Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium, an exchange for fire science information

About Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium

The Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium is an exchange for fire science information. Funded by the Joint Fire Science Program, our goal is to increase the availability and consideration of credible fire science information to those making land management decisions.

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A source for fire science based, educational videos, past webinars and conferences.

Featured Products & Events

2024 Fall-Winter Webinar Series

This year’s fire-science webinar series is now being developed. Stay tuned for more information, coming soon.

Details are now available HERE

StoryMap: Fire in the Ozarks

Announcing a multimedia fire history and fire science presentation that features photos, slideshows, maps, and short videos. This StoryMap tells about a remarkable pattern of recurrent widespread fire over hundreds of years within the Ozarks, as revealed through fire scars captured in the growth rings of trees.

Read about it HERE

Fueling Collaboration – a panel discussion series

View recordings for Seasons 1 – 4. Details about Season 5 are coming soon.

See it all HERE

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5 days ago

Join USDA Forest Service Research & Development for their SCIENCEx Fire - 2025 Panel Discussion Series.January 23 Panel Discussion Information and Registration link: research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/sciencex-fire-smoke-smoke-and-more-smokeSCIENCEx Fire Series link: research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/sciencex"The USDA Forest Service Research and Development is proud to host a series of SCIENCEx Fire panel discussions intended for fire, fuels and land managers on topics associated with the Wildfire Crisis Strategy and beyond. The SCIENCEx Fire panel discussions will provide big picture and synthetic looks at the current state of knowledge and management considerations for each topic. Each panel is comprised of expert practitioners and researchers from the Forest Service, universities, other land management organizations, industry and non-governmental organizations. Pre-registration is required, and each recorded session will be 90-minutes in length."U.S. Forest Service - Research and Development#firescience #prescribedfire #RxFire ... See MoreSee Less

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1 week ago

Article link: doi.org/10.1186/s42408-024-00340-5This recent study published in "Fire Ecology" compares the recovery of forest communities in Kentucky's Daniel Boone National Forest 12 and 6 years after the 2010 Fish Trap Fire. "This repeated sampling improves our understanding of how forest communities regenerate at varying levels of burn severity, indicates future trajectories, and allows us to provide more accurate insights for future management."#firescience #fireecology #prescribedfire #RxFire ... See MoreSee Less

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