Wildlife and Fire: From Borders to Biota, Monitoring at Multiple Scales

Photo Credit

USDA photo by Deborah Lee Soltesz; infographic by the Southwest Fire Science Consortium

In January, the Southwest Fire Science Consortium, USDA Forest Service, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, and many other partners hosted a two-day workshop on the intersection of wildlife and fire. Based on the needs identified in the workshop, this collaborative group is hosting a yearlong series of workshops, webinars, and reports to improve wildlife outcomes in the face of fire and climate change. This series is intended to help researchers and practitioners across fire and wildlife disciplines exchange ideas, tools, and lessons to address the rapid pace and scale of fire management.

In the second webinar of this series, a panel of experts will discuss monitoring and collaboration at multiple scales at the intersection of fire and wildlife. Topics include the study of how fire and thinning may impact several important soil organisms that support forested wildlife habitat, large-scale monitoring of border infrastructure impacts on wildlife, stories from habitat recovery within large wildfire footprints, collaborations to manage sage grouse and their habitat, and observations on intra-agency differences coordinating wildlife management and fire recovery. Please join us on May 21 to learn more about monitoring at multiple scales.

This webinar is cohosted by multiple organizations, including the Southwest Fire Science Consortium. 

Panelists

• Jamie Sanderlin, Quantitative Vertebrate Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Kara Gibson, Postdoc, Northern Arizona University 
• Kevin Doherty, National Program Leader for Wildlife Biology & Habitat Restoration Research, USDA Forest Service
• Eamon Harrity, Wildlife Projects Manager, Sky Island Alliance
• Shaula Hedwall, Senior/Supervisory Fish And Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service