nov 29 Sabal G

Determining the seasonality of historical fires in pine savannas of the SoutheasternCoastal Plain, USA 4:30pm - 4:50pm, Nov 29 Sabal G

Fire regimes and stand structures in forests historically dominated by red pine inWisconsin 4:50pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Sabal G

Workshop: Introduction to STANDFIRE: A Spatially Explicit Fuel and Fire Modeling System 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 29 Tangerine 5

STANDFIRE is an open source software, developed in Python and Java, which links the forest growthmodel (FVS) through a state-of-the-art fuel modeling system (STANDFUELS) to physics-based firemodels, providing, for the first time, a pathway for researchers and managers to use real-world forestinventory and fuels data in dynamic, 3D fire simulations.

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4:00pm

Potential climate change impacts on fire intensity and emissions from Canadian wildland fires 4:30pm - 5:00pm, Nov 29 Sabal A

Russ ParsonsUS Forest Service

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5:00pm

Student Social at the Disney Wilderness Preserve 5:30pm - 8:30pm, Nov 29

Join your fellow SAFE members at The Nature Conservancy’s Disney Wilderness Preserve for anevening of casual discussions, fire networking, food, and even a bonfire! Many of The NatureConservancy’s fire leaders will be present for the event, so bring your fire career questions andobservations.Vans depart hotel from Convention Bus Loop at 5:30pm.

6:00pm

Sahyinidra EcoJourney Fire Meditation 6:00pm - 7:00pm, Nov 29 Pindo C

Join Johnny Stowe, a wildlife biologist and certified yoga instructor, for yoga sessions throughout theconference. There will be no charge for classes; however, donations to the Mike da Luz Scholarshipfund would be appreciated and can be made at the Registration desk. This class is Johnny’s specialty: ameditative journey through fire-dependent ecosystems of SE North America.

Thu, Nov 30, 2017

6:00am

Greet the Day Yoga 6:30am - 7:15am, Nov 30 Pindo C

Join Johnny Stowe, a wildlife biologist and certified yoga instructor, for yoga sessions throughout theconference. There will be no charge for classes; however, donations to the Mike da Luz Scholarshipfund would be appreciated and can be made at the Registration desk. Greet the Day Yoga is a gentle-flow class for all levels aimed at waking one’s mind and body for the day’s activities. It can be done inany loose, comfortable clothing.

8:00am

Fire Circle: Prescribed Burn Associations

Mike FlanniganProfessor, University of Alberta

Wildland Fire Science at the U.S. Geological Survey

8:00am - 9:40am, Nov 30 Citron Center

This will be a moderated open discussion following the Prescribed Burn Associations: LandownersEffectively Applying Fire to the Land Special Session.

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Fire Circle: Building a Connected Wildfire Community – What Are We Missing? 8:00am - 9:40am, Nov 30 Sabal A

The Fire Circle will be led by a cross-disciplinary team and discuss the question: Building a ConnectedWildfire Community – What are we missing? The debate and routes forward will be captured in apublication that will be submitted to International Journal of Wildland Fire

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Special Session: The Fire Science Sandbox: Who Provides What Science Support on WildlandFire? 8:00am - 9:40am, Nov 30 Pindo A

In two-sessions, we will first identify who provides what science support on wildland fire and how theseentities work together and complement each other, and second, the types and consequent value offunded collaborative research.

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5 Subsessions

John WeirResearch Associate, Natural Resource Ecology and Management Oklahoma State University

Claire BelcherU Exeter WildFIRELab

PPaul StebleinFire Science Coordinator, DOI US Geological Survey

8:00am - 8:20am, Nov 30 Pindo A

USDA Forest Service Fire and Fuels Research and Development 8:20am - 8:40am, Nov 30 Pindo A

The Fire Science Sandbox: Joint Fire Science Program 8:40am - 9:00am, Nov 30 Pindo A

Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) Fire Science 9:00am - 9:20am, Nov 30 Pindo A

NOAA’s Research Supports Understanding and Management of the AtmosphericImpacts of Wildland Fire 9:20am - 9:40am, Nov 30 Pindo A

Reconciling Habitat Quality and Habitat Resilience Conflicts for Dense-Forest Speciesin the Sierra Nevada, California 8:00am - 8:20am, Nov 30 Pindo B

Keep it in Perspective: Reconciling Forest Carnivore Habitat Conservation with FireRestoration in the Western U.S. 8:20am - 8:40am, Nov 30 Pindo B

Conservation Dilemma: When Wildfires and Wildlife Prefer Fuel-Rich Habitat 8:40am - 9:00am, Nov 30

Special Session: Fire's Role in Restoration of Wildlife, Ecosystem Resilience and Services 8:00am - 9:40am, Nov 30 Pindo B

This session will provide success stories of partnerships between fire science researchers and firemanagers in their efforts to restore the ecological role of fire, strategic management of wildfire andprescribed fire for ecological benefits, and efforts to enhance critical wildlife species habitats and toprevent their extinction.

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5 Subsessions

MMark KaibDeputy Regional Fire Coordinator, DOI - US Fish and Wildlife Service

Pindo B

Flames, Floods, and the Future of Riparian Communitiies in a Dry Land 9:00am - 9:20am, Nov 30 Pindo B

Effects of Wildland Fire on Ant Communities in the Valles Caldera National Preserve 9:20am - 9:40am, Nov 30 Pindo B

USFWS Persepctive on Implementing IRFMS: Current Efforts and Future Opportunities 8:00am - 8:20am, Nov 30 Sabal B

Adjusting Fire Operations in Sage-Grouse Habitat 8:25am - 8:45am, Nov 30 Sabal B

The Role of the Great Basin Fire Science Exchange in the Integrated Rangeland FireManagement Strategy 8:50am - 9:10am, Nov 30 Sabal B

Implementing the National Seed Strategy at the Local Level: Lessons from S. Idaho 9:15am - 9:35am, Nov 30 Sabal B

Special Session: The Science and Implementation of the Integrated Rangeland Fire ManagementStrategy (IRFMS) 8:00am - 9:35am, Nov 30 Sabal B

Three tracks in this Session showcase progress-to-date in implementing these components of theIRFMS: the central, foundational science which supports implementation of the strategy, and field-based examples of IRFMS implementation.

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4 Subsessions

Special Session: Faces Within the Fire: Toward an Inclusive Culture 8:00am - 9:40am, Nov 30 Sabal C

Michele CristBLM Fire And Aviation

Toward an Inclusive Culture: Why Here Why Now? 8:00am - 8:30am, Nov 30 Sabal C

Moving Fire Culture Forward: Lessons Learned and Implementing Improvements 8:35am - 9:05am, Nov 30 Sabal C

Thirty-Seven Years with the Forest Service: A Pioneer Woman in Fire ManagementShares Stories, Reflects on Lessons Learned, and the Nature of Resilience 9:10am - 9:40am, Nov 30 Sabal C

Fire management and research findings may be more widely accepted and supported when questionsare addressed from multiple viewpoints, incorporating diverse perspectives and a broad suite ofsolutions. We will present and discuss examples of opportunities and challenges when diverseperspectives are incorporated into fire management and science.

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3 Subsessions

Special Session: Bark Beetle and Fire Interactions in Western North America: The Current Stateof Knowledge and Implications for Forest and Fire Managers 8:00am - 9:40am, Nov 30 Sabal E

Two common interactions between bark beetles and wildfire will be reviewed: (1) the effects of fuelreduction treatments and mixed-severity wildfire on bark beetles, and (2) the effects of bark beetleoutbreaks and resultant tree mortality on fuels and fire risk and severity.

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4 Subsessions

Lisa GanioOregon State University

Carrie SpradlinForester, USDA Forest Service

CChristopher J. FettigResearch Entomologist and Team Leader, Pacific Southwest Research Station

Interactions Between Bark Beetle Outbreaks and Wildfires Across ComplexLandscapes 8:00am - 8:25am, Nov 30 Sabal E

Why Beetle Mortality Impacts on Fire Hazard May Differ in Historically Frequent FireForests 8:25am - 8:50am, Nov 30 Sabal E

Influence of Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks on Subsequent Wildfire Likelihood andSeverity Across Oregon and Washington, USA 8:50am - 9:15am, Nov 30 Sabal E

Dead Forest Burning: The Influence of Beetle Outbreaks on Fire Severity in LodgepolePine Forests of British Columbia 9:15am - 9:40am, Nov 30 Sabal E

An Overview of the JFSP Graduate Research INovation Grant Program 8:00am - 8:20am, Nov 30 Sabal G

In Search of an Emergent Property of the Moderate Severity Fire Regime 8:20am - 8:40am, Nov 30 Sabal G

The Spatial Scale of Stand-Replacing Fire: Mapping and Measiuring Effects 8:40am - 9:00am, Nov 30 Sabal G

4 Subsessions

Special Session: GRIN: Stoking the Flames tor the Next Generation of Fire Scientists 8:00am - 9:40am, Nov 30

This special session will highlight the Graduate Research Innovation (GRIN) competitive grant programrun by the Joint Fire Science Program, past and on-going GRIN supported student research, and closewith a panel discussion on the future needs and direction of the program. A fire circle will follow toprovide students with guidance in writing a successful GRIN proposal.

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5 Subsessions

Jeffrey M. KaneAssociate Professor, Humboldt State University

Understanding and Predicting Fire-Induced Tree Mortality 9:00am - 9:20am, Nov 30 Sabal G

High Severity "Re-Burns" in Sierran Mixed Conifer: Fuels, Regeneration and SpeciesDiversity 9:20am - 9:40am, Nov 30 Sabal G

Workshop: Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System (IFTDSS) 8:00am - 3:00pm, Nov 30 Tangerine 5

Please note, this workshop is only for participants who pre-registered. Participants will be introduced toIFTDSS—a web-based software and data integration framework that organizes previously existing fireand fuels software applications to make fuels treatment planning more efficient and effective. After adescription and demonstration of current functionality, participants will have a chance to completehands-on exercises.

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Workshop: An Introduction to Wildfire Analyst: Real-time Wildfire Behavior Analysis andSimulations 8:00am - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Tangerine 5

Please note, this workshop is only for participants who pre-registered. Attendees will be gain anintroductory understanding of how to use Technosylva’s Wildfire Analyst (WFA) software to meet firebehavior analysis needs. A brief background presentation will be provided, followed by practicalexercises that explore the different capabilities of the software using examples from the SoutheasternUS.

Speaker:

Caroline NobleFire, USFS

David JonesSenior Software Analyst, Technosylva Inc.

Joaquin Ramirez CisnerosFounder and Principal Consultant, Technosylva

NASA Applied Science Program: Wildland Fire 10:10am - 10:30am, Nov 30 Pindo A

A University Role in Supporting Wildland Fire 10:30am - 10:50am, Nov 30 Pindo A

Fire Science at Non-government Organizations 10:50am - 11:10am, Nov 30 Pindo A

Panel Discussion 11:10am - 11:30am, Nov 30 Pindo A

Panel Discussion 11:30am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Pindo A

9:00am

Morning Break 9:40am - 10:10am, Nov 30

10:00am

Special Session Cont'd: The Fire Science Sandbox: Who Provides What Science Support onWildland Fire? 10:10am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Pindo A

In two-sessions, we will first identify who provides what science support on wildland fire and how theseentities work together and complement each other, and second, the types and consequent value offunded collaborative research.

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5 Subsessions

Special Session Cont'd: Fire's Role in Restoration of Wildlife, Ecosystem Resilience and

PPaul StebleinFire Science Coordinator, DOI US Geological Survey

Fir-Mon-Com: A New Acronym or an Approach to Promote Plant Species RecoveryEfforts with Fire? 10:10am - 10:30am, Nov 30 Pindo B

The Effects of Repeated Prescribed Fire and Thinning on Bees, Wasps, and otherFlower Visitors in the Understory and Midstory of a Temperate Forest in NorthCarolina 10:30am - 10:50am, Nov 30 Pindo B

The Role of Fire in the Management of Whooping Crane Habitats 10:50am - 11:10am, Nov 30 Pindo B

Pyric Herbivory Reduces Fuels and Promotes Conservation in the Southern GreatPlains 11:10am - 11:30am, Nov 30 Pindo B

Fire as a Tool for Improving Habitat Quality of Wetland-Dependent Birds in theSouthwestern U.S. 11:30am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Pindo B

Services 10:10am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Pindo B

This session will provide success stories of partnerships between fire science researchers and firemanagers in their efforts to restore the ecological role of fire, strategic management of wildfire andprescribed fire for ecological benefits, and efforts to enhance critical wildlife species habitats and toprevent their extinction.

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5 Subsessions

Special Session Cont'd: The Science and Implementation of the Integrated Rangeland FireManagement Strategy (IRFMS) 10:10am - 11:20am, Nov 30 Sabal B

Three tracks in this Session showcase progress-to-date in implementing these components of theIRFMS: the central, foundational science which supports implementation of the strategy, and field-

MMark KaibDeputy Regional Fire Coordinator, DOI - US Fish and Wildlife Service

The Value of Partnerships: The Role of the Western Association of Fish and WildlifeAgencies in Implementing the Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy 10:10am - 10:30am, Nov 30 Sabal B

Revising Fire Management Plans to Reflect IRFMS 10:35am - 10:55am, Nov 30 Sabal B

Habitat Improvement Through the Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative 11:00am - 11:20am, Nov 30 Sabal B

Educating all Fire Professionals for the Future 10:10am - 10:40am, Nov 30

based examples of IRFMS implementation.

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3 Subsessions

Special Session Cont'd: Faces Within the Fire: Toward an Inclusive Culture 10:10am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Sabal C

Fire management and research findings may be more widely accepted and supported when questionsare addressed from multiple viewpoints, incorporating diverse perspectives and a broad suite ofsolutions. We will present and discuss examples of opportunities and challenges when diverseperspectives are incorporated into fire management and science.

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4 Subsessions

Michele CristBLM Fire And Aviation

Lisa GanioOregon State University

Carrie SpradlinForester, USDA Forest Service

Sabal C

Faces within the Fire: Towards an Inclusive Culture 10:45am - 11:15am, Nov 30 Sabal C

Bringing Our Own Tools to the Table: A Perspective on Encourgaing and RetainingWomen in Fire 11:20am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Sabal C

Questions and Remarks 11:40am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Sabal C

Fuel Moisture Dynamics in Lodgepole Pine Forests Vary Depending on Fire and BarkBeetle Disturbance Histories 10:10am - 10:30am, Nov 30 Sabal G

Whitebark Pine, Fire, Climate and Land Use History 10:30am - 10:50am, Nov 30 Sabal G

Resilience of Fire-Maintained Savannas in a Changing Landscape 10:50am - 11:10am, Nov 30 Sabal G

The Influence of Fire Regime and Abiotic Factors on the Population Dynamics andLeaf Qualities of a Wild Harvested Understory Herb, Xerophyllum tenax(Melanthiaceae) 11:10am - 11:30am, Nov 30 Sabal G

Special Session Cont'd: GRIN: Stoking the Flames tor the Next Generation of Fire Scientists 10:10am - 11:50am, Nov 30

This special session will highlight the Graduate Research Innovation (GRIN) competitive grant programrun by the Joint Fire Science Program, past and on-going GRIN supported student research, and closewith a panel discussion on the future needs and direction of the program. A fire circle will follow toprovide students with guidance in writing a successful GRIN proposal.

Speaker:

5 Subsessions

Jeffrey M. KaneAssociate Professor, Humboldt State University

Burn Severity is an Important Predictor of Space Use, Settlement, and LandscapeConnectivity for an Endangered Small Mammal 11:30am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Sabal G

Fire Circle: Prescribed Burn Associations 10:10am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Citron Center

This will be a moderated open discussion following the Prescribed Burn Associations: LandownersEffectively Applying Fire to the Land Special Session.

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Fire Circle: Wildland Fire Education and Outreach: Collaboration and Strategy to IncreaseImpact 10:10am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Areca

This Fire Circle intends to use an open discussion to collect information and ideas from national firemanagers, fire scientists, and educators on ways Extension, education and outreach partners can mosteffectively promote fire science application and management to private landowners, communities andthe public. All are welcome.

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Special Session: Monitoring Vegetation Recovery a Decade Post-Fire in Five Western NorthAmerican Ecosystems 10:10am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Sabal E

Presentations will focus on long-term vegetation recovery, plant species diversity, tree regeneration, andfuel conditions based on measurements in 15 mixed severity wildfires and supplemental sitesdistributed across eight states.

John WeirResearch Associate, Natural Resource Ecology and Management Oklahoma State University

Holly CampbellExtension Associate, Southern Regional Extension Forestry

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Unburned Areas with Fire Perimeters in the NorthwesternUnited States from 1984 to 2014 10:10am - 10:30am, Nov 30 Sabal E

Influence of Past Burn Mosaics to Future Fire Behavior and Implications forManagement 10:30am - 10:50am, Nov 30 Sabal E

The Fate of Tree Regeneration Following Wildfires: Trends of the Past 30 Years andFuture Outlooks for the Rocky Mountains 10:50am - 11:10am, Nov 30 Sabal E

Predicting Immediate and Extended Fire Effects on a Mixed Conifer Forest at HighResolution from LiDAR and Multispectral Imagery 11:10am - 11:30am, Nov 30 Sabal E

Does Burn Severity Affect Plant Community Composition in Northern Rockies ForestsTen Years Post-Fire? 11:30am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Sabal E

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5 Subsessions

Special Session: Prescribed Fire Science: An Interdisciplinary Focus on Fire We Use 10:10am - 11:50am, Nov 30

This session presents recent advances and ideas for the future of prescribed fire science, and lays outa plan for robust research-management partnerships linking both applied and basic questions.Research focused on prescribed fire comprises a unique intersection of fire behavior, fire ecology, andthe fire environment; its application will be extremely relevant for wildfire science.

Speaker:

Andrew HudakResearch Forester, US Forest Service

J. Kevin HiersWildland Fire Scientist, Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy

On the Need for a New Concept: Prescribed Fire as a Distinct Discipline 10:10am - 10:30am, Nov 30 Sabal F

Understanding Boundary Layers in Prescribed Fire Science and Application 10:30am - 10:50am, Nov 30 Sabal F

Best Measurement Practices: Understanding how to Measure and Interpret FireEffects 10:50am - 11:10am, Nov 30 Sabal F

Ecological Heterogeneity: The Roles of Patch Dynamics in Frequently BurnedLongleaf Pine Ecosystems 11:10am - 11:30am, Nov 30 Sabal F

A New Look at Backing Fire Behavior and Fire Effects 11:30am - 11:50am, Nov 30 Sabal F

5 Subsessions

11:00am

Awards Luncheon 11:50am - 1:20pm, Nov 30 Citron North

Join us as we honor our 2017 award winners. We will be giving out our three Lifetime AchievementAwards, a Student Excellence Award, and more!

1:00pm

Special Session Cont'd: Fire's Role in Restoration of Wildlife, Ecosystem Resilience andServices 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 30 Pindo B

This session will provide success stories of partnerships between fire science researchers and firemanagers in their efforts to restore the ecological role of fire, strategic management of wildfire andprescribed fire for ecological benefits, and efforts to enhance critical wildlife species habitats and toprevent their extinction.

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Balancing Competing Fire Management Objectives at the Landscape Scale:Ecosystem Resilience and Red-Cockaded Woodpecker 1:20pm - 1:40pm, Nov 30 Pindo B

Evaluating and Mitigating for Fire Suppression Effects in Jack Pine EcosystemsManaged for Endangered Kirtland's Warbler 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 30 Pindo B

Bats and Fire: Activity of Endangered Florida Bonneted Bats (Eumops floridanus)Increases Immediately Following Prescribed Burns 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 30 Pindo B

Influence of Season of Burn on Butterfly Diversity in Tall-Grass Prairie 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 30 Pindo B

Re-thinking Regal Fritillary Conservation and Management: The Impact of DisturbanceRegime and Habitat Characteristics on an Imperiled Grassland Butterfly 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 30 Pindo B

5 Subsessions

Special Session Cont'd: Faces Within the Fire: Toward an Inclusive Culture 1:20pm - 3:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal C

Fire management and research findings may be more widely accepted and supported when questionsare addressed from multiple viewpoints, incorporating diverse perspectives and a broad suite ofsolutions. We will present and discuss examples of opportunities and challenges when diverseperspectives are incorporated into fire management and science.

Speaker:

MMark KaibDeputy Regional Fire Coordinator, DOI - US Fish and Wildlife Service

Lisa GanioOregon State University

Carrie SpradlinForester, USDA Forest Service

Women on Fire: Reflections on WTREX 1:20pm - 1:50pm, Nov 30 Sabal C

Grassroots Efforts Spread like Wildfire - How do We Fan the Flames? 1:55pm - 2:25pm, Nov 30 Sabal C

Using Human Centered Design in Inclusion and Diversity 2:30pm - 3:00pm, Nov 30 Sabal C

Questions, Remarks, and Next Steps 3:00pm - 3:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal C

GRIN Research in Action: Prescribed Fire Effects on Eastern Box Turtles inSouthwestern Michigan 1:20pm - 1:40pm, Nov 30 Sabal G

GRIN and Embrace Fire Science Communication-Tips and Tricks on CommunicatingYour Fire Science to Any Audience 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 30 Sabal G

Closing Remarks: GRIN Values Beyond the Award 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 30 Sabal G

4 Subsessions

Special Session Cont'd: GRIN: Stoking the Flames tor the Next Generation of Fire Scientists 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 30

This special session will highlight the Graduate Research Innovation (GRIN) competitive grant programrun by the Joint Fire Science Program, past and on-going GRIN supported student research, and closewith a panel discussion on the future needs and direction of the program. A fire circle will follow toprovide students with guidance in writing a successful GRIN proposal.

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5 Subsessions

Jeffrey M. KaneAssociate Professor, Humboldt State University

Panel Discussion 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 30 Sabal G

Panel Discussion 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 30 Sabal G

Long-Term Effects of Burn Severity on Alaska Boreal Forest Understory Following2004 Wildfires 1:20pm - 1:40pm, Nov 30 Sabal E

Do Fuel Treatments Impact Post-Fire Understory Plant Recovery and Fuel Loadings inPonderosa Pine Forests? 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 30 Sabal E

Functional Group Responses to Burn Severity in Three Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems aDecade After Fire 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 30 Sabal E

The Role of Shrubs in Chaparral Plant Community Recovery along Burn SeverityGradients a Decade After Fire 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 30 Sabal E

Examining Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery with Landsat Time Series Data in FourWestern North American Ecosystems 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 30

Special Session Cont'd: Monitoring Vegetation Recovery a Decade Post-Fire in Five WesternNorth American Ecosystems 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 30 Sabal E

Presentations will focus on long-term vegetation recovery, plant species diversity, tree regeneration, andfuel conditions based on measurements in 15 mixed severity wildfires and supplemental sitesdistributed across eight states.

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5 Subsessions

Andrew HudakResearch Forester, US Forest Service

Sabal E

The Role of Managed Fire for Stabilizing Forest Carbon under Projected Climate 1:20pm - 1:40pm, Nov 30 Sabal F

Understanding Mechanisms of Biodiversity: A Fire Effects and Modeling Perspective 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 30 Sabal F

Using Coupled Fire Atmosphere Models on Prescribed Fire 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 30 Sabal F

Challenges with Modeling Fires in Marginal Conditions 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 30 Sabal F

Guidance for Developing Prescriptions in an Increasingly Complex Fire Environment 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 30 Sabal F

Special Session Cont'd: Prescribed Fire Science: An Interdisciplinary Focus on Fire We Use 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 30

This session presents recent advances and ideas for the future of prescribed fire science, and lays outa plan for robust research-management partnerships linking both applied and basic questions.Research focused on prescribed fire comprises a unique intersection of fire behavior, fire ecology, andthe fire environment; its application will be extremely relevant for wildfire science.

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5 Subsessions

Special Session: Fire Management in the Southwest: Moving Toward Resource Benefit 1:20pm - 3:00pm, Nov 30 Sabal A

When the pre-determined conditions are present, fire managers in the Southwest appear to be basingtheir decision to manage fire for resource benefit on fire science and the needs of the landscape. Wewill explore the conditions that allow for the expanded use of naturally ignited wildfire as a tool forachieving multiple resource objectives as well as the impacts.

J. Kevin HiersWildland Fire Scientist, Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy

Trends in Fire Management in the Southwestern Region 1:20pm - 1:40pm, Nov 30 Sabal A

Building and Maintaining the Fire Mosaic at Grand Canyon National Park 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 30 Sabal A

Working Across Agencies to Burn in Moderate-High Risk Wildlife Habitat 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 30 Sabal A

Arizona State Fire Management: Expanding the Toolbox 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 30 Sabal A

Restoration Benefits of Re-entry with Resource Objective Wildfire on a PonderosaPine Landscape in Northern Arizona, USA 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Nov 30 Sabal A

A soil's story of southern prescribed fire 1:20pm - 1:40pm, Nov 30 Sabal B

Summer post-fire soil surface temperature in shortgrass rangeland using iButton dataloggers 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Nov 30 Sabal B

Wildland fire alters wood decomposition 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Nov 30 Sabal B

Long-term effect of high-severity wildfires on fungal communities

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5 Subsessions

General Session: Fire Ecology and Effects 1:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 30 Sabal B

4 Subsessions

Barb Satink WolfsonSouthwest Fire Science Consortium

2:20pm - 2:40pm, Nov 30 Sabal B

Perpetuating Species Diversity: Restoring Fire Integrity is Critical 3:30pm - 3:50pm, Nov 30 Pindo B

Workshop: Rx310: Introduction to Fire Effects, Day 3 1:20pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Pindo A

Please note, this workshop is only for participants who pre-registered. This course is designed toprovide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and communicate therelationships between basic fire regimes and first order fire effects, the effects of fire treatments on firstorder fire effects, and to manipulate fire treatments to achieve desired first order fire effects.

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3:00pm

Afternoon Break 3:00pm - 3:30pm, Nov 30

Special Session Cont'd: Fire's Role in Restoration of Wildlife, Ecosystem Resilience andServices 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Pindo B

This session will provide success stories of partnerships between fire science researchers and firemanagers in their efforts to restore the ecological role of fire, strategic management of wildfire andprescribed fire for ecological benefits, and efforts to enhance critical wildlife species habitats and toprevent their extinction.

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4 Subsessions

Beth BuchananUSFS

MMark KaibDeputy Regional Fire Coordinator, DOI - US Fish and Wildlife Service

Herpetofaunal Response to Fire Severity, Repeated Burning, and Mechanical FuelReduction in Hardwood Forest 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Nov 30 Pindo B

Breeding Bird Response to Fire Severity, Repeated Burning, and Mechanical FuelReduction in Hardwood Forest 4:10pm - 4:30pm, Nov 30 Pindo B

Bats and Fire on the Ozark National Forest 4:30pm - 4:50pm, Nov 30 Pindo B

A Decade of Ecosystem Response: Post-Fire Indicators of Burn Severity andRecovery in Mixed Conifer Forests of Western Montana 3:30pm - 3:50pm, Nov 30 Sabal E

Multidecadal Trends in Area Burned with High Severity in the Selway-BitterrootWilderness Area 1880-2012 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal E

Special Session Cont'd: Monitoring Vegetation Recovery a Decade Post-Fire in Five WesternNorth American Ecosystems 3:30pm - 4:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal E

Presentations will focus on long-term vegetation recovery, plant species diversity, tree regeneration, andfuel conditions based on measurements in 15 mixed severity wildfires and supplemental sitesdistributed across eight states.

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2 Subsessions

Special Session Cont'd: Prescribed Fire Science: An Interdisciplinary Focus on Fire We Use 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30

This session presents recent advances and ideas for the future of prescribed fire science, and lays outa plan for robust research-management partnerships linking both applied and basic questions.

Andrew HudakResearch Forester, US Forest Service

Using LiDAR and 3D Simulation to Develop Fuel Beds for Next Generation Fire Models 3:30pm - 3:50pm, Nov 30 Sabal F

Using Unmanned Aerial Systems for Monitoring Prescribed Fire 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal F

The Prescribed Fire Science Consortium: Research Solutions for Fire We Use 4:10pm - 4:30pm, Nov 30 Sabal F

Bridging Natural Resource Management and Fire Science in the Southeastern U.S. 4:30pm - 4:50pm, Nov 30 Sabal F

Case Studies of Managers and Scientists Working Together on Fire Science-The Needfor Strong Cooperation 4:50pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal F

Research focused on prescribed fire comprises a unique intersection of fire behavior, fire ecology, andthe fire environment; its application will be extremely relevant for wildfire science.

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5 Subsessions

Special Session Cont'd: Fire Management in the Southwest: Moving Toward Resource Benefit 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal A

When the pre-determined conditions are present, fire managers in the Southwest appear to be basingtheir decision to manage fire for resource benefit on fire science and the needs of the landscape. Wewill explore the conditions that allow for the expanded use of naturally ignited wildfire as a tool forachieving multiple resource objectives as well as the impacts.

Speaker:

J. Kevin HiersWildland Fire Scientist, Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy

Barb Satink WolfsonSouthwest Fire Science Consortium

Wildland Fire Managed for Multiple Objectives in Southwestern Forests: Internal andExternal Objectives 3:30pm - 3:50pm, Nov 30 Sabal A

Building Capacity for Burning Private Lands 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal A

Community-Led Fire Planning - an Example from the Malpai Borderlands Group 4:10pm - 4:30pm, Nov 30 Sabal A

Buidling Fire Adapted Communities in New Mexico with Collaborative Burning 4:30pm - 4:50pm, Nov 30 Sabal A

Panel Discussion 4:50pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal A

5 Subsessions

Fire Circle: Student Focused Career and Panel Discussion 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Citron North

A panel will discuss career opportunities for students in fire ecology and management.

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Fire Circle: Promoting and Defending Scientific Integrity in Government--Discussion 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Citron Center

This Fire Circle begins with the Workshop on Scientific Integrity in Government and will be open toanyone. Attendees will participate in facilitated small group discussions on protecting scientific integrity,and return to the workshop room for a final report back and identifying next steps and commitments.

Fire Circle: Using Human Centered Design to Solve Inclusion and Diversity Dilemmas inWildland Fire 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal C

CCarrie MinerichGraduate Research Assistant, University of Idaho

Evaluating ecological tipping points across levels of wildfire suppression on USnorthern Rocky Mountain landscapes using spatial simulation and novel statisticalanalysis 3:30pm - 3:50pm, Nov 30 Sabal G

Making the decision to manage wildfire 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal G

Whither the paradigm shift? Large wildland fires and the wildfire paradox offeropportunities for a new paradigm of ecological fire management 4:10pm - 4:30pm, Nov 30 Sabal G

Living with fire – Lessons learned from a grassland savanna in Central Africa and howit relates to fire management in the United States 4:30pm - 4:50pm, Nov 30 Sabal G

Southeast Prescribed Fire and Air Quality Workgroup: Addressing tomorrow’schallenges today 4:50pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal G

With up to 20 participants in each of two sessions, a BLM Diversity and Inclusion Team will engage andexplore further challenges and solutions around creating a diverse and inclusive wildland firemanagement workforce and work environment. Participants need to have attended at least a portion ofthe Faces Within the Fire: Toward an Inclusive Culture special session and/or be familiar with thechallenges related to inclusion and diversity in wildland fire.

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General Session: Fire Management and Use 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal G

5 Subsessions

Workshop: Promoting and Defending Scientific Integrity in Government 3:30pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal B

Carrie SpradlinForester, USDA Forest Service

Participants will gain a greater understanding of the protections that exist and the resources available tofederal government scientists related to the use of science in policymaking. They will examine thedifferent ways that science can be manipulated in the decision-making process; learn about howscientists have successfully pushed back against attacks on science; and identify what scientists andscientific societies can do to protect their members.

4:00pm

Fire Circle: Management Implications of Long-Term (Decadal-Scale) Vegetation RecoveryTrajectories in Five Western North America Ecosystems 4:10pm - 5:10pm, Nov 30 Sabal E

This Fire Circle will follow, and build on discussions from, the Monitoring Vegetation Recovery a DecadePost-Fire in Five Western North American Ecosystems Special Session.

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6:00pm

AFE Members Meeting 6:30pm - 7:30pm, Nov 30 Citron North

You’re invited to join us for our annual AFE members meeting! AFE members are the professionals andstudents responsible for developing the international fire ecologist and manager certification programs,the higher education in fire ecology recognition rogram, position statements on critical issues,achievement awards, student travel grants, and conferences where scientists, managers, and the nextgeneration unite. These accomplishments depend on the initiative and support of our enthusiasticmembers and committees. Learn how you can get involved and make a difference. New memberswelcome! There will be door prizes!

7:00pm

Movie Night: Less Than Masterpiece Theater featuring Hollywood in Flames with Stephen Pyne 7:30pm - 9:30pm, Nov 30 Citron North

Less Than Masterpiece Theater returns for a night of flaming flicks. Watch as love triangle meets firetriangle in classic fire scenes from The Forest Ranger, Bambi, Red Skies of Montana, A Fire Called

Andrew HudakResearch Forester, US Forest Service

Scanning the Horizon for the Future of Wildland Fire 8:00am - 8:30am, Dec 1 Citron North

Using Fire Ecology as a Tool for Future Decision Making and Resilience Managementin European and South American Landscapes 8:30am - 9:00am, Dec 1 Citron North

Research is Key to the Application of Prescribed Fire in an Uncertain Future 9:00am - 9:30am, Dec 1 Citron North

Fire Ecology 2.0 9:30am - 10:00am, Dec 1 Citron North

Jeremiah, and The Sundowners, along with contemporary entries. Prepare to laugh. Bring popcorn.

Fri, Dec 01, 2017

6:00am

Greet the Day Yoga 6:30am - 7:15am, Dec 1 Pindo C

Join Johnny Stowe, a wildlife biologist and certified yoga instructor, for yoga sessions throughout theconference. There will be no charge for classes; however, donations to the Mike da Luz Scholarshipfund would be appreciated and can be made at the Registration desk. Greet the Day Yoga is a gentle-flow class for all levels aimed at waking one’s mind and body for the day’s activities. It can be done inany loose, comfortable clothing.

8:00am

Closing Plenary: A Look into the Future of Fire Ecology and Management 8:00am - 10:20am, Dec 1 Citron North

4 Subsessions

10:00am

Morning Break 10:20am - 10:50am, Dec 1

Dickens’s Ghosts: The Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity project’s past, present, andfuture 10:50am - 11:10am, Dec 1 Areca

Fire Circle: Using Human Centered Design to Solve Inclusion and Diversity Dilemmas inWildland Fire 10:50am - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Citron Center

With up to 20 participants in each of two sessions, a BLM Diversity and Inclusion Team will engage andexplore further challenges and solutions around creating a diverse and inclusive wildland firemanagement workforce and work environment. Participants need to have attended at least a portion ofthe Faces Within the Fire: Toward an Inclusive Culture special session and/or be familiar with thechallenges related to inclusion and diversity in wildland fire.

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Fire Circle: Fire and the Future of Species Diversity: Brainstorming a Response to theAccelerating Crisis in Extinction of Fire Dependent Species 10:50am - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Citron Center

Authors: Mark Kaib

Participants will discuss two previous Special Sessions led by Frost and Kaib, with the goal of outliningand drafting a position paper on the crisis in perpetuating species diversity and restoring fire integrity toprotected lands in the U.S. to be presented at the Fire Continuum Conference in Missoula in May 2018.

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General Session: GIS and Remote Sensing 10:50am - 12:10pm, Dec 1 Areca

4 Subsessions

Carrie SpradlinForester, USDA Forest Service

Cecil FrostLandscape Fire Ecologist, Univ of North Carolina -Chapel Hill

NASA Fire Science and Applications: Technology, satellites, airborne data and models 11:10am - 11:30am, Dec 1 Areca

A Fire Weather Intelligence Portal for the southeast US 11:30am - 11:50am, Dec 1 Areca

The Florida Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Geodatabase Project: Overview, revisions, andmajor updates 11:50am - 12:10pm, Dec 1 Areca

Effects of single and repeat fires on forest structure and fuel loads in mixed-coniferforest 10:50am - 11:10am, Dec 1 Pindo A

Developing a method for assessing climate-fire vulnerability in southwestern forests 11:10am - 11:30am, Dec 1 Pindo A

Effects of ecological processes on fire behavior in longleaf pine-grasslandcommunities 11:30am - 11:50am, Dec 1 Pindo A

Previous fires influence subsequent fire growth and severity in Arizona and NewMexico 11:50am - 12:10pm, Dec 1 Pindo A

The cost of defense: Tradeoffs between protection and growth in juvenile tree speciesafter multiple frequent disturbances 12:10pm - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Pindo A

General Session: Fire Ecology and Effects 10:50am - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Pindo A

5 Subsessions

Special Session: Connecting Direct and Indirect Measures of Soil Heating to First- and Second-Order Fire Effects Using Wildfire, Prescribed Fire, and Laboratory Investigations 10:50am - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

This session will address research and monitoring studies investigating first- and second-order effects

Measuring Soil Temperatures During Prescribed Fires and Wildfires 10:50am - 11:10am, Dec 1 Sabal B

The Spread of Smoldering Fires on the Ground 11:10am - 11:30am, Dec 1 Sabal B

Modeling Soil Temperatures During Fires Requires Modeling Unresolved Aspects ofSoil Moisture and Water Vapor Dynamics 11:30am - 11:50am, Dec 1 Sabal B

Patterns of Soil Heating During Prescribed Burns Across Contrasting Fire Regimes inWidespread Southeastern USA Pine Forests 11:50am - 12:10pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

Fire Behavior and Soil Heating During Dormant-Season Fires in Barrens EcosystemUnder Restoration: Duff, the Great Insulator 12:10pm - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

of fire on ecosystems based on direct measurements or indirect estimates of the soil heating process.

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5 Subsessions

Special Session: America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative (ALRI) – A Collaborative SuccessStory to Restore the Great Southern Forest 10:50am - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

We will highlight the collaborative successes to-date and challenges to come in ALRI’s ambitious goalof restoring 8 million acres of longleaf habitat across the southeast by 2025.

Speaker:

Jessica MieselAssistant Professor, Michigan State University

Randy TateFort Stewart/Altamaha Longleaf Partnership Coordinator, The Longleaf Alliance

Building Partnerships and Accelerating Prescribed Fire Delivery through the LongleafStewardship Fund 10:50am - 11:10am, Dec 1 Sabal C

The ARSA-Local Implementation Team: Using Professionalism and Partnership toMultiply Restoration and Management in Florida's Eastern Panhandle Longleaf PineForests 11:10am - 11:30am, Dec 1 Sabal C

Fire Management and Education on the Chattahoochee Fall Line 11:30am - 11:50am, Dec 1 Sabal C

The Role of Southeastern Prescribed Fire Councils in Longleaf Pine Restoration 11:50am - 12:10pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

Burning Together is Better! Prescribed Fire Partnerships in Georgia 12:10pm - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

Demographic patterns of a foundation species in a threatened Florida ecosystemacross a time-since-fire gradient 10:50am - 11:10am, Dec 1 Sabal E

Assessing fire effects and regime in a coastal strand ecosystem 11:10am - 11:30am, Dec 1 Sabal E

Altering fire season to manage an invasive legume, Sericea lespedeza 11:30am - 11:50am, Dec 1 Sabal E

Ecosystem change in the Blue Mountains Ecoregion Phase 1: Mapping the ventenatainvasion 11:50am - 12:10pm, Dec 1 Sabal E

Gambel oak ecology and management in the Southern Rockies: An overview of

5 Subsessions

General Session: Fire Ecology and Effects 10:50am - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Sabal E

5 Subsessions

current knowledge, climate models, and future research. 12:10pm - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Sabal E

Monitoring is not a strategy and other patterns in long term fire management 10:50am - 11:10am, Dec 1 Sabal G

Integrating mobile observations in active fire incidents: View from the field 11:10am - 11:30am, Dec 1 Sabal G

Wildfire field report from one of Europe’s top risk areas in Brandenburg, Germany 15years fire detection and management with the optical sensor system FireWatch 11:30am - 11:50am, Dec 1 Sabal G

Community based fire effects monitoring: A case study from Paynes Creek NationalPark Southern Belize 11:50am - 12:10pm, Dec 1 Sabal G

Wildfire risk: Assessing the probability and impact of wildfires in the Province ofAlberta 12:10pm - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Sabal G

General Session: Fire Management and Use 10:50am - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Sabal G

5 Subsessions

Workshop: Hands-on Educational Activities with the FireWorks Educational Program 10:50am - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Citron North

This workshop consists of entertaining, hands-on activities for teaching students and the general publicabout the science of wildland fire. The FireWorks curriculum—first published in 2000—is being revisedto include new materials that reflect recent advances in fire research and educational standards.

Speaker:

IIlana AbrahamsonUSFS, RMRS, Fire Lab

Workshop: Leadership and Gender in Wildland Fire Culture: Firefighter Perspectives onLeadership Excellence 10:50am - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Sabal F

This workshop will include a summary overview of recent research completed on gender and leadershipin wildland fire within the B.C. Wildfire Service (2017). It will facilitate conversation about wildland fireculture, leadership, and gender using interactive small group activities.

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Workshop: Managing At-Risk Species on Southeastern Public Lands: A Case Study onEmbedded and Ephemeral Wetlands in Florida species 10:50am - 12:30pm, Dec 1 Pindo B

Participants will become familiar with specific at-risk species occurring on Florida public lands, thecharacteristics of degraded and restored wetland and ecotone areas relative to at-risk species habitatneeds and learn specific management practices that should be applied to manage for conservation ofat-risk species.

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Workshop: Learning the Photoload Sampling Technique: Visually Estimating Surface FuelLoadings from Photographs for Research and Management Applications 10:50am - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Tangerine 5

Please note, this workshop is only for participants who pre-registered. In this workshop, you will learnhow to use a new fuel sampling system—the photoload sampling technique—in the field with greataccuracy. Participants will be given materials to teach photoload to others and to calibrate photoloadvisual estimates to improve accuracy. In addition, participants will be shown how to make photoloadpictures to estimate loadings of shrub and herb species in their area.

Speaker:

Rachel D ReimerIndependent

DDennis DavidConservation Programs Advisor, National Wildlife Refuge Association

Tree mortality in the Southern Sierra Ecoregion: A landscape scale analysis ofmortality, resultant vegetation burn severity, fire return interval departure, and basalarea. 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Dec 1 Areca

Using Google Earth Engine to automate post-fire vegetation condition assessments 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Dec 1 Areca

Leveraging lidar for fuel-related vegetation structure mapping 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Dec 1 Areca

Mapping travel rates along firefighter escape routes using lidar data 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Areca

12:00pm

Lunch (on your own) 12:30pm - 1:40pm, Dec 1

1:00pm

Work the Kinks Out Yoga 1:20pm - 1:30pm, Dec 1 Pindo C

Join Johnny Stowe, a wildlife biologist and certified yoga instructor, for yoga sessions throughout theconference. There will be no charge for classes; however, donations to the Mike da Luz Scholarshipfund would be appreciated and can be made at the Registration desk. This short class includes gentle,light-hearted stretching. Quietly come in after class starts or quietly leave before it ends toaccommodate your schedule.

General Session: GIS and Remote Sensing 1:40pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Areca

4 Subsessions

Robert E. KeaneResearch Ecologist, US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire SciencesLab

Improving Consistency in Mapping Post-Fire Burn Severity 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

Quantifying Substrate Fire Severity: Issues of Timing, Scale, and Data Aggregation 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

Burn Severity Estimates in Relation to Post-Fire Soil and Ash Chemistry 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

How Well do Rapid-Response Soil Burn Severity Metrics Explain DelayedObservations of Post-Fire Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralization Rates? 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

Soil Heating Effects on Autotrophic vs. Heterotrophic Soil Respiration Rates AcrossFire Regimes 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

Fire differentially affects fitness and population growth of an invasive shrub comparedto coexisting native species 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Dec 1

Special Session Cont'd: Connecting Direct and Indirect Measures of Soil Heating to First- andSecond-Order Fire Effects Using Wildfire, Prescribed Fire, and Laboratory Investigations 1:40pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

This session will address research and monitoring studies investigating first- and second-order effectsof fire on ecosystems based on direct measurements or indirect estimates of the soil heating process.

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5 Subsessions

General Session: Fire Ecology and Effects 1:40pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal E

5 Subsessions

Jessica MieselAssistant Professor, Michigan State University

Sabal E

Understory thermophilization following the 2002 Hayman Fire 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal E

Forest development following wildfire in old growth Pinus ponderosa forest, SouthernCascades, California 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Dec 1 Sabal E

Natural recruitment events of Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata subsp.wyomingensis) along the fires’ edge 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Dec 1 Sabal E

Sagebrush ecosystems in the Fire Effects Information System 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal E

The Southern Blue Ridge Fire Learning Network - a collaborative approach torestoring pine oak forests in the Appalachians. 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Dec 1 Sabal G

Effects of postfire salvage logging on stand structure and dead woody fuels followingthe 2015 Stickpin wildfire (Colville National Forest) 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal G

Wildland fire shelter improvement research 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Dec 1 Sabal G

Anticipating interactions between forest management and wildfire as privateforestland owners adapt to climate change 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Dec 1 Sabal G

Risk management assistance teams - Applying best available science to wildfiredecision-making 3:20pm - 3:40pm, Nov 28 Sabal C

General Session: Fire Management and Use 1:40pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal G

5 Subsessions

From plants to people: Californians at work and play in post-fire landscapes 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Dec 1 Pindo B

Rebuilding and new construction trends after California wildfires 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Dec 1 Pindo B

The Cohesive Strategy - Looking forward to living with fire 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Dec 1 Pindo B

Fire Circle: Quantifying Responder Exposure to Improve Large-Fire Response Decisions 1:40pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal A

This Fire Circle will serve as the roundtable discussion for the Quantifying Responder Exposure toImprove Large-fire Response Decisions Special Session preceding it.

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Fire Circle: Southern Fire Exchange – Making a Difference? (cont’d from Tuesday) 1:40pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Citron Center

The Fire Circle will be led by a Southern Fire Exchange staff member as an open discussion focused onasking participants to provide examples and descriptions of the impacts and benefits of the SFE. Firemanagers and scientists are invited to drop in.

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General Session: Living with Fire 1:40pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Pindo B

5 Subsessions

Chris DunnResearch Associate, Oregon State University

Alan LongAdministrative Director, Southern Fire Exchange, Tall Timbers Research Station

Examining Theory of Planned Behavior in understanding homeowner wildfiremitigation actions 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Dec 1 Pindo B

Using and living with fire in the Pinelands National Reserve in southern New Jersey 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Pindo B

Modeling containment of resource benefit wildfires using a survival analysis 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

Living legacies: Fire refugia, seedling response, and forest resilience in Oregon’s BlueMountains 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

Mapping dead tree biomass from the recent California mortality event 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

Fire has persistent effects on soil C and N pools important for ecosystem recovery 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

Yurok and Karuk Indian prescribed fire management in Northwest California:Enhancing the availability of forest resources for community use 3:00pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

Special Session: Fire Trek: The Next Generation 1:40pm - 3:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

This specially selected panel of speakers will showcase some of the research works-in-progress of fireecology and management students from across the country. Indeed, student researchers aim to boldlygo where no fire ecologists have gone before!

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5 Subsessions

Timothy IngalsbeeExecutive Director, Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology (FUSEE)

ChaRoFlux: Charcoals record the energy flux from wildfires, a novel metric for wildfireanalysis and management? 1:40pm - 2:00pm, Dec 1 Sabal F

Developing a novel quantitative ground-based fire severity metric: evidence fromexperimental fires in the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Dec 1 Sabal F

Addressing Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity product limitations in the Southwestto assess increasing trends in high severity fire 2:20pm - 2:40pm, Dec 1 Sabal F

An overview of the Pau Costa Foundation, a platform for fire ecology andmanagement community 2:40pm - 3:00pm, Dec 1 Sabal F

General Session: Fire Ecology and Effects 1:40pm - 3:00pm, Dec 1 Sabal F

4 Subsessions

Workshop: Rx310: Introduction to Fire Effects, Day 4 1:40pm - 5:30pm, Dec 1 Pindo A

Please note, this workshop is only for participants who pre-registered. This course is designed toprovide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and communicate therelationships between basic fire regimes and first order fire effects, the effects of fire treatments on firstorder fire effects, and to manipulate fire treatments to achieve desired first order fire effects.

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3:00pm

Afternoon Break 3:20pm - 3:50pm, Dec 1

Beth BuchananUSFS

LANDFIRE Remap 2:00pm - 2:20pm, Dec 1 Areca

Big data processing of boreal fire pattern characteristics using the Landsat datasatellite archive 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Dec 1 Areca

Does an expanding wildland-urban interface REALLY increase risk of fire loss? 4:10pm - 4:30pm, Dec 1 Areca

Response of Seed Bank Composition to Soil Burn Severity Across a Range of PineBarren Restoration Phases 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

How Spatial Variation in Fuels and Subsequent Fire Energy Release Drives Below-Ground Mortality in Longleaf Pine Understory Plants 4:10pm - 4:30pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

The Consequences of Long-Duration Soil Heating for Tree Stress and Mortality 4:30pm - 4:50pm, Dec 1

General Session: GIS and Remote Sensing 3:50pm - 4:50pm, Dec 1 Areca

3 Subsessions

Special Session Cont'd: Connecting Direct and Indirect Measures of Soil Heating to First- andSecond-Order Fire Effects Using Wildfire, Prescribed Fire, and Laboratory Investigations 3:50pm - 5:10pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

This session will address research and monitoring studies investigating first- and second-order effectsof fire on ecosystems based on direct measurements or indirect estimates of the soil heating process.

Speaker:

4 Subsessions

Jessica MieselAssistant Professor, Michigan State University

Sabal B

Synthesis 4:50pm - 5:10pm, Dec 1 Sabal B

Do outputs from the US National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) influence firesize? 3:50pm - 4:10pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

Towards integrated fire management in a Natural Protected Area: What do local keyactors say? 4:10pm - 4:30pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

Presentation of a testing methodology to evaluate relationship between humans,climate, and fire regimes. 4:30pm - 4:50pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

In the Face of Drought: Do fuel treatments promote resistance to multi-year drought ina mixed-conifer forest of northern California? 4:50pm - 5:10pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

Special Session Cont'd: Fire Trek: The Next Generation 3:50pm - 5:10pm, Dec 1 Sabal C

This specially selected panel of speakers will showcase some of the research works-in-progress of fireecology and management students from across the country. Indeed, student researchers aim to boldlygo where no fire ecologists have gone before!

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4 Subsessions

Fire Circle: The Charoflux Metric: A Novel Metric for Wildfire Analysis and Management? 3:50pm - 5:30pm, Dec 1 Sabal A

This Fire Circle will discuss 2 presentations and a poster on ChaRoFlux, authored by Belcher, New,

Timothy IngalsbeeExecutive Director, Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology (FUSEE)

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and Grosvenor. The objective is to share ideas with others on the potential value of this new fireseverity metric and examine opportunities for new collaborations to expand relevant research.

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Sat, Dec 02, 2017

Claire BelcherU Exeter WildFIRELab