Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

WINTER 2010

A lesson is learned when we change our behavior.

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Advances in Fire Practice WINTER 2009

Decision Support
New Center Aims to Bridge Research and Field Application Gap

By Josh McDaniel

WINTER 2010
Topics: Decision Support, Fire Management

The goal of NFDSC is to provide a key link between wildland fire science development and the appropriate application of that science.

Carbon Management
Carbon Takes Center Stage at 4th International Fire Congress

By Josh McDaniel

WINTER 2010
Topics: Climate, Fire Ecology, Fuels

Land managers will soon be faced with the apparent paradox of simultaneously managing forests for both fire management and carbon sequestration. Research presented at the conference showed that researchers will be working alongside land managers to solve that puzzle.

AFP VIDEO
Is Climate Change Behind Recent Increase in Fire Activity?

It has become conventional wisdom that a warming climate has led to larger and more severe fires in the western US over the past few decades. The West is definitely warmer, but is it part of a long term warming trend connected to global climate change?

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