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
Learn-N-Burn Woodland Prescribed Fire Workshop
This introduction to prescribed fire in woodlands covers benefits, safety, equipment, cost-share opportunities, and a prescribed fire demonstration (weather permitting).
Two Workshop Dates and Locations
— March 28, 2020, West Lafayette, IN
— April 18, 2020, Dubois, IN
Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Prescribed Fire Council
May 19, 2020
Natural Bridge State Park, Slade, KY
Glades, quail, and prescribed fire workshop in Arkansas
June 2 – 3, 2020
Ash Flat, AR
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.
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The Joint Fire Science Program has posted an early alert announcement for upcoming funding opportunities...follow the link to view research topics and details!
New research finds seed banks to be richer in target restoration species than previously thought:
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An overarching conclusion in the literature is that soil seed banks rarely contain many restoration‐target species and are often liabilities rather than assets to restoration. Our objective was to e...Latest Tweets
New research paper on effects of prescribed fire and thinning on understory plants: https://bioone.org/journals/Natural-Areas-Journal/volume-40/issue-1/043.040.0104/Annual-Understory-Plant-Recovery-Dynamics-in-a-Temperate-Woodland-Mosaic/10.3375/043.040.0104.short
Webinar tomorrow! Climate, land use and Holocene fire history of the Ozarks tomorrow @1:00 CST: https://oakfirescience.com/events/webinar-climate-and-land-use-effects-on-holocene-era-vegetation-and-fire-history-of-the-ozarks/
ICYMI the recent webinar "Fire and Wildlife in the Southern Appalachians" is now available to watch online: https://oakfirescience.com/video/fire-and-wildlife-in-the-southern-appalachians/
Upcoming webinar! Please join us next Tue. Jan. 14th @ 1:00 CST to learn what pollen and charcoal records from the Ozarks reveal about past climate, fire, and human influences on Ozark forests: https://oakfirescience.com/events/webinar-climate-and-land-use-effects-on-holocene-era-vegetation-and-fire-history-of-the-ozarks/
Did you know that smoke from wildland fires can transport microbial forms? Fascinating research into this little-studied phenomenon that could have big implications: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.2507
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Have a question related to fire science in our region? Send us a message. We’re here to help!
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