2017 Insect, Disease, Fire Conference Recordings

View these eight presentations under the Contents tab:

Entomology & Pathology

Mountain Pine Beetles in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming: A Collaborative, Strategic Response, Gregory Josten, South Dakota Department of Agriculture

Subalpine Fir Decline: Relationships Between Armillaria Root Disease, Bark Beetles, and Climate, Jane Stewart, Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management

Sustaining the Health of Southwestern White Pine Populations through Adaptive Traits, Ethan Bucholz, Northern Arizona University

Fire & Fuels Management

Getting Started with Wildfire and Values at Risk Assessment for the Rio Grande, Steven Bassett, The Nature Conservancy

Preparing for Future Fire: Governance Change in the Alaska Wildland Fire Management System, Tait Rutherford, Colorado State University

Probability of Wildfire Occurrences and Its Effect on Carbon Sequestration Efforts in the United States, Raju Pokharel, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho

Wildfire Management, Cost, and Burn Severity in the Southwest Since 2012, Zander Evans, Forest Stewards Guild

Wildland Fire Shelter Improvement Research, Joseph Roise, North Carolina State University

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Entomology & Pathology
Mountain Pine Beetles in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming: A Collaborative, Strategic Response
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Open to view video. This presentation will explain the collaborative actions in response to 20 year epidemic, beetle biology, the latest science and how applied, the strategic goals, treatment methods, accomplishments and investments, lessons learned, and offer perspectives on creating resilient forests for the future. Presented by Gregory Josten, South Dakota Department of Agriculture.
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Subalpine Fir Decline: Relationships Between Armillaria Root Disease, Bark Beetles, and Climate
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Open to view video. Relationships among putative factors associated with subalpine fir decline within Colorado in subalpine and white fir and Engelmann spruce, including Armillaria root disease, bark beetles and climate will be discussed to better understand management strategies and determine potential risk within spruce/fir forests throughout the West. Presented by Jane Stewart, Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management.
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Sustaining the Health of Southwestern White Pine Populations through Adaptive Traits
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Open to view video. A range-wide study of Pinus strobiformis is currently underway at three common gardens in northern Arizona. Utilizing drought studies and concomitant testing for resistance to Cronartium ribicola, we will analyze abiotic and biotic tolerances to best inform land management and reforestation efforts of the coming century. Presented by Ethan Bucholz, Northern Arizona University.
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Fire & Fuels Management
Getting Started with Wildfire and Values at Risk Assessment for the Rio Grande
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Open to view video. While forest restoration and fuels reduction treatments are known to reduce the risk of damaging wildfires, limited resources and diverse stakeholder priorities complicate the strategic implementation of treatments. A collaborative, multi-stakeholder fire risk assessment can enable project prioritization while also building consensus on the need for forest restoration. Presented by Steven Bassett, The Nature Conservancy.
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Preparing for Future Fire: Governance Change in the Alaska Wildland Fire Management System
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Open to view video. Climate change is causing intensification of wildland fire. This project explores how fire management agencies in Alaska will respond to this challenge. Using interviews, we identified future management options and pathways to achieve policy change. We applied adaptive governance theory to managers' narratives to understand this process. Presented by Tait Rutherford, Colorado State University.
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Probability of Wildfire Occurrences and Its Effect on Carbon Sequestration Efforts in the United States
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Open to view video. This study determines the likelihood that a fire will occur using climate and FIA re-measurements data, then integrate this model into a spatially explicit economic model of U.S. forest product markets to capture carbon loss due to fire for varying scenarios of macroeconomic outlook, harvest levels, and future climate. Presented by Raju Pokharel, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho.
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Wildfire Management, Cost, and Burn Severity in the Southwest Since 2012
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Open to view video. This presentation summarizes vegetation type, canopy mortality, soil burn severity, proximity to development, reburn patterns, and cost data for the largest fires in the Southwest from 2012 to 2017, some of which were managed under a full suppression strategy while others were managed with point protection or containment strategies. Presented by Zander Evans, Forest Stewards Guild.
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Wildland Fire Shelter Improvement Research
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Open to view video. Report on performance of advanced heat resistant fabric for wildland fire shelters. Bench test results of material combinations. Constructed shelters using best combinations followed by in laboratory testing. The best of those prototypes were field tested in wildland fire environments next to current shelters. Presented by Joseph Roise, North Carolina State University.
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