Dr. Lori Daniels 🌲🔥
@loridanielsubc.bsky.social
Koerner Chair in Wildfire Coexistence @ University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Interested in forest dynamics, wildfire, cultural burning, disturbance regimes, human impacts & interactions with climate change 🌲🔥🌎
Excited to share our timely new wildfire mitigation project - working with communities to proactively reduce risk as more 🔥records are set across BC + Canada
@firejill.bsky.social
@forestry.ubc.ca @bccfa.bsky.social @bcwildfireservice.bsky.social
@firejill.bsky.social
@forestry.ubc.ca @bccfa.bsky.social @bcwildfireservice.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Excited to share our timely new wildfire mitigation project - working with communities to proactively reduce risk as more 🔥records are set across BC + Canada
@firejill.bsky.social
@forestry.ubc.ca @bccfa.bsky.social @bcwildfireservice.bsky.social
@firejill.bsky.social
@forestry.ubc.ca @bccfa.bsky.social @bcwildfireservice.bsky.social
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Join @loridanielsubc.bsky.social and me this Thursday at UBC for an urgent convo:
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Is Vancouver at risk for urban wildfires like those that hit L.A.?
UBC speakers event brings together experts John Vaillant, Lori Daniels, Suzanne Simard to talk about wildfires in urban settings
vancouversun.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Join @loridanielsubc.bsky.social and me this Thursday at UBC for an urgent convo:
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Reposted by Dr. Lori Daniels 🌲🔥
Saturday @winnipegfreepress.com column: Voters must decide whether to play short or long game with “reconciliation”
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
Opinion: Indigenous voters must decide whether to play short or long game
www.winnipegfreepress.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Saturday @winnipegfreepress.com column: Voters must decide whether to play short or long game with “reconciliation”
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
Reposted by Dr. Lori Daniels 🌲🔥
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Please see our new paper in Nature Communications!
We used 1,851 tree-ring fire-scar sites and contemporary fire perimeters to quantify the prevalence of wildfire from 1600-1880 compared to 1984-2022. 🧪🌍🔥
Our key findings are as follows ...
Please see our new paper in Nature Communications!
We used 1,851 tree-ring fire-scar sites and contemporary fire perimeters to quantify the prevalence of wildfire from 1600-1880 compared to 1984-2022. 🧪🌍🔥
Our key findings are as follows ...
A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned - Nature Communications
Across many North American forests, recent years with exceptional area burned are not unprecedented when considering the multi-century perspective offered by fire-scarred trees. Nevertheless, abundant...
www.nature.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Please see our new paper in Nature Communications!
We used 1,851 tree-ring fire-scar sites and contemporary fire perimeters to quantify the prevalence of wildfire from 1600-1880 compared to 1984-2022. 🧪🌍🔥
Our key findings are as follows ...
Please see our new paper in Nature Communications!
We used 1,851 tree-ring fire-scar sites and contemporary fire perimeters to quantify the prevalence of wildfire from 1600-1880 compared to 1984-2022. 🧪🌍🔥
Our key findings are as follows ...
Sharing Kea's excellent article on efficacy of fuels treatments in the "Kootenay mix" - even interior rainforests of BC are at risk of wildfire! Community forest managers used innovative pyrosilviculture to reduce fuels + models show mitigated risk of crown fire 🌲🔥
www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF24096
www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF24096
Short-term impacts of operational fuel treatments on modelled fire behaviour and effects in seasonally dry forests of British Columbia, Canada
Background In response to increasing risk of extreme wildfire across western North America, forest managers are proactively implementing fuel treatments.Aims We assessed the efficacy of alternative co...
www.publish.csiro.au
February 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sharing Kea's excellent article on efficacy of fuels treatments in the "Kootenay mix" - even interior rainforests of BC are at risk of wildfire! Community forest managers used innovative pyrosilviculture to reduce fuels + models show mitigated risk of crown fire 🌲🔥
www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF24096
www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF24096
Thrilled to have our article on coexisting with wildfire be selected as the CJFR Editor’s Choice! 🔥🔥
An interdisciplinary collaboration across multiple universities + expert practitioners for a deep dive into 🔥 impacts, drivers + transformations.
An interdisciplinary collaboration across multiple universities + expert practitioners for a deep dive into 🔥 impacts, drivers + transformations.
New Editor's Choice in CJFR is a valuable Perspective article to put 2023 into historic context 🧪🌎🔥
The 2023 wildfires in British Columbia, Canada: impacts, drivers, and transformations to coexist with wildfire
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/... by @loridanielsubc.bsky.social et al. #OpenAccess
The 2023 wildfires in British Columbia, Canada: impacts, drivers, and transformations to coexist with wildfire
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/... by @loridanielsubc.bsky.social et al. #OpenAccess
The 2023 wildfires in British Columbia, Canada: impacts, drivers, and transformations to coexist with wildfire
In 2023, all regions of British Columbia (BC) experienced record-breaking fire weather and wildfires, with extreme behavior and social-ecological effects. In total, 2245 wildfires burned 2840 545 hect...
cdnsciencepub.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Thrilled to have our article on coexisting with wildfire be selected as the CJFR Editor’s Choice! 🔥🔥
An interdisciplinary collaboration across multiple universities + expert practitioners for a deep dive into 🔥 impacts, drivers + transformations.
An interdisciplinary collaboration across multiple universities + expert practitioners for a deep dive into 🔥 impacts, drivers + transformations.
Reposted by Dr. Lori Daniels 🌲🔥
Fellow Canadians, fight the 25% US tariff:
Buy Canadian – Look for 'Made in Canada' labels
Ditch US brands – Choose CA products
Avoid US travel – Stay & spend in Canada
Bank Canadian – Use CA institutions
Shop local – Support our businesses
#BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada #ProductOfCanada #CdnPoli
Buy Canadian – Look for 'Made in Canada' labels
Ditch US brands – Choose CA products
Avoid US travel – Stay & spend in Canada
Bank Canadian – Use CA institutions
Shop local – Support our businesses
#BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada #ProductOfCanada #CdnPoli
January 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Fellow Canadians, fight the 25% US tariff:
Buy Canadian – Look for 'Made in Canada' labels
Ditch US brands – Choose CA products
Avoid US travel – Stay & spend in Canada
Bank Canadian – Use CA institutions
Shop local – Support our businesses
#BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada #ProductOfCanada #CdnPoli
Buy Canadian – Look for 'Made in Canada' labels
Ditch US brands – Choose CA products
Avoid US travel – Stay & spend in Canada
Bank Canadian – Use CA institutions
Shop local – Support our businesses
#BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada #ProductOfCanada #CdnPoli
International collaborations like this are extremely informative. Proud to have contributed. Looking forward to future projects. Take care coauthors in the US-thinking of you.
#FireScarFriday
New Scientist article on our new paper that relied on an extensive fire scar dataset.
Sadly, this is paywalled, but thanks to @tmitchellbrown.bsky.social for writing this ip!
New Scientist article on our new paper that relied on an extensive fire scar dataset.
Sadly, this is paywalled, but thanks to @tmitchellbrown.bsky.social for writing this ip!
Tree scars reveal how wildfires in centuries past differed from today
Burn marks left on trees show that fires occurred frequently in North America from 1750 to 1880, but they tended to be less severe than modern fires and may have even been beneficial to forests
www.newscientist.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
International collaborations like this are extremely informative. Proud to have contributed. Looking forward to future projects. Take care coauthors in the US-thinking of you.