Darcy Hammond
@dhhammond.bsky.social
Fire Science | Ecology | Post-fire landscapes 🌲🔥🌱🌲 🏞 Opinions are my own. She/her 🏳️🌈
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Mark your calendars for a joint webinar, presented with the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation, on November 18th at 12pm MST. Josh Beisel will present findings from his work studying Whitebark pine ecology within the treeline ecotone of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, MT/ID. buff.ly/Zj2y2bC
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Mark your calendars for a joint webinar, presented with the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation, on November 18th at 12pm MST. Josh Beisel will present findings from his work studying Whitebark pine ecology within the treeline ecotone of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, MT/ID. buff.ly/Zj2y2bC
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Join us and our fellow exchanges for a special session and fire circle at the International Fire Ecology & Management Congress in New Orleans! In addition to these presentations, we'll be at the exhibit hall with a booth all week. Learn more about our AFE plans here: buff.ly/DJdZLbo
October 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Join us and our fellow exchanges for a special session and fire circle at the International Fire Ecology & Management Congress in New Orleans! In addition to these presentations, we'll be at the exhibit hall with a booth all week. Learn more about our AFE plans here: buff.ly/DJdZLbo
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Find our October 2025 Newsletter in your inboxes now! In this edition, details about an upcoming webinar we are jointly hosting with the Whitebark Pine Foundation on November 18th. Read the newsletter here: buff.ly/rajStDX
October 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Find our October 2025 Newsletter in your inboxes now! In this edition, details about an upcoming webinar we are jointly hosting with the Whitebark Pine Foundation on November 18th. Read the newsletter here: buff.ly/rajStDX
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September newsletter is out now! Find our newly published 2024 @firescience.gov Field Trip Summary, recent research briefs, and more. Read it or subscribe here: buff.ly/wkRWjsG
September 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
September newsletter is out now! Find our newly published 2024 @firescience.gov Field Trip Summary, recent research briefs, and more. Read it or subscribe here: buff.ly/wkRWjsG
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Women in Wildland Fire Training available October 23–26th, at Lubrecht Experimental Forest (MT). Applications are due by September 24th. This training is for those new to wildland fire careers, offering mentorship, and foundational skills in an inclusive environment. Learn more: buff.ly/RTpajjz
September 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Women in Wildland Fire Training available October 23–26th, at Lubrecht Experimental Forest (MT). Applications are due by September 24th. This training is for those new to wildland fire careers, offering mentorship, and foundational skills in an inclusive environment. Learn more: buff.ly/RTpajjz
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Important new paper by Luke Collins and colleagues: "Extremely large fires shape fire severity patterns across the diverse forests of British Columbia [BC], Canada"
Key findings:
1. Fires in BC have increased in size from 1986-2021
2. Bigger fires have larger patches of high-severity fire
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Key findings:
1. Fires in BC have increased in size from 1986-2021
2. Bigger fires have larger patches of high-severity fire
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Extremely large fires shape fire severity patterns across the diverse forests of British Columbia, Canada
Warming and drying conditions are driving increases in wildfire size and annual area burned across the forests of British Columbia, Canada. The impact of increasing fire activity on these forests rem...
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Important new paper by Luke Collins and colleagues: "Extremely large fires shape fire severity patterns across the diverse forests of British Columbia [BC], Canada"
Key findings:
1. Fires in BC have increased in size from 1986-2021
2. Bigger fires have larger patches of high-severity fire
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Key findings:
1. Fires in BC have increased in size from 1986-2021
2. Bigger fires have larger patches of high-severity fire
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Prescribed fire is an important tool for management of many ecosystems, but often there is a gap between desired and actual useage. We spoke to individuals representing three different perspectives on this issue, exploring the barriers to implementing prescribed fire in the region. buff.ly/KzxQyWO
August 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Prescribed fire is an important tool for management of many ecosystems, but often there is a gap between desired and actual useage. We spoke to individuals representing three different perspectives on this issue, exploring the barriers to implementing prescribed fire in the region. buff.ly/KzxQyWO
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Did you know there are nine experimental forests and demonstration areas within the Northern Rockies region? Explore our Experimental Forest webpage to learn more about each of these nine areas. buff.ly/R5T9ZVf
August 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Did you know there are nine experimental forests and demonstration areas within the Northern Rockies region? Explore our Experimental Forest webpage to learn more about each of these nine areas. buff.ly/R5T9ZVf
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🔥 Hot off the press ! 🔥
Originally “sparked” from a conversation between @sarahmccg.bsky.social , Luke Collins , @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social , Meg Krawchuk and I. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Originally “sparked” from a conversation between @sarahmccg.bsky.social , Luke Collins , @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social , Meg Krawchuk and I. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🔥 Hot off the press ! 🔥
Originally “sparked” from a conversation between @sarahmccg.bsky.social , Luke Collins , @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social , Meg Krawchuk and I. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Originally “sparked” from a conversation between @sarahmccg.bsky.social , Luke Collins , @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social , Meg Krawchuk and I. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Journal of #Pyrogeography has launched this week - we warmly welcome your submissions!
We cover landscape #fire interactions with #climate, #ecosystems, and #society and welcome studies from diverse research fields spanning the natural and social sciences.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...
We cover landscape #fire interactions with #climate, #ecosystems, and #society and welcome studies from diverse research fields spanning the natural and social sciences.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...
June 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Journal of #Pyrogeography has launched this week - we warmly welcome your submissions!
We cover landscape #fire interactions with #climate, #ecosystems, and #society and welcome studies from diverse research fields spanning the natural and social sciences.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...
We cover landscape #fire interactions with #climate, #ecosystems, and #society and welcome studies from diverse research fields spanning the natural and social sciences.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...
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Catch the latest edition of the TK & Fire Newsletter, featuring the work of Monroe Fox. Read the July edition and subscribe to future updates on our website. buff.ly/87YqxYy
July 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Catch the latest edition of the TK & Fire Newsletter, featuring the work of Monroe Fox. Read the July edition and subscribe to future updates on our website. buff.ly/87YqxYy
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Check out the Effects of Repeated Fire Hot Topic page. Understanding the potential impacts of previous fires on the characteristics of subsequent fires is important in informing land management decisions, developing fuel management strategies, and allocating fire-fighting resources. buff.ly/Pvm77rL
July 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Check out the Effects of Repeated Fire Hot Topic page. Understanding the potential impacts of previous fires on the characteristics of subsequent fires is important in informing land management decisions, developing fuel management strategies, and allocating fire-fighting resources. buff.ly/Pvm77rL
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Does prescribed burning reduce overall smoke from wildfire? We have 2 new papers that try to quantify. Answer: each acre Rx burned yields ≥3x more reduction in future wildfire smoke than is emitted in the Rx burn. But can take years to realize benefits.
www.stanfordecholab.com/blog/prescri...
www.stanfordecholab.com/blog/prescri...
smoke impacts of prescribed burning — ECHO: Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab | Stanford University
Yes, it almost certainly does, but benefits in terms of net smoke reductions take a few years to be realized. By: Marshall Burke Wildfire smoke is a rapidly growing environmental health haz...
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July 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Does prescribed burning reduce overall smoke from wildfire? We have 2 new papers that try to quantify. Answer: each acre Rx burned yields ≥3x more reduction in future wildfire smoke than is emitted in the Rx burn. But can take years to realize benefits.
www.stanfordecholab.com/blog/prescri...
www.stanfordecholab.com/blog/prescri...
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Prescribed fires reduced subsequent 2020 wildfire burn severity by -16% in the western US. Rx fire treatments led to a net reduction of -14% in smoke emissions, as sum from treatment-plus-subsequent-wildfire.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
July 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Prescribed fires reduced subsequent 2020 wildfire burn severity by -16% in the western US. Rx fire treatments led to a net reduction of -14% in smoke emissions, as sum from treatment-plus-subsequent-wildfire.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Our research team just published a new paper: "Aspen impedes wildland fire spread in southwestern United States landscapes".
Aspen forests are thought to be more resistant to burning compared to conifer forests, but this has not been well studied.
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Our research team just published a new paper: "Aspen impedes wildland fire spread in southwestern United States landscapes".
Aspen forests are thought to be more resistant to burning compared to conifer forests, but this has not been well studied.
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Aspen impedes wildfire spread in southwestern United States landscapes
Aspen (Populus tremuloides) forests are generally thought to impede fire spread, yet the extent of this effect is not well quantified in relation to other vegetation types. We examined the influence ...
doi.org
July 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Our research team just published a new paper: "Aspen impedes wildland fire spread in southwestern United States landscapes".
Aspen forests are thought to be more resistant to burning compared to conifer forests, but this has not been well studied.
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Our research team just published a new paper: "Aspen impedes wildland fire spread in southwestern United States landscapes".
Aspen forests are thought to be more resistant to burning compared to conifer forests, but this has not been well studied.
🧪🔥
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Does your research involve fire and shrub fuels? 🔥🌿
Please submit to our special session:
"Shrubland fuels and their fire behaviour modelling challenges"
at the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, New Orleans!
Abstracts due soon-15th July! afefirecongress.org/special-sess...
Please submit to our special session:
"Shrubland fuels and their fire behaviour modelling challenges"
at the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, New Orleans!
Abstracts due soon-15th July! afefirecongress.org/special-sess...
July 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Does your research involve fire and shrub fuels? 🔥🌿
Please submit to our special session:
"Shrubland fuels and their fire behaviour modelling challenges"
at the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, New Orleans!
Abstracts due soon-15th July! afefirecongress.org/special-sess...
Please submit to our special session:
"Shrubland fuels and their fire behaviour modelling challenges"
at the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, New Orleans!
Abstracts due soon-15th July! afefirecongress.org/special-sess...
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🌳 🔥 🌎 Our new paper: The extreme fire-prone #weather underpinning some of the worst #wildfire episodes this century has become more than twice as likely due to #climate change—a trend now evident across much of the world's tropical and mid-latitude #forests.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climate change has increased the odds of extreme regional forest fire years globally - Nature Communications
The authors show that extreme fire years in global forests align with rare fire weather extremes. Climate change has made such extremes 88-152% more probable. These findings highlight the need for act...
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🌳 🔥 🌎 Our new paper: The extreme fire-prone #weather underpinning some of the worst #wildfire episodes this century has become more than twice as likely due to #climate change—a trend now evident across much of the world's tropical and mid-latitude #forests.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Should we suppress wildfires ‘as swiftly as possible?’ With 2025 season well underway, scholars weigh in. From the Mountain West News Bureau's @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social w/ @boisestatepublicradio.org - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
Should we suppress wildfires ‘as swiftly as possible?’ With 2025 season well underway, scholars weigh in
The Forest Service's new chief recently published a letter that called for wildfires to be suppressed "as swiftly as possible." That may sound prudent to many, but it raised eyebrows among some who st...
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July 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Should we suppress wildfires ‘as swiftly as possible?’ With 2025 season well underway, scholars weigh in. From the Mountain West News Bureau's @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social w/ @boisestatepublicradio.org - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
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July newsletter is in your inbox! This month's edition includes a new video from JFSP explaining the Fire Science Exchange Network - and more! Watch the video here: buff.ly/z8hslSv
July 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
July newsletter is in your inbox! This month's edition includes a new video from JFSP explaining the Fire Science Exchange Network - and more! Watch the video here: buff.ly/z8hslSv
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The JFSP Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcements are now open! Proposals are due Sept. 18th. If you are applying to do research in the Northern Rockies we strongly encourage you to reach out to us for a letter of support via this link: buff.ly/b6hXdPj
July 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The JFSP Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcements are now open! Proposals are due Sept. 18th. If you are applying to do research in the Northern Rockies we strongly encourage you to reach out to us for a letter of support via this link: buff.ly/b6hXdPj
So thankful for all the great conversations that were had this week, and a big shoutout to @intertribal-tc.bsky.social for putting on this symposium and to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation for being fantastic hosts!
We had a great time at the Intertribal Timber Council Symposium this week, including an awesome field trip on Wednesday! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table to learn about the JFSP network and talk about fire and fuels management. #NationalIndianTimberSymposium
June 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
So thankful for all the great conversations that were had this week, and a big shoutout to @intertribal-tc.bsky.social for putting on this symposium and to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation for being fantastic hosts!
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Don't forget to register for our webinars on the Behave7 fire modeling system this week! We will discuss how Behave v7 differs from BehavePlus v6. These webinars are aimed at different users so check the details to see which is best suited for you. Register here: buff.ly/gC5Brzv
May 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Don't forget to register for our webinars on the Behave7 fire modeling system this week! We will discuss how Behave v7 differs from BehavePlus v6. These webinars are aimed at different users so check the details to see which is best suited for you. Register here: buff.ly/gC5Brzv
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May is Wildfire Awareness Month! Our Public Perspectives of Fire Management page (developed with USFS RMRS) offers research and tools to help understand the social issues that managers encounter in fire management and provide potential ways to address those issues. Check it out: buff.ly/1VunVc2
May 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
May is Wildfire Awareness Month! Our Public Perspectives of Fire Management page (developed with USFS RMRS) offers research and tools to help understand the social issues that managers encounter in fire management and provide potential ways to address those issues. Check it out: buff.ly/1VunVc2
@nrfirescience.bsky.social is hosting two webinars on the newly released Behave7 fire modeling program! Come hear from the RMRS development leads on what's new with this update, some demos, and what's next: nrfirescience.org/event-group/...
May 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
@nrfirescience.bsky.social is hosting two webinars on the newly released Behave7 fire modeling program! Come hear from the RMRS development leads on what's new with this update, some demos, and what's next: nrfirescience.org/event-group/...
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How are Student Fire Associations contributing to workforce development and educating the next generation of fire and fuels professionals? In the latest installment of our "Perspectives" series, we spoke with students @umontana and @uidaho to find out: buff.ly/zBvHk3c
May 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How are Student Fire Associations contributing to workforce development and educating the next generation of fire and fuels professionals? In the latest installment of our "Perspectives" series, we spoke with students @umontana and @uidaho to find out: buff.ly/zBvHk3c