COS 237 - Fire/Fire Management 7

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT

  The Work of Wildfire in restoring landscapes: Lessons from the 2021 and 2022 fires seasons in Washington State
  

  Presenting Author: Derek J. Churchill, PhD – Washington Department of Natural Resources

  Coauthor: Annie Smith – Washington State Department of Natural Resources

  Co-Author: Garrett Meigs – Washington State Department of Natural Resources
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT

  Prescribed fire timing drives differing emergence phenology in tallgrass prairie species
  

  Presenting Author: Michelle A. Homann – University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Integrative Biology

  Coauthor: Ellen I. Damschen – University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT

  Physical characteristics and fine root density within duff mounds of old-growth sugar and Jeffrey pines in a fire-excluded Sierran mixed-conifer forest
  

  Presenting Author: Julia Bartley – Cal Poly Humboldt

  Coauthor: Kerry M. Byrne – Cal Poly Humboldt

  Coauthor: Harold S.J. Zald – USDA Forest Service
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

  Effects of fire management on small mammals in tall grass prairies
  

  Presenting Author: Chantelle M. Wimms – University of Missouri

  Coauthor: Samniqueka Halsey – University of Missouri
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT

  Restoration to increase forest diversity and stall grass-fire cycles in Hawaiʻi
  

  Presenting Author: Stephanie G. Yelenik, Ph.D. – U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

  Coauthor: Sierra McDaniel, MS – National Park Service

  Coauthor: Corie Yanger, MS – University of Hawai‘i at Hilo

  Coauthor: Michala L. Phillips – 1. U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center

  Coauthor: Jonah Kuwahara-Hu – University of Hawaiʻi, Hilo
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT

  Balancing ecological and social values in the prioritization of wildfire restoration on National Forest System lands
  

  Presenting Author: Mae Lacey – Conservation Science Partners

  Coauthor: Justin Suraci – Conservation Science Partners

  Coauthor: Caitlin E. Littlefield – Conservation Science Partners

  Coauthor: Blake Busse – U.S. Public Lands and Rivers, The Pew Charitable Trusts