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.
Featured Events
Glades, quail, and prescribed fire workshop in Arkansas
JOIN US for this 1.5 day workshop in northern Arkansas. Co-hosted by the Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and The Nature Conservancy, this workshop will focus on using prescribed fire to manage glades for quail habitat.
June 2 – 3, 2020
Climate and land use effects on Holocene era vegetation and fire history of the Ozarks
This webinar will focus on findings from a recent study, Humans, fire, and ecology in the southern Missouri Ozarks, USA, by Dr. Nanavati and Dr. Eric Grimm, published in The Holocene.
Abstract coming soon! Learn more!
January 14, 2020
Webinar: Fire and Wildlife in the Southern Appalachians
By Dr. Cathryn Greenberg, Southern Research Station, US Forest Service
December 3, 2019 at 1 PM central time
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ICYMI a recent webinar from our friends at @sefirescience on the effects of prescribed fire on wild turkeys is available to watch online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RueQUgPN-ZM&feature=youtu.be
Webinar tomorrow @1:00 CST! Please join us to learn more about interesting research on fire and wildlife: https://oakfirescience.com/events/webinar-fire-and-wildlife-in-the-southern-appalachians/
Upcoming webinar! Join us Tues. Dec 3 @ 1:00 CST for the 3rd webinar of our Fall Webinar Series. Dr. Cathryn Greenberg will present on the effects of fire and silvicultural practices on reptiles, amphibians, and bird species: https://oakfirescience.com/events/webinar-fire-and-wildlife-in-the-southern-appalachians/
ICYMI Dr. Hong He's webinar is now available to watch online! https://oakfirescience.com/video/how-can-prescribed-burning-and-harvesting-restore-shortleaf-pine-oak-woodland-at-the-landscape-scale-in-central-united-states-modeling-joint-effects-of-harvest-and-fire-regimes/
Webinar tomorrow! Join us tomorrow @ 1:00 CST for Dr. Hong He's presentation on using LANDIS to model landscape scale effects of prescribed burning and harvesting in shortleaf pine-oak woodlands. To join log in as a guest starting at 12:45: https://forestry.adobeconnect.com/_a1140350139/he/
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