Huge thanks to UCSC’s Gage Dayton & Kelly Zilliacus, who led the postfire monitoring efforts across the UCNRS & collected baseline data that made this work possible, now featured in our new @jappliedecology.bsky.social paper!
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Huge thanks to UCSC’s Gage Dayton & Kelly Zilliacus, who led the postfire monitoring efforts across the UCNRS & collected baseline data that made this work possible, now featured in our new @jappliedecology.bsky.social paper!
That experience changed how I think about long-term trends & what it means to do ecology in systems shaped by frequent disturbances.
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
That experience changed how I think about long-term trends & what it means to do ecology in systems shaped by frequent disturbances.
Over the next few years, I watched these landscapes regain color, sound - and eventually, ticks.
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Over the next few years, I watched these landscapes regain color, sound - and eventually, ticks.
New paper out now in Ecosphere (esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...)! Forest landscape simulations in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem suggest that changes in postfire structure and composition, and not a conversion to non-forest, are the dominant response to future climate.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
New paper out now in Ecosphere (esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...)! Forest landscape simulations in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem suggest that changes in postfire structure and composition, and not a conversion to non-forest, are the dominant response to future climate.
🆕 in Ecosphere's "Vegetation Ecology" track: A hot & dry future may shake up Yellowstone forests—think fewer spruce, more fire-tolerant neighbors
📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🆕 in Ecosphere's "Vegetation Ecology" track: A hot & dry future may shake up Yellowstone forests—think fewer spruce, more fire-tolerant neighbors
📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
New paper in Ecological Applications! Management that mimics historical mosaics of fire severity could promote postfire tree regeneration under future climate change. Thanks to co-authors @monicagturner.bsky.social @rupertseidl.bsky.social @christinadollinger.bsky.social @knowlton.bsky.social
Can fire exclusion zones enhance postfire tree regeneration? A simulation study in subalpine conifer forests
Climate change and novel fire regimes increasingly challenge stewardship of forests adapted to infrequent, stand-replacing fire. Novel fire regimes may disrupt mechanisms that sustained postfire rege...
dx.doi.org
October 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
New paper in Ecological Applications! Management that mimics historical mosaics of fire severity could promote postfire tree regeneration under future climate change. Thanks to co-authors @monicagturner.bsky.social @rupertseidl.bsky.social @christinadollinger.bsky.social @knowlton.bsky.social
Pine plantations burn more severely & recover more slowly than other vegetation types. This is observed using the forest map (L) or the forest inventory (R), Spain
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/10/16/p...
🧪🌎🔥🍁🌳🔥 wildfire @jappliedecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/10/16/p...
🧪🌎🔥🍁🌳🔥 wildfire @jappliedecology.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Pine plantations burn more severely & recover more slowly than other vegetation types. This is observed using the forest map (L) or the forest inventory (R), Spain
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/10/16/p...
🧪🌎🔥🍁🌳🔥 wildfire @jappliedecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/10/16/p...
🧪🌎🔥🍁🌳🔥 wildfire @jappliedecology.bsky.social
I was so thrilled to publish a very wonky story about fire recovery in LARA #2.
Alejandra Guerrero: “I’m wary of putting all of our hopes for a better city on people that are going through this and their good intentions in lieu of actual policy that allows it."
Read here: nyra.nyc/articles/ang...
Alejandra Guerrero: “I’m wary of putting all of our hopes for a better city on people that are going through this and their good intentions in lieu of actual policy that allows it."
Read here: nyra.nyc/articles/ang...
October 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I was so thrilled to publish a very wonky story about fire recovery in LARA #2.
Alejandra Guerrero: “I’m wary of putting all of our hopes for a better city on people that are going through this and their good intentions in lieu of actual policy that allows it."
Read here: nyra.nyc/articles/ang...
Alejandra Guerrero: “I’m wary of putting all of our hopes for a better city on people that are going through this and their good intentions in lieu of actual policy that allows it."
Read here: nyra.nyc/articles/ang...
Postdoc position--AI for postfire hazard cascades at the University of Washington. Reviewing starts 15 November. See also: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs
October 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Postdoc position--AI for postfire hazard cascades at the University of Washington. Reviewing starts 15 November. See also: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs
New rule, all literary readings should feel like union rallies.
Thanks to @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social and all the architects, advocates, policymakers, and impacted families who shared their stories with me. (No thanks to Spencer Pratt.) LARA #2 available soon at nyra.nyc
Thanks to @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social and all the architects, advocates, policymakers, and impacted families who shared their stories with me. (No thanks to Spencer Pratt.) LARA #2 available soon at nyra.nyc
October 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New rule, all literary readings should feel like union rallies.
Thanks to @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social and all the architects, advocates, policymakers, and impacted families who shared their stories with me. (No thanks to Spencer Pratt.) LARA #2 available soon at nyra.nyc
Thanks to @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social and all the architects, advocates, policymakers, and impacted families who shared their stories with me. (No thanks to Spencer Pratt.) LARA #2 available soon at nyra.nyc
What to do about the ceanothus explosion postfire is a hot topic in SCM fire recovery/ecology/fuels mgmt. (pun intended!)
October 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
What to do about the ceanothus explosion postfire is a hot topic in SCM fire recovery/ecology/fuels mgmt. (pun intended!)
The forest understory postfire here is an impressively dense thicket of ceonothus, tan oak and redwood samplings. This used to be a very open forest with sparse vegetation, but many of the old tan oaks and some dougfir died in fire, opening up the canopy for all the new growth. #CZULightningComplex
October 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The forest understory postfire here is an impressively dense thicket of ceonothus, tan oak and redwood samplings. This used to be a very open forest with sparse vegetation, but many of the old tan oaks and some dougfir died in fire, opening up the canopy for all the new growth. #CZULightningComplex
Postfire landscapes of the 2025 Deer Creek fire, Colorado-Utah border, USA.
September 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Postfire landscapes of the 2025 Deer Creek fire, Colorado-Utah border, USA.
As you know Lyle, these snag forests after the disturbance are primary habitats for Black-backed Woodpeckers and about a dozen other bird species. Your readers/followers might like Dick Hutto's new book "A Beautifully Burned Forest". Though it will give postfire industrialists heartburn. 😀
September 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
As you know Lyle, these snag forests after the disturbance are primary habitats for Black-backed Woodpeckers and about a dozen other bird species. Your readers/followers might like Dick Hutto's new book "A Beautifully Burned Forest". Though it will give postfire industrialists heartburn. 😀
WILDFIRE: “In a postfire environment, burned vegetation and trees shed black carbon and charred woody debris onto the snow surface, decreasing the snow albedo With decreased albedo, the snowpack absorbs more energy and therefore melts earlier.”
#wildfire
#hydrology
#snowmelt
#fire
#WesternUS
#wildfire
#hydrology
#snowmelt
#fire
#WesternUS
Impact of current and warmer climate conditions on snow cover loss in burned forests
Wildfires are causing earlier snowmelt across the western US, and this effect would be exacerbated with projected warmer winters.
www.science.org
September 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
WILDFIRE: “In a postfire environment, burned vegetation and trees shed black carbon and charred woody debris onto the snow surface, decreasing the snow albedo With decreased albedo, the snowpack absorbs more energy and therefore melts earlier.”
#wildfire
#hydrology
#snowmelt
#fire
#WesternUS
#wildfire
#hydrology
#snowmelt
#fire
#WesternUS
New Science Advances paper on the feedback loop between loss of snow feeding more wildfire, and wildfire resulting in earlier snowmelt. As to latter, in snow obs, under average conditions, snow melts earlier during 1st-yr postfire in 99%(!) of western snow zones.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Impact of current and warmer climate conditions on snow cover loss in burned forests
Wildfires are causing earlier snowmelt across the western US, and this effect would be exacerbated with projected warmer winters.
www.science.org
September 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
New Science Advances paper on the feedback loop between loss of snow feeding more wildfire, and wildfire resulting in earlier snowmelt. As to latter, in snow obs, under average conditions, snow melts earlier during 1st-yr postfire in 99%(!) of western snow zones.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield on September 7, 1709, but, when England switched to the New Style calendar in 1752, Johnson took to celebrating his birthday on September 18. We're reading Nicholas Hudson's "Samuel Johnson, Urban Culture, and the Geography of Postfire London"(42.3, pp. 577-600).
September 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield on September 7, 1709, but, when England switched to the New Style calendar in 1752, Johnson took to celebrating his birthday on September 18. We're reading Nicholas Hudson's "Samuel Johnson, Urban Culture, and the Geography of Postfire London"(42.3, pp. 577-600).
No flammable plants living in a flammable fuel bed:
Even young Chaparros (Curatella americana) & Alcornocos (Bowdichia virgilioides) survive postfire thanks to their low-flammability strategy (sensus dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365...), Llanos del Orinoco.
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌱🌾🔥🌳 #plantscience #WTREX #prescribed #fire
Even young Chaparros (Curatella americana) & Alcornocos (Bowdichia virgilioides) survive postfire thanks to their low-flammability strategy (sensus dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365...), Llanos del Orinoco.
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌱🌾🔥🌳 #plantscience #WTREX #prescribed #fire
September 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
No flammable plants living in a flammable fuel bed:
Even young Chaparros (Curatella americana) & Alcornocos (Bowdichia virgilioides) survive postfire thanks to their low-flammability strategy (sensus dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365...), Llanos del Orinoco.
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌱🌾🔥🌳 #plantscience #WTREX #prescribed #fire
Even young Chaparros (Curatella americana) & Alcornocos (Bowdichia virgilioides) survive postfire thanks to their low-flammability strategy (sensus dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365...), Llanos del Orinoco.
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌱🌾🔥🌳 #plantscience #WTREX #prescribed #fire
🧪🔥🌬️🌍
#Postfire ashes remain and in arid environments it mixes with soil. This very loose material constitute of subsequent local hazes and a yet difficult to quantify componente of the global budget. In fact it is a consequence of fires too.
A study on the subject :
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Postfire ashes remain and in arid environments it mixes with soil. This very loose material constitute of subsequent local hazes and a yet difficult to quantify componente of the global budget. In fact it is a consequence of fires too.
A study on the subject :
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🧪🔥🌬️🌍
#Postfire ashes remain and in arid environments it mixes with soil. This very loose material constitute of subsequent local hazes and a yet difficult to quantify componente of the global budget. In fact it is a consequence of fires too.
A study on the subject :
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Postfire ashes remain and in arid environments it mixes with soil. This very loose material constitute of subsequent local hazes and a yet difficult to quantify componente of the global budget. In fact it is a consequence of fires too.
A study on the subject :
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
shamelessly made a bluesky account so I could plug my first first-author paper (!) on postfire erosion in steep rocky catchments -- go check her out!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The influence of wildfire on debris flows in a landscape of persistent disequilibrium: Columbia River Gorge, OR, USA
Debris flow erosion in rocky catchments of northern Oregon (USA) is found to be relatively insensitive to fire conditions.
www.science.org
August 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
shamelessly made a bluesky account so I could plug my first first-author paper (!) on postfire erosion in steep rocky catchments -- go check her out!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Out Now: August Issue of #GSAToday!
Lead article: Multi-agency effort forecasts & mitigates postfire debris flows in Glenwood Canyon, CO—26 in 2021, 3 in 2023, no major injuries.
Plus: GSA Connects 2025 updates, GSA news & Wonders of Geology.
Read now: geosociety.co/4oqnjlV
Lead article: Multi-agency effort forecasts & mitigates postfire debris flows in Glenwood Canyon, CO—26 in 2021, 3 in 2023, no major injuries.
Plus: GSA Connects 2025 updates, GSA news & Wonders of Geology.
Read now: geosociety.co/4oqnjlV
August 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Out Now: August Issue of #GSAToday!
Lead article: Multi-agency effort forecasts & mitigates postfire debris flows in Glenwood Canyon, CO—26 in 2021, 3 in 2023, no major injuries.
Plus: GSA Connects 2025 updates, GSA news & Wonders of Geology.
Read now: geosociety.co/4oqnjlV
Lead article: Multi-agency effort forecasts & mitigates postfire debris flows in Glenwood Canyon, CO—26 in 2021, 3 in 2023, no major injuries.
Plus: GSA Connects 2025 updates, GSA news & Wonders of Geology.
Read now: geosociety.co/4oqnjlV
Effects of burn severity on the diversity and relative abundance of birds 3-years postfire in a coastal forest of Nothofagus glauca (Phil.) Krasser in central Chile | doi.org/10.1016/j.jn... | Journal for Nature Conservation | #ornithology #conservation 🪶 🌎
Effects of burn severity on the diversity and relative abundance of birds 3-years postfire in a coastal forest of Nothofagus glauca (Phil.) Krasser in central Chile
Higher temperatures and more extended dry periods due to climate change are increasing the frequency and severity of fires in Mediterranean zones. Lit…
doi.org
August 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Effects of burn severity on the diversity and relative abundance of birds 3-years postfire in a coastal forest of Nothofagus glauca (Phil.) Krasser in central Chile | doi.org/10.1016/j.jn... | Journal for Nature Conservation | #ornithology #conservation 🪶 🌎
And higher difficulties for postfire regeneration of woodlands vs.shurbs and pastures...
August 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
And higher difficulties for postfire regeneration of woodlands vs.shurbs and pastures...
July 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We held a virtual meeting about post-fire resources and assistance for the #ruidoso area and residents affected by the #southforkfire and Salt Fires.
If you couldn't make it, you can watch it here:
youtu.be/wlTtx7f5yuk?...
#postfire
If you couldn't make it, you can watch it here:
youtu.be/wlTtx7f5yuk?...
#postfire
Post-Fire Forest Recovery Resources for South Fork Landowners - Meeting Recording
YouTube video by New Mexico Forestry Division
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We held a virtual meeting about post-fire resources and assistance for the #ruidoso area and residents affected by the #southforkfire and Salt Fires.
If you couldn't make it, you can watch it here:
youtu.be/wlTtx7f5yuk?...
#postfire
If you couldn't make it, you can watch it here:
youtu.be/wlTtx7f5yuk?...
#postfire