Canadian wildfires | #38

Carolina and Marcus sit down with Ciera Rhodes of Quail Forever to discuss the importance of using fire when managing for gamebirds, programs and agencies available to assist landowners with management practices and funding, and best fire practices for maximizing quail on your property.

Resources:

• NRCS

• EQIP

• Quail Forever

Dr. Carolina Baruzzi (wildlandmgmt) (Academic Profile)

Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)

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Dr. Anthony Taylor, Associate Professor of Forest Management at the University of New Brunswick, joins Carolina to discuss the Canadian wildfires, the implications of climate change on our ecological and human communities, and what tools can help mitigate these effects moving forward.

Resources:

• Wang, J., Taylor, A. R., & D’Orangeville, L. (2023). Warming-induced tree growth may help offset increasing disturbance across the Canadian boreal forest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(2), e2212780120.

Dr. Anthony Taylor (website) (Academic Profile)

Dr. Carolina Baruzzi (wildlandmgmt) (Academic Profile)

Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)

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Dr. Istvan Kereszy joins Marcus and Carolina to discuss his company: Fire Neural Network. Learn how artificial intelligence is used to detect high-risk lightning, how it is currently being applied to fight wildfires across the globe, and how we can continue to benefit from this technology moving forward.

Dr. Istvan Kereszy  (info@fireneuralnetwork.com)

Fire Neural Network (https://www.fireneuralnetwork.com/)

UF Article (https://news.ufl.edu/2023/04/fire-neural-network/)

Dr. Carolina Baruzzi (wildlandmgmt) (Academic Profile)

Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)

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We welcome Dr. Carolina Baruzzi, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology & Management at the University of Florida, who joins Marcus as our new co-host of Fire University! Hear about their previous work together, Dr. Baruzzi’s research interests, and their ideas for the series moving forward. 

Resources from the episode:

• Baruzzi, C., et al. "The pyrogenic bunchgrass Aristida beyrichiana is negatively affected by soil biota when planted outside of its home soil." Plant and Soil (2022): 1-10.

• Nichols, Rainer A., et al. "Alter fire timing to recouple forage nutrients with herbivore nutrient demands." Forest Ecology and Management 500 (2021): 119646.

Dr. Carolina Baruzzi (wildlandmgmt) (Academic Profile)

Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)

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Marcus is joined by Jenn Fawcett, Extension Associate & SERPPAS Prescribed Fire Work Group Coordinator for NC State University. Join as they discuss the various avenues of education and coordination available to landowners across the southeast wanting to get fire on their land. 

Resources from the episode:

• https://kstate.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=3eacaaf1a3514d3da2e5215b5dd55f9b

• https://sites.cnr.ncsu.edu/southeast-fire-update/prescribed-burn-associations//

• https://www.frames.gov/catalog/21218 

Dr. Marcus Lashley- @DrDisturbance 

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Marcus is joined by Laurel Kays, Fire Learning Network Manager of The Nature Conservancy. Learn of the programs and networking support in which fire professionals are helping landowners to understand and navigate getting fire on their lands.

Resources from the episode:

• Fire Learning Network
• Project Firehawk: Decolonizing Prescribed Fire
• A Pessimist’s Guide to Optimal Hope 
• Dr. Sarah McCaffrey on Effective Communication about Wildfire Management: Observations from 20 years of fire social science research

Laurel Kays

Dr. Marcus Lashley- @DrDisturbance 

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Dr. Marcus Lashley is joined by Dr. Kevin Robertson, Fire Ecology Research Scientist at Tall Timbers Research Station. Listen as they discuss Dr. Robertson’s recent research assessing how fire affects the restoration of pine savannas over a 100 year period. Research study discussed: Pine savanna restoration on agricultural landscapes: The path back to native savanna ecosystem services

Dr. Kevin Robertson

Dr. Marcus Lashley- @DrDisturbance 

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In this episode of Fire University, Marcus chats with Dr. Victoria Donovan, Assistant Professor of Forest Management at the University of Florida. Join as they discuss her past research understanding the roles of fire dynamics across plant and animal communities, as well as future research programs to continue understanding how fire shapes communities within spatio-temporal scales.

Dr. Victoria Donovan

The Donovan Lab

victoria.donovan@ufl.edu 

Dr. Marcus Lashley  - @DrDisturbance - @ufdeerlab 

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Earlier this year, we created an online Fire Training Course to teach and train participants on how to use prescribed fire to reach land management objectives. We had fire experts join a panel discussion to answer questions and share their knowledge on the fundamentals of implementing fire and connecting with fire communities. This episode is that panel discussion.

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Whether it’s from fear of red meat allergy or Lyme’s disease, it’s safe to say that most people don’t hope to find a tick on them during routine checks. In this episode, Marcus introduces longtime friend and newly hired UF Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management Dr. Carolina Baruzzi. Join as they break down their recent (unreleased) study assessing the effects that fire timing and deer have on tick populations.

Articles mentioned in this episode:

The Phenology of Ticks and the Effects of Long-Term Prescribed Burning on Tick Population Dynamics in Southwestern Georgia and Northwestern Florida

Reptile Host Associations of Ixodes scapularis in Florida and Implications for Borrelia spp. Ecology

Why Lyme disease is common in the northern US, but rare in the south: The roles of host choice, host-seeking behavior, and tick density

Can restoration of fire-dependent ecosystems reduce ticks and tick-borne disease prevalence in the eastern United States?

Reduced Abundance of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) with Exclusion of Deer by Electric Fencing Get access Arrow

Abundance of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) After the Complete Removal of Deer from an Isolated Offshore Island, Endemic for Lyme Disease

Dr. Carolina Baruzzi - @OaksandGoats

Dr. Marcus Lashley  - @DrDisturbance - @ufdeerlab 

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