Resources

Unpacking the great plains fire science exchange art exhibit. (1 of 2)

Dwayne Elmore presented a webinar on the role of fire in maintaining prairie grouse habitat January 29, 2015.

Kori Blankenship describes LANDFIRE’s biophysical settings and resent Great Plains research.

We interviewed Dr. Charles “Butch” Taylor, Jr. to learn about his career in fire research in Sonora, Texas.

Dr. Charles “Butch” Taylor, Jr. demonstrates an easy technique for measuring fuel moisture of live juniper trees. The technique could be used by anyone and is key to anticipating fire behavior in areas with moderate to heavy juniper occurrence.

Watch the post-burn northern mixed grass prairie through 1 year post-burn. This video was taken at Ft. Keogh, MT at the ARS research station.

This webinar recording about the effects of fire on horn flies and ticks, was presented by Dr. Derek Scasta from the University of Wyoming. Controlling parasites has implications for human health as well as livestock production.

Yeon-Su Kim, School of Forestry at Northern Arizona University discussed a recent report describing the economic efficacy of fuels treatments.

Ray Moranz webinar on butterflies, pollinators, and fire recorded on November 1st, 2013. Ray described the fire-butterfly paradox.

KC Olson of Kansas State University presented a webinar entitled “Effects of growing-season prescribed burning on vigor of the noxious weed sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) in the Kansas Flint Hills,” KC discussed his recent research to learn how growing season burns affect sericea lespedeza.