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Chair Dave Campbell on Wilderness Fire Science
h.macslarrow - March 22, 2016
SWS Board Chair Dave Campbell will co-present a webinar titled "Progress in Wilderness Fire Science: Embracing Complexity" with Carol Miller of the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute and Greg Aplet at The Wilderness Society on May 26, 2016. The webinar will take place from from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm. Click here to go to the webinar.
Discussion will be focused on the complexity of wilderness fire science, described in more detail here in the abstract of Carol Miller and Greg Aplet's recent Journal of Forestry article:
"Wilderness has played an invaluable role in the development of wildland fire science. Since Agee's review of the subject 15 years ago, tremendous progress has been made in the development of models and data, in understanding the complexity of wildland fire as a landscape process, and in appreciating the social factors that influence the use of wilderness fire. Regardless of all we have learned, though, the reality is that fire remains an extraordinarily complex process with variable effects that create essential heterogeneity in ecosystems. Whereas some may view this variability as a management impediment, for others it provides a path forward. As research has shown, embracing fire in all its complexity and expanding its use can help reduce fuels, restore resilient landscapes, and contain costs. Wilderness fire science will continue to play an important role in understanding opportunities for using fire, its role in ecosystems, its risks and benefits, and the influence of risk perception on decisionmaking."
Miller and Aplet (2015) Progress in Wilderness Fire Science: Embracing Complexity. Journal of Forestry. 113 (5).