K-12 Education
As redcedar encroaches and increases in canopy cover, species diversity that is endemic to grasslands collapses and production of herbaceous biomass (forage) underneath decreases, resulting in a loss of livestock carrying capacity (Smith and Stubbendieck 1990; Engle et al. 1987; Limb et al. 2010; Twidwell et al. 2013a).
Read MoreThe “cut and stuff” practice is an addition of ladder fuels that can increase fire intensity and create longer flames needed to control larger trees, thus increasing the overall effectiveness of most prescribed burns.
Read MoreThe Great Plains of North America has experienced exponential increases in wildfires since 1985, with a 400% increase in area burned and more than 300% increase in number of wildfires.
2017-01
Read MoreThe Great Plains of the US is characterized by grassland communities. Fire plays an important role in maintaining these grasslands. However, it has been difficult to understand how much fire occurs in the Great Plains and how fire occurrence might vary across the region.
2018-02
Read MoreThe vegetation patterns and succession of Great Plains grasslands are structured largely by fire. We can see how important fire is to these grasslands by its exclusion, in as little as 40 years tallgrass prairie without fire can become a woodland.
Read MoreAn open discussion from the Fire Summit 2016 moderated by John Wier and Bryan Hays.
Read MoreA presentation by Jeff Pennington from the Fire Summit 2016.
Read MoreA presentation by Chuck Stanley at the Fire Summit 2016.
Read MoreAlice Tipton described her research in glades relating mycorrhizae to fire and plant productivity.
Read MoreJapanese brome, Russian knapweed, spotted knapweed, and leafy spurge are invasive, non-native weeds in the northern prairies of the central United States. Because they reproduce by seed, destroying the seed with fire may be one way to control these plants. Knowing the fire characteristics that will kill the seeds is important to using this method of control.
2017-11
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