Time Talk Number Speaker Title Session 3: Post-disturbance Fuel and Fire Modeling Special Session – Superior Room 1330 – 1350 Jeffery Effects of Beetle-caused Mortality on Wildfire 1350 – 1410 Garrett Meigs Mapping Disturbance Effects on Forest Fuels: Implications for Insect-Fire Interactions 1410 – 1430 Dan Donato Assessing Forest Fuels After Bark Beetle Outbreaks and Other Disturbances: What Can Fire Models Tell Us? 1430 – 1450 Morris Johnson Effects of Logging on Fuels and Fire Behavior Following a Windstorm 1450 – 1510 Russell Parsons Impacts of Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks on Coupled Fire/Vegetation/Atmosphere Interactions in Lodgepole Pine Stands using FIRETEC 1510 – 1540 BREAK – Ballroom 2 1540 – 1600 Chad Hoffman The Use of WFDS to Quantify Fire Hazard Following Bark Beetle-caused Mortality in Lodgepole Pine Forests 1600 – 1620 Michael Jenkins The Influence of Fuel Moisture and Monoterpenes on the Flammability of Conifer Fuels 1620 – 1640 Matt Jolly Relationship Between Foliar Moisture, Leaf Chemistry and Ignitability of Pinus contorta Needles during the Early Stages of Mountain Pine Beetle Attack 1640 - 1700 Travis Woolley Session summary 1730 – 1900 POSTER SESSION and NO-HOST SOCIAL – Ballrooms 1 and 2 Tuesday Afternoon, November 15
Time Talk Number Speaker Title Session 5: Post-fire Erosion Special Session Wasatch Room 0800 – 0840 Jason Williams Hydrologic and Erosional Impacts Associated with an Increased Role of Wildland Fire on Western Rangelands 0840 – 0900 Vic Etyemezian Wind Erosion Measurements up to Three Years after Fire 0900 – 0920 Matt Germino Surface Conditions Affecting Post-fire Wind Erosion in Cold Desert 0920 – 0940 Jan Surface Roughness Effects on Concentrated Flow Erosion Processes in Rangelands Pre- and Post-fire 0940 – 1000 Joel Sankey Quantifying Biogeomorphic Response to Fire at Micro-biome Scales 1000 – 1030 BREAK – Ballroom 2 1030 – 1050 Natalie Wagenbrenner Measuring and Modeling Dust Emissions from Burned by Wildfire 1050 – 1110 Nancy Glenn Remote Sensing of Post-fire Conditions in Sage-steppe 1110 – 1130 Beth Newingham Comparing the Effects of Post-fire Seeding Techniques on Soil Erosion in a Dryland Ecosystem 1130 – 1200 Mark Miller Post-fire Rehabilitation Treatments and Wind Erosion in Rangelands – Lessons from the Milford Flat Fire 1200 - 1330 AFE Members Meeting and Luncheon – Ballrooms 2 and 3 Wednesday Morning, November 16 elevation
Time Talk Number Speaker Title Session 6: SageSTEP Special Session – Superior Room 0750 – 0800 Jim McIver Introduction 0800 – 0820 David Pyke Stress in Sagebrush Steppe and Resistance to Cheatgrass Invasion 0820 – 0840 Rick Miller Short-term vegetation Response to Piñon and Juniper Removal in Sagebrush-Steppe 0840 – 0900 Roundy Effects of Fire and Fuel Treatments on Soil Availability in Sagebrush Communities 0900 – 0920 April Hulet Characterizing Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands Post Fuel-Reduction Treatments Using High-Resolution Imagery 0920 – 0940 Nathan Cline Germination Prediction from Soil Moisture and Temperature in the Great Basin 0940 – 1000 Jason Williams Runoff and Erosion Responses on Burned and Unburned Sagebrush Steppe and Wooded Shrublands in the Basin, USA 1000 – 1030 BREAK – Ballroom 2 1030 – 1050 Kert Young Mechanically Shredding Utah Juniper and Soil Environment Characteristics 1050 – 1110 Knick Short-term Response by Bird Communities to Pinyon-Juniper Removal by Prescribed Fire 1110 – 1130 Jim McIver Butterfly Response to Sagebrush Steppe Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments: Unintended Consequences? 1130 – 1150 Kim Rollins Measuring the Economic Value of Fuel Treatments on Great Basin Rangelands 1150 – 1200 Jim McIver Summary 1200 - 1330 AFE Members Meeting and Luncheon – Ballrooms 2 and 3
Wednesday Afternoon, November 16 Time Talk Number Speaker Title Session 10: Mapping, Modeling and Monitoring – Magpie Room 1330 - 1350 Peter Roohr The Availability of NOAA Climate Services and Support for Fighting Wildfires 1350 - 1410 Joe Techniques for Assessment of Potential Wildfire Behavior 1410 – 1430 Steve Barrett Fire Regime Condition Class: Concepts, Methods, and Applications 1430 – 1450 Greg Dillon Both Topography and Climate Affected Burn Severity in Forests and Woodlands of the Western US, 1984 to 2006 1450 - 1510 Yi Qi Remote Monitoring of Sagebrush and Gambel Oak Live Fuel Moisture using Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Proxies 1510 – 1540 BREAK – Ballroom 2 1540 – 1600 Gilbertson-Day Sensitivity of Fire Behavior Metrics to Change in Fuel Data Resolution and Implications for Landscape Wildfire Risk Analysis 1600 – 1620 Matt Apparent Changes in Conifer Foliar Moisture are Driven by Seasonal Dry Weight Allocation 1620 – 1640 Carl Seielstad Frontiers in Fuels Science: Using Laser Scanners to Re-invent Fuels Characterization 1640 - 1700 Ron Steffens Seasonal fuel moisture monitoring and climate trends: a 20 year assessment from Grand Teton National Park
1830 – 2100 BANQUET and AWARDS – Ballrooms 2 and 3 - Stan Kitchen – Living with Cheatgrass Thursday Morning, November 17 Time Talk Number Speaker Session 11: Fuels Management Techniques – Wasatch Room 0800 – 0820 Kate Cueno Initial Results Following Thinning and Chipping of Ponderosa Pine 0820 – 0840 Michael Battaglia Integrated Fuel Treatments from the Site to the Landscape: Restoration of Northern Rocky Mountain Moist Forests 0840 – 0900 Jesse Kreye Effects of Mastication on Fire Behavior and Fire Effects in Fuelbeds 0900 – 0920 Jonathan Ignition Characteristics of Mulched 0920 – 0940 Bob Keane Scaling Surface and Canopy in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA 0940 – 1000 Bob Describing Spatial Variability of Surface and Canopy Fuels in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA 1000 - 1020 Michael Battaglia A Comprehensive Guide to Fuels Management Practices for Ponderosa Pine/ Dry Mixed Conifer Forests: Eastern Cascades, Klamath/Siskiyou, Northern Rockies, and Utah 1020 - 1100 BREAK – Ballroom 2 Closing Plenary – Ballroom 3
1100 – 1130 Dave Thomas Metaphors Fire Ecologists Use: Observations of An Amateur Anthropologist at the Interior West Fire Ecology Conference 1130 – 1140 Louisa Evers Closing Remarks Thursday Morning, November 17 Time Talk Number Speaker Title Session 12: Socioeconomic Issues and Fire – Superior Room 0800 – 0820 Kim Rollins Ecology and Economics of Fire: Integrated Models 0820 – 0840 Kyle Stetler The Effects of Wildfire and Environmental Amenities on Property Values in Northwest Montana 0840 – 0900 Tim Ingalsbee Smoke Signals: New Messages and Policies to Nurture Greater Public Tolerance for Forest Fire Smoke 0900 – 0920 Rachael Houtman Letting Wildfires Burn 0920 – 0940 Kim Ernstrom Opportunities for Change and Influence within the Framework of Wildland Fire 0940 – 1000 Allen Rowley Line Officer Philosophy and Intent: Decision-making on a Fire 1000 - 1020 Amanda Rau Anthropogenic Fire in Designated Wilderness on the Deschutes National Forest 1020 - 1100 BREAK – Ballroom 2 Closing Plenary – Ballroom 3
1100 – 1130 Dave Thomas Metaphors Fire Ecologists Use: Observations of An Amateur Anthropologist at the Interior West Fire Ecology Conference 1130 – 1140 Louisa Evers Closing Remarks Thursday Morning, November 17 Time Talk Number Speaker Session 13: Fire and Resource Management 2 – Magpie Room 0800 – 0820 Brad Washa Hazardous Fuels Treatment Effectiveness on Utah BLM Lands 0820 – 0840 David Pilliod Spring-ignited Prescribed Fires Reduce the Severity of Subsequent Wildfire in Central Idaho 0840 – 0900 Chappell After the Burn: Twitchell Canyon Wildfire 2011 Post-fire Vegetation Response 0900 – 0920 Susan Prichard Landscape Analysis of Fuel Treatments and Wildfire Severity in North-central Washington State 0920 – 0940 Travis Woolley Lodgepole Pine Forests Following Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemics: A Chronosequence of Fuels and Potential Fire Behavior for Oregon. 0940 – 1000 Brian Oswald Addressing Highly Underestimated of Wildland Fire in Interface Areas in The Netherlands: a Collaborative Effort between the Dutch Government and Stephen F. Austin State University 1000 - 1020 Brian Oswald Drought and Fire in Texas 2011 1020 - 1100 – Ballroom 2 central urban