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Course Schedule |
Aug 26
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Introductions
How the class is organized
Fire effects on plants I
PDF of
PowerPoint (With Notes)
PDF
of PowerPoint (Handout 6/page) |
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| Aug. 28 |
Fire effects on plants II
PDF of
PowerPoint (With Notes)
PDF
of PowerPoint (Handout 6/page)
Fire regimes and Fire Regime Condition Class
PDF of PowerPoint (With
Notes)
PDF
of PowerPoint (Handout 6/page) |
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| Sept. 2 |
Fire history methods
PDF of PowerPoint (With
Notes)
PDF
of PowerPoint (Handout 6/page) |
| Sept. 4 |
Discussion: Fire History
Questions and
Readings |
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| Sept. 9 |
Introduction to Prairies
PDF of PowerPoint (With Notes)
PDF
of PowerPoint (Handout 6/page) |
| Sept.
11 |
Fire Ecology of Prairies
PDF of PowerPoint
(With Notes)
PDF
of PowerPoint (Handout 6/page) |
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Sept. 16 |
Discussion: Fire Ecology
of Prairies, led by Ben Butler: Questions and
Reading
Discuss Exam #1 &
Citations & SummariesPonderosa pine fire ecology
PDF of
PowerPoint for both this presentation and the next one |
| Sept.
18 |
Discussion: Ponderosa pine fire
ecology and restoration, led by Rob Keefe
Questions and Readings
Mixed-Severity Fire in Ponderosa Pine
Ecological restoration and fuels treatments in ponderosa pine forests |
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| Sept.
23 |
No class
(work on exam questions, citations and summaries, out-of-class
reflective essay, etc.)
Read:
Kurz, W.A., C. C. Dymond, G. Stinson, G. J. Rampley, E. T. Neilson, A.
L. Carroll, T. Ebata & L. Safranyik. 2008. Mountain pine beetle and
forest carbon feedback to climate change. Nature 452: 987-990. |
| Sept.
25 |
No class
(work on exam questions, citations and summaries, out-of-class
reflective essay, etc.)
DUE: Citations and summaries for first exam (submit to Blackboard
discussion)
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| Sept.
30
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Fire effects on nitrogen and
carbon cycles
PDF of PowerPoint |
| Oct. 2 |
Discussion: Fire effects
on carbon and nitrogen, led by Marshell Moy,
Questions and Readings Fire effects on nitrogen and
carbon cycles (continued from Sept. 30, same powerpoint)
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Oct. 11 |
Field trip to
2005 School Fire: Vegetation response to burn
severity, post-fire rehabilitation, and salvage logging in dry forests |
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Oct. 25 |
Field trip to
UI Experimental Forest Post-burn evaluation of effects of prescribed
burns: burn severity and fuels |
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Nov. 8 |
FIELD TRIP to UI Experimental Forest and adjacent lands:
Burn severity and WUI, including fire
effects on plants and soils from recent fires, Composite Burn Index, and
FIREWISE assessment |
| Oct. 7 |
Fire
ecology of juniper & shrub-steppe ecosystems,
Guest presentation by Steve Bunting
References:
SAGEPJ PDF)
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| Oct. 9 |
Fire
ecology of juniper & shrub-steppe ecosystems,
Guest presentation by Steve Bunting |
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| Oct. 14 |
Subalpine forests
PDF of PowerPoint
(With Notes)
PDF of PowerPoint
(Handouts) |
| Oct. 16 |
Subalpine forests
PDF of PowerPoint
(With Notes)
PDF of PowerPoint
(Handouts)
Whitebark pine ecology and restoration
PDF of PowerPoint
DUE: Exam #1 |
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| Oct. 21 |
Discussion: Subalpine
forests, led by William Winningham,
Questions and Readings
Fire and landscape dynamics |
| Oct. 23
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Discuss Exam #1
Mid-term assessment: We'll hold a short discussion
about what's going well in the course and what needs to be improved upon
for the on-going course Fire and landscape dynamics |
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Oct.
28
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Forest disturbances: insects, fires and their interactions:
Guest Presentation by Jeff Hicke
(Please read as background:
Romme et al. (2007)) DUE: Citations and summaries for second exam (submit to Blackboard
discussion) |
| Oct. 30 |
Discussion: Landscape dynamics, led by Jeff Lonneker,
Questions and Readings
Mid-term assessment: We'll hold a short discussion
about what's going well in the course and what needs to be improved upon
for the on-going course |
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| Nov. 4 |
Fire and invasive species
Powerpoint with notes
Powerpoint
(handout) |
| Nov. 6 |
Discussion: Fire and Invasive Species,
led by Lee Spencer
Questions and readings |
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| Nov. 11 |
Fire and climate change
Powerpoint
PDF
DUE Exam #2 |
| Nov. 13 |
Discussion: fire and climate
change, led by Penny Morgan
Questions and Readings
Fire and climate change |
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| Nov.
18 |
A whirlwind tour of fire
ecology in some interesting ecosystems, including chapparal, longleaf
pine, the Everglades and Idaho mixed conifer forests |
| Nov. 20 |
Fire effects on soils and streams:
hydrophobic soils and erosion (Guest presentation by Pete Robichaud)
READ Robichaud, P.R. 2005.
Measurement of post-fire hillslope erosion to evaluate and model
rehabilitation treatment effectiveness and recovery. International
Journal of Wildland Fire 14(4): 475-485
DUE: Reflective essay on an out-of-class
activity (this is described on the course
syllabus) |
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Dec. 2 |
Discussion: Fire effects on
streams, led by Nathan Robertson
Questions and Readings
Fire effects on air: smoke
DUE: Citations and summaries for third exam (submit to Blackboard
discussion) |
| Dec. 4 |
Tree rings: fire history and dendrochronology: Guest Presentation
by Emily Heyerdahl |
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| Dec. 9 |
Discussion: Global Fire
(Read
"Fire, Ecosystems and People: Threats and Strategies for Global
Biodiversity Conservation" published by The Nature Conservancy) |
| Dec. 11 |
Course evaluation
Fire ecology and the future
Exam 3 Due on
Dec. 12 |
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