2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress (Expanded View)

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Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 16 November 2003
9:30 AM-1:30 PM, Sunday
Short Course Registration
 
5:00 PM-8:00 PM, Sunday
Congress Registration
 
5:00 PM-8:00 PM, Sunday
Ice Breaker Reception
 
Monday, 17 November 2003
9:00 AM-10:45 AM, Monday
Plenary Session 1 Opening Plenary Session (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)
9:00 AMPL1.1Welcome and Call to Order  
Ronald E. Masters, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL
9:10 AMPL1.2Opening Remarks from the Florida State Forester  
Michael Long, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL
9:25 AMPL1.3Welcome from AFE Representative  
Jan Van Wagtendonk, AFE, El Portal, CA
9:35 AMPL1.4Welcome from TNC Representative  
Jeff Hardesty, The Nature Conservatory's Global Fire Initiative, Gainesville, FL
9:45 AMPL1.5Welcome from AMS Representative  
Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC
9:55 AMPL1.6Fire Ecology of the Recent Anthropocene (Keynote Address)  extended abstract
Johann G. Goldammer, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Global Fire Monitoring Center, Freiburg, Germany
10:35 AMCoffee Break  
 
11:00 AM-5:00 PM, Monday
Session 1A Fire and Fuels Management: Part 1 (TRACK I)
Chair: Frederic W. Adrian, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Titusville, FL
11:00 AM1A.1Landscape level fire modeling  
Charles W. McHugh, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT; and M. A. Finney and D. A. Stephen
11:30 AM1A.2Quantifying canopy fuels in conifer forests  
Elizabeth Reinhardt, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and J. H. Scott and R. E. Keane
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM1A.3Fuel loading in the Central Hardwoods  extended abstract wrf recording
Jeremy J. Kolaks, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and B. E. Cutter, E. F. Loewenstein, K. W. Grabner, G. Hartman, and J. M. Kabrick
2:00 PM1A.4Comparative analysis of three silvicultural prescriptions and their effect on crown fire behavior in Southwestern ponderosa pine  
Linda L. Wadleigh, USDA Forest Service, Williams, AZ; and C. W. McHugh
1A.5Fuel reduction projects in Southwest ponderosa pine forests  
Martha E. Schumann, Forest Trust, Santa Fe, NM
2:30 PM1A.6Fuel loading and potential fire behavior after selective harvest in coast redwood stands  extended abstract wrf recording
Christopher A. Dicus, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM1A.7Fuel composition and consumption in subtropical South Florida slash pine forests  
James R. Snyder, USGS, Ochopee, FL; and H. Belles, S. Koptur, M. S. Ross, and J. Sah
4:00 PM1A.8Fuel Characteristic Classification System  extended abstract wrf recording
Roger D. Ottmar, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and D. V. Sandberg, S. J. Prichard, and C. L. Riccardi
4:30 PM1A.9Fire Potential Rating for Wildland Fuelbeds  extended abstract wrf recording
David V. Sandberg, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, OR
 
11:00 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Session 1B Fire Effects on Soils/Watershed (TRACK II)
Chair: Daniel G. Neary, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ
11:00 AM1B.1Performance of high temperature heat flux plates and soil moisture probes during controlled surface fires  extended abstract wrf recording
W. J. Massman, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Frank, S. M. Massman, and W. D. Shepperd
11:30 AM1B.2Effects of Prescribed Fire Intervals on Carbon and Nitrogen in Forest Soils of the Mogollon Rim, Arizona  extended abstract wrf recording
Daniel G. Neary, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ; and S. T. Overby and S. M. Haase
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM1B.3Changes in nutrients and biomass immediately after a low-intensity prescribed fire in an uneven-aged loblolly pine stand  extended abstract
Jennifer J. Hooper, University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR; and H. O. Liechty and M. G. Shelton
2:00 PM1B.4A 12-year post-fire assessment of soil conditions of the Dudefire in central Arizona  
Alvin Leroy Medina, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ
2:30 PM1B.5Consequences and correlates of fire in wetlands  
Gordon A. Fox, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and K. Hum, D. Brownlie, and M. Folk
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM1B.6Erosion after wildfires: what managers need to know  
Peter R. Robichaud, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, ID
4:00 PM1B.7Post-wildfire Watershed Flood Responses  extended abstract wrf recording
Daniel G. Neary, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ; and G. J. Gottfried and P. F. Ffolliott
4:30 PM1B.8Hillslope erosion following the Williams Fire on the San Dimas Experimental Forest, southern California  extended abstract
Peter M. Wohlgemuth, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA
5:00 PM1B.9Runoff and erosion on a semi-arid grassland after a wildfire  extended abstract wrf recording
Ginger B. Paige, USDA-ARS, Tucson, AZ; and J. J. Stone, D. P. Guertin, R. McGee, and H. Blumenfeld
 
11:00 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Session 1C Ecosystem Restoration: Part 1 (TRACK III)
Chair: MaryBeth Keifer, National Park Service, Three Rivers, CA
11:00 AM1C.1The relative influences of prescribed burning and spatial and temporal variability on species composition in grasslands on Santa Cruz Island, California  
Robert C. Klinger, University of California, Davis, CA
11:30 AM1C.2Second entry prescribed fires in Ponderosa pine and bear clover forests  
Monica S. Buhler, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, CA; and K. J. Paintner
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM1C.3Positive effects of prescribed fire on understory vegetation in mixed-conifer forests of the southern Sierra Nevada, CA (USA)  
Karen Webster, National Park Service, Three Rivers, CA; and M. Keifer and R. Wills
2:00 PM1C.4Fire, forest change, and restoration at Grand Canyon  
Peter Z. Fulé, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ; and J. E. Crouse, T. A. Heinlein, and W. W. Covington
2:30 PM1C.5A 12-year post-fire assessment of riparian habitat conditions of the Dudefire in central Arizona  
Alvin Leroy Medina, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM1C.6Responses of long-unburned scrub on the Merritt Island/Cape Canaveral barrier island complex to cutting and burning  extended abstract wrf recording
Paul A. Schmalzer, Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and T. E. Foster and F. W. Adrian
4:00 PM1C.7Remnant Fire Disturbed Montane Longleaf Pine Forest in West Central Georgia, USA  extended abstract wrf recording
Robert Carter, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL; and A. Londo
4:30 PM1C.8Restoration and Management of South Florida Pine Rocklands with Fire: Fifty Years of Adaptive Management  
Jeff H. Kitchens, Everglades National Park Fire Management, Homestead, FL; and R. A. Panko
5:00 PM1C.9Effects of fire season and frequency on the plant community of a restored tallgrass prairie  extended abstract wrf recording
Thomas B. Bragg, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE; and N. D. Birks
 
11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Monday
Session 1D Collaborative Fire Planning (Special Session) (TRACK IV)
Chair: Ayn Shlisky, The Nature Conservancy, Boulder, Colorado
11:00 AM1D.1The Role and Effectiveness of Prescribed Fire Councils in Fire Management  
Zachary A. Prusak, Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program, Melbourne, FL
11:30 AM1D.2Collaborative partnerships and landscape-scale fire restoration on the Bayou Ranger District in the Interior Highlands of Arkansas, USA  extended abstract wrf recording
McRee Anderson, The Nature Conservancy, Jasper, AR; and J. Andre, M. Morales, S. Simon, and T. Whitsell
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1D.3A collaborative scientific framework for restoration of fire-adapted ecosystems of the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico  
Patrick D. McCarthy, The Nature Conservancy, Santa Fe, NM; and L. J. Wood
1:30 PM1D.4Fire management and restoration plan in the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve, México  extended abstract wrf recording
Enrique J. Jardel P., Universidad de Guadalajara, Autlán, Jalisco, Mexico; and R. Ramírez-Villeda, F. Castillo-Navarro, and O. E. Balcázar M.
 
11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Monday
Session 1F Fire Policy (TRACK VI)
Chair: G. Thomas Zimmerman, USDA Forest Service, Albuquerque, NM
11:00 AM1F.1Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy—Interagency Implementation Direction  
Mark Beighley, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC; and T. Zimmerman
11:30 AM1F.2Fuel breaks for wildland fire management: a moat or a drawbridge for ecosystem fire restoration?  
Timothy Ingalsbee, Western Fire Ecology Center, Eugene, OR; and R. Fairbanks
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM1F.3Media coverage of the "Healthy Forests Initiative": an exercise in problem definition  
William F. Griswold, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
 
11:00 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Joint Session 1G GIS/Remote Sensing: Part 1 (TRACK VII) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)
Chairs: Skip Edel, Colorado State Forest Service, Boulder, CO; Dorothy Albright, USDA Foreest Service, McClellan, CA
11:00 AMJ1G.1Using NDVI to determine green-up date for the National Fire Danger Rating System  extended abstract wrf recording
Paul M. Schlobohm, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, ID; and B. L. Hall and T. J. Brown
11:30 AMJ1G.2Progress towards development of methods for evaluation of spatial fire potential indicators  
Jon M. Graham, University of Montana, Missoula, MT; and P. L. Andrews
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PMJ1G.3Phoenix—the new Forest Service airborne infrared fire detection and mapping system  extended abstract
Paul H. Greenfield, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC; and W. Smith and D. C. Chamberlain
2:00 PMJ1G.4Operational Detection of Fires in Brazil with EOS, GOES and NOAA Satellites  
Alberto W. Setzer, Center for Weather Forecast and Climatic Studies, S.J.Campos, SP, Brazil
2:30 PMJ1G.5Measurement of the time-temperature and emissivity history of the burn scar for remote sensing applications  extended abstract wrf recording
Robert Kremens, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; and J. Faulring and C. C. Hardy
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PMJ1G.6Monitoring wildland fire activity on a national-scale with MODIS imagery  extended abstract
Brad Quayle, USDA Forest Service, Salt Lake City, UT; and K. Lannom, M. Finco, J. Norton, and R. Warnick
4:00 PMJ1G.7Wildfire Risk Data Collection Using Handheld GPS and GIS  
Andrew W. Martin, South Alabama Regional Planning Commission, Mobile, AL
4:30 PMJ1G.8Facts and History of NWCG’s Geospatial Task Group  
Susan Goodman, Bureau of Land Management, Denver, CO
5:00 PMJ1G.9 ICS Fire Mapping Tools—A New Standard in Fire Mapping  
John Varner, USDA Forest Service , Rocky Mountain Region, Encampment, WY
 
11:00 AM-3:30 PM, Monday
Joint Session 2 Fire and Atmosphere Interactions (Joint between the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress)
Chair: Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI
11:00 AMJ2.1 Atmospheric Response and Feedback to Smoke Radiative Forcing from Wildland Fires  extended abstract
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
11:15 AMJ2.2Modeling interactions between fire and atmosphere in discrete fuel beds  extended abstract
Rodman R. Linn, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and J. Winterkamp, C. Edminster, J. Colman, and M. Steinzig
11:30 AMJ2.3Numerical Study of Effects of Atmosphere Temperature Profile on Wildfire Behavior  extended abstract
Chunmei Xia, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Y. Hussaini, P. Cunningham, R. R. Linn, and S. L. Goodrick
11:45 AMJ2.4Simulations of wildfire incidents using coupled atmosphere-fire modeling  extended abstract
Janice L. Coen, NCAR, Boulder, CO
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PMJ2.5Comparison of 2-D wind fields and simulated wildland fire growth  extended abstract
Karl Zeller, USDA Forest Service, Ft. Collins, CO; and N. Nikolov, J. Snook, M. A. Finney, J. McGinley, and J. M. Forthofer
1:45 PMJ2.6Predicting surface winds in complex terrain for use in fire growth models  extended abstract
Jason M. Forthofer, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and B. W. Butler, K. S. Shannon, M. A. Finney, L. S. Bradshaw, and R. Stratton
2:00 PMJ2.7Impact of released fuel moisture on atmospheric dynamics  extended abstract
Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI
2:15 PMJ2.8Analysis of space/time characteristics of errors in an integrated weather/fire spread simulation  extended abstract
Charles Jones, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and P. E. Dennison, F. M. Fujioka, D. R. Weise, and J. W. Benoit
2:30 PMJ2.9Infrared imagery applied for insights into wildland fire dynamics  extended abstract
Janice L. Coen, NCAR, Boulder, CO
2:45 PMJ2.10Mobile Radar Observations of the Big Elk (2002) and Roberts (2003) Fires  extended abstract
Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and S. Weygandt
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
 
2:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday
Session 2F Social and Economic Aspects of Fire Management: Part I (TRACK VI)
Chair: Armando Gonzalez-Caban, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA
2:00 PM2F.1Tourist knowledge, attitudes and reactions to fire situations in Florida  
Brijesh Thapa, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and S. Holland and J. Absher
2:30 PM2F.2Situational influences of acceptable wildland fire management actions  
Katie C. Kneeshaw, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and J. J. Vaske, A. D. Bright, and J. D. Absher
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM2F.3What’s it look like? Public preference for fuels treatments after seeing on-the-ground fire and fire surrogate study treatments  
Sarah M. McCaffrey, USDA Forest Service, Evanston, IL; and S. Stephens
4:00 PM2F.4Developing a model for impacts of fire on local and regional economies  
Karen Lee Abt, US Forest Service, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. P. Prestemon and T. P. Holmes
4:30 PM2F.5The Market Economics of Mechanical Fuel Treatments  
Karen L. Abt, USDA Forest Service, Resarch Triangle Park, NC; and J. P. Prestemon, P. Ince, J. Barbour, R. Fight, and R. Rummer
5:00 PM2F.6Economic value of improved deer hunting resulting from prescribed burning in southern California  extended abstract wrf recording
Armando Gonzalez-Caban, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and J. B. Loomis, D. Griffin, E. Wu, D. McCollum, J. McKeever, and D. Freeman
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday
Session 2D Fire Regime Condition Class (Special Session) (TRACK IV)
Chair: James Menakis, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT
3:30 PM2D.1Fire Regime Condition Class: Scales and definitions  
James Menakis, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and W. Hann, M. Miller, and D. Bunnell
3:45 PM2D.2Implications for fire and fuels management  
David Bunnell, USDA Forest Service, Boise, ID
4:00 PM2D.3Biodiversity and resource applications: Application of the fire regime condition class process to collaborative multi-scale land management planning in the Boston Mountains, Arkansas  extended abstract wrf recording
Ayn J. Shlisky, The Nature Conservancy, Boulder, CO; and D. Zollner, J. Andre, and S. Simon
4:15 PM2D.4Applications in fire and fuels planning  
Tim Sexton, National Park Service, Boise, ID
4:30 PM2D.5Methods, dilemmas, and solutions  
Wendel Hann, USDA Forest Service, Silver City, NM
4:45 PMDiscussion  
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday
Joint Session 3E Combustion Modeling: Part 1 (TRACK V) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)
Chair: Barbara Bonefeld, USDA Forest Service, McCellan, CA
3:30 PMJ3E.1Core Fire Science Caucus  extended abstract
David V. Sandberg, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, OR; and C. C. Hardy, D. R. Weise, R. Rehm, and R. R. Linn
4:00 PMJ3E.2A new set of standard fuel models for use with Rothermel's spread model  
Joe H. Scott, Systems for Environmental Management, Missoula, MT; and R. Burgan
4:30 PMJ3E.3NEXUS 2.0: not just a spreadsheet anymore  
Joe Scott, Systems for Environmental Management, Missoula, MT
5:00 PMJ3E.4“Rabbit Rules”—an application of Stephen Wolfram’s “new kind of science” to fire spread modeling  extended abstract wrf recording
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
 
6:00 PM, Monday
Formal Poster Viewing and Vendor Reception
 
6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Monday
Poster Session 1 Wildland Fire Management
 P1.1A preliminary stereo photo guide for estimating canopy bulk density in conifer stands  
Joe Scott, Systems for Environmental Management, Missoula, MT; and E. D. Reinhardt and O. E. Helmy
 P1.2Characterizing fuel before and after prescribed fire in an Appalachian hardwood forest on the Cumberland Plateau, Kentucky  
Elizabeth Loucks, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and M. A. Arthur
 P1.3Predicting effectiveness of Nevada greenstrip fuel breaks: issues of establishment success and scale  
Crystal A. Kolden, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
 P1.4Stereo photo series for quantifying natural fuels in the Americas  extended abstract
Roger D. Ottmar, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and R. E. Vihnanek and C. S. Wright
 P1.5Evaluating opportunities and risks of wildland fuels management  extended abstract
Anne E. Black, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Missoula, MT; and C. Miller and P. Landres
 P1.6Developing management options for fuel reduction in pine flatwoods of the Southeast  
Kenneth W. Outcalt, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and D. K. Kennard
 P1.7Prioritizing fuel management activities using watersheds and terrain units  extended abstract
Mo Mislivets, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and D. Long
 P1.8Wildland Urban Interface Hazard Reduction in Interior Alaska—Challenges, Partnerships and Success  
Mary Kwart, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tok, AK
 P1.9Analysis of fuel type and vegetation structure for fire risk index development  extended abstract
Grazia Pellizzaro, CNR, Sassari, Italy; and C. Cesaraccio, C. Asunis, and C. Caria
 P1.10Monitoring mechanical fuel reduction projects in ponderosa pine forests of Devils Tower National Monument and Mount Rushmore National Memorial  
Cody L. Wienk, National Park Service, Hot Springs, SD; and A. D. Thorstenson and K. E. Rehman
 P1.11Potential fuel complexes, fire behavior, and fire management implications resulting from the fires of 2000 on the Bitterroot National Forest, Montana (Formerly paper 2A.7)  
Tonja S. Opperman, USDA Forest Service, Bitterroot National Forest, Hamilton, MT; and T. Kelley
 P1.12Adaptive Fire Management, Applied Fire Ecology, and Fire Monitoring on the National Wildlife Refuges in the Southwest U.S. Region 2  
Mark Kaib, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, NM; and J. Whitney
 P1.13The use of silviculture and prescribed fire to manage multi-aged lodgepole pine forests and reduce fuel loadings at the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Montana  
Helen Smith, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and C. C. Hardy and W. McCaughey
 
6:00 PM, Monday
Poster Session 2 Fire Effects
 P2.1Carabid community after prescribed burning in mediterranean regions  
Luisa Ferreira Nunes, Escola Superior Agraria Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
 P2.2Effects of fire and soil conditions on germination and seedling success of diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) in northern Arizona forests  extended abstract
Barbara Satink Wolfson, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ; and T. E. Kolb, C. Hull Sieg, and K. M. Clancy
 P2.3The relationship of stand structure in burned and unburned areas to dogwood (Cornus florida L.) survival in Great Smoky Mountain National Park  
Eric J. Holzmueller, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and S. Jose and M. A. Jenkins
 P2.4Fire temperatures and effects on alien and native annual plants in the Mojave Desert  
Matthew L. Brooks, USGS, Henderson, NV; and M. Trader
 P2.5Reduction of lichen habitat by wildland fire on the Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska  
A. Morton, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK; and L. B. Saperstein
 P2.6The Phenology and Natural Regeneration of Two Native Pine Species in Subtropical Forest Burned Areas of Central Taiwan  
Li-Ming Liang, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; and M. Y. Chen
 P2.7True Mountain Mahogany Sprouting Behavior Following Fire  
Li-Ming Liang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and P. N. Omi
 P2.8Short-term responses in aspen regeneration for wildlife habitat in interior Alaska  
Thomas F. Paragi, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fairbanks, AK; and D. A. Haggstrom
 P2.9Delayed mortality: saguaro cacti are still dying 10 years after wildfire!  extended abstract
Marcia G. Narog, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and R. C. Wilson
 P2.10Surface Fires and Stem Mortality: Physical Connections  
Anthony S. Bova, USDA Forest Service, Delaware, OH; and M. B. Dickinson
 P2.11Long-term response of two exotic plant species following a wildfire in the Black Hills, South Dakota  
Noah Barstatis, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ; and C. H. Sieg
 P2.12Fire severity classification: uses and abuses  
Theresa B. Jain, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, Idaho, ID; and R. T. Graham
 P2.13The role of fire in tree mortality and regeneration in yellow pine (Pinus pungens, P. rigida, and P. virginiana) communities of Great Smoky Mountains National Park: preliminary results  
Virginia L. McDaniel, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN; and N. L. Benzing
 P2.14The role of fire in maintaining Quercus montana and Q. marilandica communities at Kings Mountain National Military Park, South Carolina  
Virginia L. McDaniel, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN; and N. L. Benzing
 P2.15Seasonal changes in soil water repellency following wildfire in chaparral steeplands, southern California  extended abstract
Ken R. Hubbert, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and V. Oriol
 P2.16Using a "fire cage" to test the response of Arabis johnstonii to fire  extended abstract
Jan L. Beyers, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and M. G. Narog, C. Sclafani, and C. Escobar
 P2.17Pine regeneration following prescribed and wild fires: the role of seed dispersal by animals  
Jennifer Briggs, University of Nevada, Reno, NV; and S. B. Vander Wall
 
6:00 PM, Monday
Poster Session 3 Fire and Landscapes
 P3.1Testing fire history methods: addressing sampling uncertainty  
Megan L. Van Horne, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ; and P. Z. Fulé
 P3.2Stand structure after six years: effects of fire exclusion and prescribed fire on ridgetop forest composition and structure  
Beth A. Blankenship, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and M. A. Arthur
 P3.3Community analysis of fire maintained pitcher plant bogs in the Little River Canyon National Preserve, Alabama, USA  extended abstract
Robert Carter, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL; and A. Londo
 P3.4Effects of prescribed fire on light and canopy structure in an Appalachian hardwood forest on the Cumberland Plateau, KY  
Stephanie Green, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and M. A. Arthur and D. L. Loftis
 P3.5The historical role and contemporary uses of fire in southern Appalachian ecosystems  
Katherine J. Elliott, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, NC; and J. M. Vose, T. L. Gragson, N. Cooley, T. Alcoze, and S. Oran
 P3.6Dormant-Season Prescription Fires to Reduce Hazardous Fuel Loads on the South Carolina Coastal Plain: a 40+ year Study  
Joseph J O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and D. Wade
 P3.7Monitoring the Effects of Fire in South Florida Ecosystems: Half a Century of Data  
Jeff H. Kitchens, Everglades National Park Fire Management, Homestead, FL; and G. Hernandez and D. Reiner
 P3.8Spatio-Temporal Influences on Fire Behavior and Landscape Pattern on the Methow Ranger District, Washington State  
Kori E. Buford, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; and M. J. Medler
 P3.9The seasonal cycle of wildfire and climate in the western United States  extended abstract
Patrick J. Bartlein, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; and S. W. Hostetler, S. L. Shafer, J. O. Holman, and A. M. Solomon
 P3.10The effects of prescribed fire on herbaceous species and midstory density at Gulf Islands National Seashore: A Preliminary Evaluation  
Lisa Marino McInnis, National Park Service, Tupelo, MS; and A. Ruth
 P3.11Correlates of tree mortality resulting from re-introducing fire to long-unburned longleaf pine forests  
J. Kevin Hiers, Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL; and R. D. Ottmar, J. J. O'Brien, J. M. Varner, F. E. Putz, D. Gordon, and S. Ferguson
 
6:00 PM, Monday
Poster Session 4 Ecosystem Planning and Management
 P4.1Using the probability of burning to plan for wildland fire use  extended abstract
Carol Miller, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Missoula, MT; and B. Davis and A. Black
 P4.2FLorida Risk Assessment System  
W. Carter Stone, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL; and J. Brenner, S. McLellan, and J. Karels
 P4.3Florida Risk Assessment Levels of Concern  
W. Carter Stone, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL; and S. McLellan
 P4.4Wildland Fire Risk Hazard Value Analysis  
Mark Grupé, Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA; and M. Beasley
 P4.5Southeast Fire Ecology Partnership  
Caroline Noble, National Park Service, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL; and B. Davenport, D. Brownlie, P. Seamon, and R. E. Masters
 
6:00 PM, Monday
Poster Session 5 Fire Behavior
 P5.1Techniques and sampling strategies for comparing fires of different intensities  
D. Kennard, USDA Forest Service, Auburn, AL; and K. Outcalt, D. Jones, and B. Estes
 P5.2Using FOFEM 5.0 to estimate tree mortality, fuel consumption, smoke production and soil heating from wildland fire  extended abstract
Elizabeth D. Reinhardt, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT
 P5.3Ignition behavior of live California chaparral leaves  extended abstract
Steven G. Smith, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; and J. D. Engstrom, J. K. Butler, L. L. Baxter, T. H. Fletcher, and D. R. Weise
 P5.4Use of FVS/FFE in the Duck Creek UT. fuel management demonstration area  
Edward E. Mathews, USDA, Missoula, MT
 P5.5Experimental study on fire behavior of live chaparral fuels  extended abstract
Lulu Sun, University of California, Riverside, CA; and X. Zhou, S. Mahalingam, and D. R. Weise
 P5.6Fuels and Fire Behavior Vary by Fuel-Reduction Treatment and Landscape Position  
Thomas A. Waldrop, USDA Forest Service, Clemson, SC; and H. H. Mohr and S. Rideout
 P5.7Fuel Moisture Estimation Model for a Deciduous Secondary Forest in Japan—A Comparison of Parameters under the Different Canopy  extended abstract
Koji Tamai, Forestry & Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Goto
 P5.8Analysis of algorithms for predicting canopy fuel  extended abstract
Katharine L. Gray, Fire Science Lab, Missoula, MT; and E. Reinhardt
 P5.9Evaluating alternative methods for measuring fire intensity  
Eric S. Menges, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, FL; and A. L. Wally and C. W. Weekley
P5.10Characterization of smoke produced in controlled caribbean pine fires  
Iván J. Sánchez, Cuerpo de Bomberos de la Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela; and J. Rojas and F. J. Rodríguez
 P5.11BehavePlus fire modeling system, version 2: Overview  extended abstract
Patricia L. Andrews, USDA Forest Service Research, Missoula, MT; and C. D. Bevins
 P5.12Fire intensity in natural and manipulated fuels during spring buring in mixed shrub woodlands  
Tim Bradley, National Park Service, Whiskeytown, CA; and J. Gibson and W. Bunn
 P5.13Modeling post-frontal combustion in the FARSITE fire area simulator  extended abstract
Mark A. Finney, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and R. C. Seli and P. L. Andrews
 P5.14The Fire Research And Management Exchange System (FRAMES) and National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII): working together to build a foundation in support of wildland fire information and technology transfer  
Jennifer Gaines, USGS, Denver, CO; and G. Gollberg
 P5.15Development and use of a 'Rapid Assessment Plot' to monitor thinning and Wildland Fire Use  
Kara J. Paintner, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, CA; and M. S. Buhler and D. Buckley
 P5.16Characterization of flame radiant heat fluxes in shrubland fires  
Miguel G. Cruz, University of Montana, Missoula, MT; and B. W. Butler and D. X. Viegas
 P5.17The Susceptibility of Forested Stands to Extreme Fire Behavior; an analysis in the northwest United States  
Paul Fieldhouse, Stevensville Ranger Station, Stevensville, MT; and J. Dickinson
 
6:00 PM, Monday
Poster Session 6 Social/Economic/Political Aspects of Fire Management
 P6.1The Southern Center for Wildland-Urban Interface Research and Information  
L. Annie Hermansen, USDA Forest Service, Gainesville, FL
 P6.2Instructing tomorrow’s practitioners today: prescribed fire training in university natural resource programs  extended abstract
Mark Melvin, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA; and K. McIntyre, D. Brownlie, F. Cole, and M. Wimberly
 P6.3The 'Role of Fire in Alaska' curriculum  
Karen A. Murphy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK; and E. Long
 
6:00 PM, Monday
Poster Session 7 GIS/Remote Sensing
 P7.1A Coupled Model Approach For Assessing Fire Hazard at Point Reyes National Seashore: FlamMap and GIS  extended abstract
Erin K. Noonan, USDA Forest Service, Nevada City, CA
 P7.2Fuel Model Stratification in Glacier National Park using Satellite Imagery and ground based Inventories  
Caroline Lansing Noble, National Park Service, Tallahassee, FL; and J. van Wagtendonk
 P7.3Recent validation studies of the GOES Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF_ABBA) in North and South America  extended abstract
Joleen M. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Moreau, E. M. Prins, K. McClaid-Cook, and I. F. Brown
 P7.4Compilation and Applications of Landsat-Based Historical Fire Atlases: Two Examples  
Stephen M. Howard, SAIC and USGS, Sioux Falls, SD; and R. A. McKinley
 P7.5GOES Wildfire ABBA applications in the Western Hemisphere  extended abstract
Christopher C. Schmidt, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. M. Prins
 P7.6Characterizing Post-fire Vegetation Conditions and Trends Using Imaging Spectroscopy  
Susan Goodman, Bureau of Land Management, Denver, CO; and R. Kokaly, A. G. McAdams, L. Morath, R. Root, B. Rockwell, and M. McGann
 P7.7Factors affecting vegetation cover mapping for Landfire  extended abstract
James Vogelmann, SAIC and USGS, Sioux Falls, SD; and C. Huang, B. Tolk, and Z. Zhu
 P7.8The hazard mapping system (HMS)—a multiplatform remote sensing approach to fire and smoke detection  
Mark G. Ruminski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Simko, J. Kibler, D. McNamara, and T. Kasheta
 P7.9Burn Severity Assessment using Differenced Normalized Burn Ratio and Composite Burn Index  
Mark Grupé, Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA; and K. Paintner and M. Buhler
 
Tuesday, 18 November 2003
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday
Session 2A FIRE AND FUELS MANAGEMENT: PART 2 (TRACK I)
Chair: Steve Miller, St. Johns River Water Management District, Pomona, FL
8:00 AM2A.1Development and application of fire behavior and fire effects models for the Southern Utah Fuel Management Demonstration Project  
Donald G. Long, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and K. C. Ryan, R. Stratton, E. Mathews, J. Scott, and M. Miller
8:30 AM2A.2Understory fuel load and community changes associated with varying pinyon-juniper dominance and elevation  
Alicia L. Reiner, University of Nevada, Reno, NV; and R. J. Tausch, T. Brown, and R. Walker
9:00 AM2A.3A Century of Fire and Land Management in the Southern Sierra Nevada  
Thomas P. Holmes, USDA Forest Service, Research Triangle Park, NC; and A. Westerling
9:30 AM2A.4Long-term surface fuel accumulation in burned and unburned mixed-conifer forests of the central and southern Sierra Nevada, CA (USA)  
MaryBeth Keifer, National Park Service, Three Rivers, CA; and J. van Wagtendonk
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM2A.5Inventory and classification of wildland fire effects in silviculturally treated vs. untreated forest stands of New Mexico and Arizona  extended abstract wrf recording
Douglas S. Cram, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM; and T. T. Baker, J. Boren, and C. Edminster
11:00 AM2A.6Report on the use of thinning and prescribed fire to conrol fuels and wildfire threat in young Douglas-fir/Ponderosa Pine plantations  extended abstract
Robert W. Gray, R. W. Gray Consulting, Ltd., Chilliwack, BC, Canada
11:30 AM2A.7Paper move to Poster Session 1, new paper number P1.11  
 
8:00 AM-5:00 PM, Tuesday
Session 2B Fire Effects on Flora: Part 1 (TRACK II)
Chair: Sue Grace, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lacombe, LA
8:00 AM2B.1Stem Mortality in Surface Fires. Part I, Tissue Response to Elevated Temperatures  extended abstract wrf recording
Matthew B. Dickinson, USDA Forest Service, Delaware, OH
8:30 AM2B.2Stem mortality in surface fires. Part II, Experimental methods for characterizing the thermal response of tree stems to heating by fires  extended abstract wrf recording
D. M. Jimenez, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and B. W. Butler and J. Reardon
9:00 AM2B.3Stem Mortality in Surface Fires. Part III, Linking Stem Heating with Tissue Response for Planning Prescribed Burns  extended abstract wrf recording
Joshua L. Jones, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; and B. W. Webb
9:30 AM2B.4Fuel characteristics and fire behavior predictions in native and old-field pinelands in the Red Hills Region, southwest Georgia  extended abstract wrf recording
Kevin M. Robertson, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL; and T. E. Ostertag
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM2B.5Long-Term Seasonal Burning at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, North Florida: Changes in the Sandhill Plots After 23 Years  
Jeff S. Glitzenstein, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL; and D. Streng and W. Platt
11:00 AM2B.6Fine fuel characteristics: differences among grass species and significance for prescribe fire management in longleaf pine forests  
Sharon M. Hermann, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
11:30 AM2B.7The effect of season of fire on the recovery of Florida scrub  extended abstract wrf recording
Tammy E. Foster, Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and P. A. Schmalzer
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM2B.8Prescribed fire effects in the Ozarks of Missouri: the Chilton Creek project 1996–2001  extended abstract wrf recording
George W. Hartman, Missouri Department of Conservation, Columbia, MO; and B. Heumann
2:00 PM2B.9Twenty Five Years of Vegetation Development since the Baxter Fire of 1977  extended abstract
Erin D. Small, University of Maine, Orono, ME; and J. S. Wilson and A. J. Kimball
2:30 PM2B.10Fire in wetland habitats: A 4-year evaluation in Maryland  extended abstract wrf recording
Conception Flores, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USGS, Princess Anne, MD; and D. L. Birch
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM2B.11Vegetation responses to fire created edges in a Douglas-fir/hardwood forest  
Jacob J. Hanson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. D. Stuart
4:00 PM2B.12Vegetation recovery in the Biscuit Fire, Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon  
Diane E. White, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Medford, OR; and T. Atzet and P. A. Martinez
2B.13Postfire changes in understory composition in singleaf pinyon-juniper and Jeffrey pine alliances in the San Bernardino Mountains, California  
Mark Borchert, USDA Forest Sevice, Ojai, CA; and D. Kopp, M. Neel, and S. Eliason
4:30 PM2B.14Fire Ecology of the Mountain Pine, Pinus harwegii  extended abstract wrf recording
Dante Arturo Rodríguez Trejo, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Chapingo, Edo. de México, Mexico
 
8:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday
Session 2C Ecosystem Restoration: Part 2 (TRACK III)
Chair: Christie Neill, USDA Forest Service, McClellan, CA
8:00 AM2C.1Effects of fire intensity on vegetative composition in Piedmont loblolly-shortleaf pine communities: Preliminary results of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study  
Sandra Rideout, USDA Forest Service, Clemson, SC; and R. J. Phillips and T. A. Waldrop
8:30 AM2C.2Plant Community Response to Prescribed Fire and Thinning in the Southeast Missouri Ozarks  
Erin R. McMurry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and R. M. Muzika, E. F. Loewenstein, K. W. Grabner, and G. Hartman
9:00 AM2C.3Monitoring fuel consumption and mortality from prescribed burning in old-growth ponderosa pine stands in eastern Oregon  extended abstract
Clinton S. Wright, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and N. L. Troyer and R. E. Vihnanek
9:30 AM2C.4Management of the endemic Rio Bravo Pine Savanna ecosystem, Belize, Central America  
Darrell Novelo, Programme for Belize, Belize
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
 
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday
Joint Session 6E Combustion Modeling: Part 2 (Track V) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)
Chairs: Patricia L. Andrews, USDA Forest Service Research, Missoula, MT; Jolie Pollet, USDI Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT
8:00 AMJ6E.1Fire spread around a forest clearing site in the Brazilian Amazonia  extended abstract
João A. Carvalho Jr., Universidade Estadual Paulista, Guaratinguetá, Brazil; and C. A. G. Veras, E. C. Alvarado, D. V. Sandberg, E. R. Carvalho, R. Gielow, and J. C. Santos
8:30 AMJ6E.2The influence of weather on combustion limits in a longleaf pine forest  extended abstract wrf recording
Casey Anderson, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. A. Ferguson, M. Rorig, K. Heirs, S. McKay, M. Moore, D. Olson, D. Wright, C. Wright, R. E. Vihnanek, and R. D. Ottmar
9:00 AMJ6E.3Fire spread in chaparral—“go or no-go?”  extended abstract wrf recording
David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and X. Zhou, L. Sun, and S. Mahalingam
9:30 AMJ6E.4Preliminary height to crown base models for Giant Sequoia Groves  extended abstract
Samantha J. Gill, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AMJ6E.5Modeling fire risk in post fuels treatment areas  
James T. Hutton, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Whiskeytown, CA; and T. S. Bradley
11:00 AMJ6E.6The peripheral reduction in burn probability around recent burns in the boreal forest  extended abstract
Marc-André Parisien, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and V. G. Kafka, J. B. Todd, K. G. Hirsch, and S. Lavoie
11:30 AMJ6E.7Neighborhood-scale Fire Spread  extended abstract wrf recording
Ronald Rehm, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD; and D. Evans, W. Mell, S. Hostikka, K. McGrattan, G. Forney, C. Bouldin, and E. Baker
 
8:00 AM-11:30 AM, Tuesday
Joint Session 4G GIS/REMOTE SENSING: PART 2 (TRACK VII) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)
Chairs: Joe Frost, USDA Forest Service, Boise, ID; Ken Bottle, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, CO
8:00 AMJ4G.1A Multivariate Approach to Mapping Forest Vegetation and Fuels Using GIS Databases, Satellite Imagery, and Forest Inventory Plots  extended abstract
Michael C. Wimberly, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. L. Ohmann, K. B. Pierce, M. J. Gregory, and J. S. Fried
8:30 AMJ4G.2Preliminary evaluation of vegetation change on a large prescribed burn in Alaska  extended abstract wrf recording
Thomas F Paragi, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fairbanks, AK; and D. D. Smart, G. T. Worum, and D. A. Haggstrom
9:00 AMJ4G.3k-NN Mapping of Fire Fuel Parameters Using Satellite Imagery and Field Data from Forest Inventory Plots  
Michael D. Fleming, SAIC, Anchorage, AK; and Z. Zhu and M. Hoppus
9:30 AMJ4G.4Mapping Crown Fuels Using Lidar  
Jo Ann Fites-Kaufman, USDA Forest Service, Nevada City, CA; and B. Peterson, P. Hyde, R. Dubaya, C. Hunsaker, W. Walker, and L. Pierce
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AMJ4G.5Florida Fire Management Information System  
Bill Beers, URS Corporation, Tallahassee, FL; and J. D. Brenner and S. Esner
11:00 AMJ4G.6How Enhancements in GIS Technology Can Address Challenges to Wildland Fire Management  
Jeff Baranyi, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Broofield, CO; and F. Dahl and J. Young
 
8:30 AM-4:30 PM, Tuesday
Joint Session 5D Risk Assessment and Decision Support (TRACK IV) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)
Chair: J. Kevin Hiers, Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL
J5D.1Bridging the Gap—A Practitioner’s Approach to Mid-scale Air Quality Assessments for Land Management Planning  
Deirdre Dether, Boise National Forest, Boise, ID; and A. Acheson and B. Schoeberl
8:30 AMJ5D.2Optimizing Prescribed Burning Policies to Minimize the Economic Impacts of Wildfire in Florida  
D. Evan Mercer, USDA Forest Service, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. P. Prestemon, D. T. Butry, and J. M. Pye
9:00 AMJ5D.3Spatial Modeling Tools for Prioritizing Limited Prescribed Fire Resources  
J. Kevin Hiers, Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL; and J. H. Furman and S. C. Laine
9:30 AMJ5D.4Fire Management Decision Support System at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, USA  
J. Kevin Hiers, Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL; and J. H. Furman and W. Gooding
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AMJ5D.5Florida's Communities At Risk  extended abstract wrf recording
Susan McLellan, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL; and J. D. Brenner
11:00 AMJ5D.6A Scaleable System for Wildland Fire Risk Assessment and Fuels Management  
James L. Smith, Space Imaging, Jacksonville, FL; and J. Coen
11:30 AMJ5D.7The Fire Research And Management Exchange System (FRAMES) Tools Project: accessing, comparing, and developing wildland fire tools  
Greg Gollberg, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and P. Morgan
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PMJ5D.8Web-based Mapping Applications in Response to Wildland Fires  extended abstract
Elizabeth L. Lile, USGS, Denver, CO; and C. Inbau
2:00 PMJ5D.9Evaluating designs for fuel management projects: application of a multi-attribute framework  extended abstract
Donald G. MacGregor, MacGregor-Bates, Inc., Eugene, OR; and C. Dammann and J. Anderson
2:30 PMJ5D.10Western Fire Ignition and Area Time Series Cross-Sectional Models  
Jeffrey P. Prestemon, USDA Forest Service, Research Triangle Park, NC; and D. T. Butry, K. L. Abt, T. P. Holmes, D. E. Mercer, and J. M. Pye
3:00 PMCOFFEE BREAK  
3:30 PMJ5D.11Assessing the ecological implications of FireSmart forest management  
Ana C. Espinoza, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and W. Cui and D. L. Martell
J5D.12A fire load index for comparative analysis  
Al Tithecott, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Sault Ste Marie, ON, Canada; and R. McAlpine
4:00 PMJ5D.13An Event-Frame Model for Decomposition and Reconstruction of Large-Fire Decision Processes  extended abstract
Donald G. MacGregor, MacGregor-Bates, Inc., Eugene, OR; and A. Gonzalez-Caban
4:30 PMJ5D.14Identifying forests in need of fuel reduction and fire restoration  
Bo Wilmer, The Wilderness Society, Seattle, WA; and G. Aplet
 
8:30 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday
Session 6F Cultural Use of Fire (Track VI)
Chair: Peter F. Moore, Metis Associates, East Ryde, NSW Australia
8:30 AM6F.1Landscape analysis of Aboriginal fire management in Central Arnhem Land, north Australia  
David M. J. S. Bowman, Northern Territory University, Darwin, Northern Territo, Australia; and L. Prior and A. Walsh
9:00 AM6F.2Introducing the Kakadu Landscape Change Project: A multidisciplinary assessment of 50 years of landscape change in the tropical savanna region of northern Australia  
Aaron M. Petty, University of California, Davis, CA; and D. Banfai, L. D. Prior, C. Lehmann, and D. M. J. S. Bowman
6F.3Fire and Southeastern Amerindian culture  
Wayne D. Carroll, Clemson University, Clemson, SC; and P. R. Kapeluck and D. H. Van Lear
9:30 AM6F.4Anthropogenic or Lightning: Ignition Source of Pre-Euro-American Fire Regimes in the Southern Sierra Nevada?  
Anthony C. Caprio, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, CA
6F.5Problems and Prospects of Restoring An Ethnographic Landscape in Redwood National and State Park  
Nelson Siefkin, National Park Service, Pacific West Region, Oakland, CA
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
 
10:30 AM-6:30 PM, Tuesday
Session 3C Changing Fire Regimes in Tropical Environments (Track III)
Chair: Sarah Otterstrom, University of California, Davis, CA
10:30 AM3C.1Fire Regimes in Tropical Environments: An Overview  
Ronald Myers, The Nature Conservancy, Tallahassee, FL
11:00 AM3C.2Tropical Fire Regimes of the Past  
Kenneth H. Orvis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; and S. P. Horn, H. D. Grissino-Mayer, L. M. Kennedy, B. L. League, and J. H. Speer
11:30 AM3C.3Fire as a recurrent disturbance event in the tropics: Current fire-return intervals, the influence of fuel loads and precipitation  
Narendran Kodandapani, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and S. Raman and M. A. Cochrane
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM3C.4Tradeoffs between timber management and fire vulnerability  extended abstract wrf recording
Geoffrey Blate, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and F. Putz
2:00 PM3C.5New fire regimes as spatial agents of land cover change in tropical landscapes: Lessons from the Amazon for natural resource management, conservation and sustainable development  
Mark Cochrane, Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, East Lansing, MI
2:30 PM3C.6Fire Use in Rural Tropics: Cultural Perspectives from Mesoamerica  
Sarah Otterstrom, University of California, Davis, CA
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM3C.7Fire in Cerrado and Pantanal—Ecology and Management  extended abstract wrf recording
Paulo C. Mendes Ramos, Brazilian Environment Institute, Brasília, Brazil
3C.8Causes and effects of wildfire in a West African tropical forest region  
T. Kwesi Orgle, Ministry of Lands and Forestry, Accra, Ghana
4:00 PM3C.9Fire regimes in SE Asia and shifting cultivation, What? Who? Where? Still? Who Else?  
Peter F. Moore, Metis Associates, East Ryde, NSW, Australia
4:30 PM3C.10Engaging communities in fire fighting initiatives in the Southern Pantanal  
Erika Guimarães, Conservation International do Brasil, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
5:00 PM3C.11Integrating Fire Ecology, Fire Science and Fire Management to Maintain and Restore Appropriate Fire Regimes in the Tropics  
Ronald Myers, The Nature Conservancy, Tallahassee, FL
5:30 PMDiscussion  
 
11:30 AM-5:30 PM, Tuesday
Session 4F Fire Education and Training (TRACK VI)
Chair: Elizabeth D. Reinhardt, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT
11:30 AM4F.1Wildfire Training for Volunteer Fire Departments  
Julie E. Shiyou-Woodard, South Alabama Regional Planning Commission, Mobile, AL
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM4F.2TEFF: The ten essential factors in firefighting  extended abstract wrf recording
Patrick Withen, University of Virginia, Wise, VA
2:00 PM4F.3Sparking Awareness in the Next Generation: Successful Results of the "Fire in Florida's Ecosystems" Teacher Training Program  
Susan Marynowski, Pandion Systems, Inc., Gainesville, FL; and C. B. Denny and J. D. Brenner
2:30 PM4F.4FireWords: an annotated, illustrated electronic glossary of wildland fire science terminology  
Joe Scott, Systems for Environmental Management, Missoula, MT; and E. D. Reinhardt
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM4F.5Fire ecology hypertext: a tool for synthesizing and distributing knowledge  
Cynthia T. Fowler, USDA, Athens, GA; and D. Kennard and H. M. Rauscher
4:00 PM4F.6Burning Issues: Partners in Fire Education—"Fire Literacy for a Fire Wise World," Part 1: Developing an Interactive CD-Rom and Distribution Strategy  extended abstract
David E. LaHart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. O. Dawson, J. Chapman, and J. Owens
4:30 PM4F.7Burning Issues: Partners in Fire Education—Implementation in Two Land Management Units  extended abstract
Jennifer A. Chapman, National Park Service, Point Reyes Station, CA; and K. Antunez, D. E. LaHart, and J. Owens
5:00 PM4F.8Living on the Edge in Florida CD-ROM  
James Harrell, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL
 
1:30 PM-5:15 PM, Tuesday
Joint Session 8 Smoke Management and Air Quality (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)
Chairs: Susan M. O'Neill, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; N. K. Larkin, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
1:30 PMJ8.1Adaptive Grid Modeling for Predicting the Air Quality Impacts of Biomass Burning  extended abstract wrf recording
Alper Unal, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and M. T. Odman
1:45 PMJ8.2COMBINING WILDFIRE EMISSIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY SMOKE EMISSIONS MODEL (CSEM) WITH A REGIONAL-SCALE AIR QUALITY MODEL  extended abstract wrf recording
Michael G. Barna, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. G. Fox
2:00 PMJ8.3A natural fire experiment in central Russia: meteorology, radiative and optical properties of atmosphere and resulting effects on sub-boreal forest plants  extended abstract wrf recording
Nataly Ye. Chubarova, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; and N. G. Prilepsky, A. R. Riebau, A. W. Shoettle, R. Musselman, N. N. Uliumdzhieva, A. Y. Yurova, B. E. Potter, A. N. Rublev, P. Y. Zhmylev, and E. A. Karpuhina
2:15 PMJ8.4Spatial and Temporal Variability of Wildland Fire Emissions over the U.S  extended abstract
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
2:30 PMJ8.5Real time high resolution fire/smoke signature prediction model in coastal chaparral  
Joe Rawitzer, Fire Spec Systems, Carmel, CA
2:45 PMJ8.6Recent results from PB-Piedmont—a model to simulate smoke on the ground at night  extended abstract wrf recording
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PMJ8.7The BlueSky Smoke Modeling Framework (www.BlueSkyRAINS.org)  extended abstract wrf recording
Susan M. O'Neill, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. A. Ferguson, J. Peterson, and R. Wilson
3:45 PMJ8.8Assessing accuracy of the BlueSky smoke modeling framework during wildfire events  extended abstract wrf recording
J. Westbrook Adkins, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. M. O'Neill, M. Rorig, S. A. Ferguson, C. M. Berg, and J. L. Hoadley
4:00 PMJ8.9On the origins of “Superfog”—a combination of smoke and water vapor that produces zero visibility over roadways  extended abstract
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
4:15 PMJ8.10Smoke measurements during experimental field fires  extended abstract
Ana Isabel Miranda, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and J. Ferreira, J. Valente, P. Santos, J. H. Amorim, and C. Borrego
4:30 PMJ8.11A comparison of real-time particulate monitors for smoke management  
Suraj Ahuja, U.S. Forest Service, Willows, CA; and T. Proctor, P. Padgett, and B. Plymale
4:45 PMJ8.12Biomass burning of eucalypt savannas and respiratory illness in the Australian monsoon tropics  
David M. J. S. Bowman, Northern Territory University, Darwin, Northern Territo, Australia; and F. H. Johnston
 
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday
Joint Session 7G Wildfire Burn Severity Mapping (Special Session) (TRACK VII) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)
Chair: Randy A. McKinley, USGS and SAIC, Sioux Falls, SD
1:30 PMJ7G.1Supporting the Mapping Needs of Burned Area Emergency Response Teams with Satellite Imagery  
Randy A. McKinley, USGS and SAIC, Sioux Falls, SD; and K. Lannom and A. Parsons
2:00 PMJ7G.2Evaluating Fire Impacts with Landsat Data: A Comparison of Two Methodologies  
Stephen M. Howard, SAIC and USGS, Sioux Falls, SD; and A. Orlemann and C. H. Key
2:30 PMJ7G.3Data acquisition timing for burned area remote sensing and relationships to measures of burn severity  
Carl H. Key, USGS, West Glacier, MT; and N. Benson, D. Ohlen, S. Howard, and Z. Zhu
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PMJ7G.4Using the Composite Burn Index to field validation meso-scale burn severity assessment  
Nathan C. Benson, National Park Service, Homestead, FL; and C. Key
J7G.5Assessment of burn severity in northern Arizona using Landsat ETM+ imagery and ground data  
Allison E. Cocke, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ; and P. Z. Fulé
4:00 PMJ7G.6Assessing Landscape Patterns of Fire Severity and Fire Regimes using Burn Severity Mapping for the Sierra Nevada, CA  
Andrea E. Thode, University of California, Davis and US Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest, McClellan, CA; and N. Sugihara, L. Levien, and J. F. Quinn
4:30 PMJ7G.7Assessing Impacts of Scaling on Burn Severity Mapping and Derived Fire Effects  
Zhiliang Zhu, USGS, Sioux Falls, SD
5:00 PMJ7G.8Burn Mapping of Wildland Fires within Different Ecosystems Using Field Verified Satellite Data  
Donald Ohlen, SAIC and USGS/EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD; and C. Key, N. Benson, and Z. Zhu
 
3:30 PM-4:30 PM, Tuesday
Session 6A Incentives for Mitigation and Firefighting
3:30 PM6A.1Incentives for Intergovernmental Wildfire Hazard Mitigation and Enhanced Local Firefighting (formerly paper 5F.1)  
Bruce McDowell, National Academy of Public Administration, Washington, DC
 
Wednesday, 19 November 2003
8:00 AM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Joint Session 9 Assessing and Predicting Climate Impacts on Landscapes (Joint between the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress)
Chairs: Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV; Kerry Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB Canada
8:00 AMJ9.1Contemporary climate changes in high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere cause an increasing potential forest fire danger  extended abstract wrf recording
Pavel Ya. Groisman, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Knight, R. R. Heim, V. N. Razuvaev, B. G. Sherstyukov, and N. A. Speranskaya
8:15 AMJ9.2Forest Fires and Climate in Alaska and Sakha: Forest Fires Near Yakutsk  extended abstract
Hiroshi Hayasaka, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
8:30 AMJ9.3The impacts of climate on prescribed fire  extended abstract wrf recording
Crystal A. Kolden, University of Nevada, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown
8:45 AMJ9.4The Southwest Monsoon and the relation to fire occurrence  extended abstract wrf recording
Charlene R. Mohrle, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. L. Hall and T. J. Brown
9:00 AMJ9.5Characterizing extreme dry-spell and forest fire events in the province of Ontario, Canada  extended abstract
Jennifer L. Beverly, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and D. L. Martell
9:15 AMJ9.6Wildfire-Climate Interactions Across Southeast Arizona  extended abstract wrf recording
Michael A. Crimmins, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and A. C. Comrie
9:30 AMJ9.7A fire scenario builder for coarse-scale modeling of current and future fire effects  extended abstract
Narasimhan Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and D. McKenzie and S. M. O'Neill
9:45 AMDiscussion  
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AMJ9.8Characteristic Composite Charts Associated With Peak Fire Season In Vermont  extended abstract
Eric C. Evenson, NOAA/NWS, South Burlington, VT
10:45 AMJ9.9Fire Danger Forecasts  extended abstract
John Roads, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and S. Chen, F. M. Fujioka, and R. Burgan
11:00 AMJ9.10Long lead statistical forecasts of wildland fire suppression costs  
Anthony L. Westerling II, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and K. Gebert, G. Jones, K. Abt, J. Prestemon, and A. Gershunov
11:15 AMJ9.11Verification of ECPC’s fire climate and fire danger Forecasts  extended abstract wrf recording
Hauss J. Reinbold, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown, J. O. Roads, and B. L. Hall
11:30 AMJ9.12The 2003 National Seasonal Assessment Workshop: A Proactive Approach to Preseason Fire Danger Assessment  extended abstract wrf recording
Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and T. Wordell, T. J. Brown, R. Ochoa, and B. J. Moorehouse
11:45 AMDiscussion  
12:00 PMLunch Break  
 
8:00 AM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 3A Fire Management Programs (TRACK I)
Chair: Geoorge Custer, USDA Forest Service, Umatilla, FL
8:00 AM3A.1Prescribed Burning by the Florida Park Service  extended abstract
Rosi Mulholland, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Apopka, FL; and P. E. Small and B. Blihovde
8:30 AM3A.2The Florida scrub-jay fire strike team  
Mary R. Huffman, The Nature Conservancy, Babson Park, FL; and S. C. Morrison, A. R. Peterson, and B. Pace-Aldana
9:00 AM3A.3Fire management in the inter-galatic interface or thirty years of fire management at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge  extended abstract
Frederic W. Adrian, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Titusville, FL
9:30 AM3A.4Fire management at Archbold Biological Station: Burning to promote heterogeneity, conservation, research, and education  extended abstract
Jeffrey T. Hutchinson, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, FL; and E. S. Menges, R. L. Pickert, and H. M. Swain
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM3A.5Wildland fire in the Black Hills  extended abstract wrf recording
Randall P. Benson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and M. P. Murphy
11:00 AM3A.6Developing the Resource Advisor position at Yosemite National Park  
Jun Kinoshita, Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA; and K. Paintner
11:30 AM3A.7Partnering with the Broadcast Meteorologist: An Innovative Science Approach to Informing the Public about the Dangers of Wildland Fires  
Dave Jones, StormCenter.Com, Ellicott City, MD
12:00 PMLunch Break  
 
8:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Session 3B Fire effects on Flora: PART 2 (TRACK II)
Chair: Sue Grace, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lacombe, LA
8:00 AM3B.1Managing grasslands for multiple objectives using prescribed fire  
David Engle, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and S. D. Fuhlendorf, T. G. Bidwell, J. Weir, T. Tunnell, and R. Hamilton
8:30 AM3B.2The Effect of Fire Severity on Early Development of Understory vegetation Following a Stand Replacing Wildfire  extended abstract
G. Geoff Wang, Clemson University, Clemson, SC; and K. J. Kemball
9:00 AM3B.3Spatial heterogeneity in fire temperature: causes and consequences for plant diversity  
Monique E. Rocca, Duke University, Durham, NC; and D. L. Urban
9:30 AM3B.4Fire effects assessment using FIA data in the northern and central Rocky Mountains  
Theresa B. Jain, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, Idaho, ID; and R. Their and W. Michael
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
 
8:00 AM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Joint Session 10D Landfire (Special Session) (TRACK IV) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)
Chair: Melanie Miller, USDI Bureau of Land Management, Missoula, MT
8:00 AMJ10D.1LANDFIRE: A nationally consistent and locally relevant interagency fire, fuels, and risk assesment  extended abstract wrf recording
Matthew G. Rollins, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and R. E. Keane, Z. Zhu, J. Menakis, W. Hann, and A. Shlisky
8:30 AMJ10D.2Developing the spatial programs and models needed for implementation of the LANDFIRE Project  extended abstract wrf recording
Robert E. Keane, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and M. Rollins and R. Parsons
9:00 AMJ10D.3Biophysical Settings -- linking landscape patterns to ecophysiological processes  
Lisa Holsinger, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and R. Parsons, M. Rollins, E. Karau, and A. Keyser
9:30 AMJ10D.4A Repeatable Consistent National vegetation Mapping strategy  extended abstract
Zhiliang Zhu, USGS, Sioux Falls, SD; and J. Vogelmann and C. Huang
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AMJ10D.5Preliminary Landfire vegetation products in the Wasatch Range-Uinta Mountain area of Utah  extended abstract wrf recording
Chengquan Huang, USGS and SAIC, Sioux Falls, SD; and J. Vogelmann, B. Tolk, and Z. Zhu
11:00 AMJ10D.6Predictive Mapping of Fire Regimes  
Russell A. Parsons, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and R. E. Keane and M. G. Rollins
11:30 AMJ10D.7Potential Management Applications of the LANDFIRE Products  
Donald Long, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and M. Rollins and W. Hann
12:00 PMLunch Break  
 
10:30 AM-2:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 4B Invasive Plants and Fire (TRACK II)
Chair: Steve Sutherland, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT
4B.1Comparison of fuels in invaded and uninvaded forest stands in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic U.S  
Alison C. Dibble, USDA Forest Service, Bradley, ME; and C. A. Rees, W. A. Patterson III, and M. J. Ducey
10:30 AM4B.2Effects of fuel treatments, post-fire rehabilitation treatments and wildfire on establishment of invasive species  
Molly E. Hunter, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and P. N. Omi, E. J. Martinson, G. W. Chong, M. A. Kalkhan, and T. J. Stohlgren
11:00 AM4B.3Fuels, fires, invasions and some effects of active management in the Eastern Rockies  
Erik J. Martinson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and G. W. Chong, M. E. Hunter, M. A. Kalkhan, P. N. Omi, and T. J. Stohlgren
11:30 AMLunch Break  
1:00 PM4B.4Wildfire and weeds in the northern Rockies  
Steve Sutherland, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT
1:30 PM4B.5Using fire to manage invasive plants  
Matthew L. Brooks, USGS, Henderson, NV; and C. M. D'Antonio and D. A. Pyke
 
1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Wednesday
Joint Session 11 Fire and Drought Indices (Joint between the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress)
Chairs: Richard Ochoa, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, ID; Larry S. Bradshaw, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT
1:30 PMJ11.1Development of a statistical validation methodology for fire weather indices  extended abstract wrf recording
Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and S. L. Goodrick and T. J. Brown
1:45 PMJ11.2Drought Indexes as Indicators of Fire Activity  
Patricia L. Andrews, USDA Forest Service Research, Missoula, MT
2:00 PMJ11.3A comparison of precipitation and drought indices related to fire activity in the US  extended abstract wrf recording
Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown
2:15 PMJ11.4Validating the Overwintering Effect on the Drought Code in Elk Island National Park  extended abstract wrf recording
Kerry Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and S. Otway
2:30 PMJ11.5Independent field verification of a next-generation model for dead fuel moisture  extended abstract wrf recording
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and L. S. Bradshaw, R. M. Nelson, and R. R. Bensch
2:45 PMJ11.6A comparison of 3 models of 1-hr time lag fuel moisture in Hawaii  extended abstract wrf recording
David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and F. M. Fujioka and R. M. Nelson
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PMJ11.7The Validity of the Keetch/Byram Drought Index in the Hawaiian Islands  extended abstract wrf recording
Klaus P. Dolling, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and P. S. Chu and F. M. Fujioka
3:45 PMJ11.8A Climatological Study of the Keetch/Byram Drought Index in the Hawaiian Islands  extended abstract wrf recording
Pao-Shin Chu, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and K. P. Dolling and F. M. Fujioka
4:00 PMJ11.9Exhausting relative greenness: Inaccurate Fire Potential Index for Florida?  extended abstract wrf recording
Carter Stone, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL; and S. L. Goodrick and D. E. Hanley
4:15 PMJ11.10National standardized energy release component (ERC) forecasts  extended abstract wrf recording
Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown, L. S. Bradshaw, W. M. Jolly, and R. Nemani
 
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 4A Managing Fire in the Wildland/Urban Interface (TRACK I)
Chair: Doug Voltolina, Florida Division of Forestry, Bradenton, FL
1:30 PM4A.1Characteristics and location of the wildland-urban interface in the United States  extended abstract wrf recording
Susan I. Stewart, USDA Forest Service, Evanston, IL; and V. C. Radeloff and R. B. Hammer
2:00 PM4A.2Common Factors Affecting the Social Acceptance of Fuel Management Techniques  
Greg Winter, Paul Schissler Associates, Bellingham, WA; and C. Vogt and J. Fried
2:30 PM4A.3Creating defensible space in the urban-wildland interface: a comparison of perceptions of seasonal and full–time residents  extended abstract wrf recording
Alan D. Bright, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. T. Burtz
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM4A.4Managing fire in the urban interface of interior Alaska  extended abstract wrf recording
Dale A. Haggstrom, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fairbanks, AK
4:00 PM4A.5Islands of fire: meeting the wildland urban interface challenge in the Florida Keys  
Chris Bergh, The Nature Conservancy, Summerland Key, FL
4A.6Fuel management through crushing and burning  extended abstract
Scott E. Franklin, Urban Wildland Fire Managment, Santa Clarita, CA
4:30 PM4A.7Fire Gels- breakthrough technology for structure protection in the WUI  
John B. Bartlett, Barricade International, Inc., Hobe Sound, FL
 
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 4C Fire History/Fire Regimes: PART 1 (TRACK III)
Chair: Ellis Margolis, University of Arizona, Tusan, AZ
1:30 PM4C.1Holocene fire reconstructions from the northwestern U.S.: an examination at multiple time scales  extended abstract wrf recording
Cathy Whitlock, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; and P. J. Bartlein, J. Marlon, A. Brunelle, and C. J. Long
2:00 PM4C.2Mean Fire Return Intervals as Indicators of Change in Boreal Siberia  extended abstract wrf recording
Amber J. Soja, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse and H. H. Shugart
2:30 PM4C.3Climatic influences on fire regimes in the Lake Tahoe Basin  
Alan H. Taylor, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and M. Beaty
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM4C.4Reconstructing spatiotemporal patterns in fire regimes from fire-scar and tree-origin data in southwestern ponderosa pine forests  
Peter M. Brown, Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research, Ft. Collins, CO; and R. Wu
4:00 PM4C.5A comparison of fire regime characteristics reconstructed from fire scar data and mapped fires in a frequently burned Arizona wilderness  
Calvin A. Farris, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and C. H. Baisan and T. W. Swetnam
4:30 PM4C.6Fire effects on forest spatial patterns in the Arizona sky islands  
Mary C. Henry, Miami University, Oxford, OH
5:00 PM4C.7Fire history and need for fuel management in mixed Douglas fir forests of the Klamath-Siskiyou region, northwest California and southwest Oregon, USA  extended abstract
Jay C. Lininger, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
 
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 1E Fire Behavior Applications (TRACK V)
Chairs: Charles W. McHugh, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT; Robert C. Seli, USDA Forest Service Research, Missoula, MT
1:30 PM1E.1Flammability of native understory species within pine flatwood and hardwood hammock ecosystems  
Anna L. Behm, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and M. L. Duryea, A. J. Long, W. C. Zipperer, and C. K. Randall
2:00 PM1E.2Landscape fragmentation and fire vulnerability in primary forest adjacent to recent land clearings in the Amazon arc of deforestation  extended abstract
Ernesto C. Alvarado, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. V. Sandberg, J. Andrade de Carvalho, R. Gielow, and J. C. Santos
2:30 PM1E.3Measuring the Effectiveness of Fuel Treatments in Changing Fire Behavior and Effects During Wildfires  
Jo Ann Fites-Kaufman, USDA Forest Service, Nevada City, CA; and D. Sapsis, S. Husari, L. Hood, B. Bahro, C. Neill, D. C. Lee, and B. Butler
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM1E.4Seasonal changes in selected combustion characteristics of ornamental vegetation  extended abstract wrf recording
David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and R. H. White, S. Frommer, F. C. Beall, and M. Etlinger
4:00 PM1E.5Probability of Spotfires During Prescribed Burns  
John R. Weir, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
4:30 PM1E.6Fire Modeling and Weather Analysis on the White Mountain National Forest  
Rick D. Stratton, Systems for Environmental Management, Missoula, MT; and T. Brady
5:00 PM1E.7Fire behavior and fire seasonality in the Washington Cascades  
Michael Medler, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; and K. E. Buford
 
1:30 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday
Session 1G NASA's Application Program: Remote Sensing Input to Decision Support Systems for Fire Prediction and Management
Chair: Bruce Davis, NASA, Stennis Space Center, MS
1:30 PM1G.1WASP— A high performance multi-spectral airborne imager for wildland fire detection and monitoring  
Donald McKeown, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; and J. Cockburn, J. Faulring, R. Kremens, D. Morse, H. Rhody, and M. Richardson
2:00 PM1G.2Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—New Frontiers  
Steve Wegener, NASA/AMes Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
2:30 PM1G.3Use of NASA Earth Observing System Data to Monitor Active Fires and to Develop SensorWeb Decision Support Systems  
Robert A. Sohlberg, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM1G.4The Use of Remote Sensing Technologies to Support Fire Suppression and Rehabilitation  
Thomas J. Bobbe, USDA Forest Service, Salt Lake City, UT
4:00 PMDiscussion  
 
2:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 5B Fire effects on wildlife (TRACK III)
Chair: R. Todd Engstrom, The Nature's Conservancy, Thomasville, GA
2:30 PM5B.1Effects of fire on the biota of high-elevation lakes in the Oregon Cascade Range  
Robert E. Gresswell, USGS, Corvallis, OR; and G. L. Larson, E. A. Deimling, C. D. McIntire, R. L. Hoffman, and W. J. Liss
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM5B.2Wildfire in the southwstern USA: effects on fishes  extended abstract wrf recording
John N. Rinne, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ
4:00 PM5B.3Landscape analysis of moose distribution relative to fire history in Interior Alaska  
J. A. Maier, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Ver Hoef, A. D. McGuire, R. T. Bowyer, L. B. Saperstein, and H. Maier
4:30 PM5B.4Wildfire effects on bird abundance in a mixed-severity fire regime: Treating fire severity as a continuous variable  
Nathaniel E. Seavy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and J. D. Alexander, C. J. Ralph, S. Janes, and S. Norman
5:00 PM5B.5Response of mixed Douglas-fir / Tanoak forests to different fire intensity/severity levels: implications for terrestrial salamanders and their habitats  
Donald J. Major, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and T. C. Edwards
 
6:30 PM, Wednesday
Symposium and Congress Banquet
Lecturer: Henry Lewis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada
 
Thursday, 20 November 2003
8:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday
Joint Session 12 Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke (Joint between the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress)
Chair: Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI
8:00 AMJ12.1Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke—FCAMMS: A National Paradigm for Wildland Fire and Smoke Management  extended abstract wrf recording
Allen R. Riebau, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC; and D. G. Fox
8:30 AMJ12.2A consortium for comprehensive mesoscale weather analysis and forecasting to monitor fire threat and support fire management operations  extended abstract wrf recording
Karl Zeller, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO; and J. McGinley, N. Nikolov, P. Schultz, B. Shaw, S. Albers, and J. Snook
8:45 AMJ12.3Real-Time Mesoscale Model Forecasts for Fire and Smoke Management: 2003  extended abstract
Sue A. Ferguson, USDA Forest Sevice, Seattle, WA
9:00 AMJ12.4The California and Nevada Smoke and Air Committee (CANSAC)—An interagency partnership to meet decision-making needs  extended abstract wrf recording
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV; and F. M. Fujioka and C. Fontana
9:15 AMJ12.5The Southern High-Resolution Modeling Consortium—a source for research and operational collaboration  extended abstract wrf recording
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and S. L. Goodrick and Y. Liu
9:30 AMJ12.6National Fire Plan—Eastern Area Modeling Consortium: Research, product development, and partnerships  extended abstract
Warren E. Heilman, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and B. E. Potter, J. J. Charney, and X. Bian
9:45 AMDiscussion  
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
 
8:00 AM-2:30 PM, Thursday
Session 5A Wildland Fire Use (Special Session) (Track I)
Chairs: G. Thomas Zimmerman, USDA Forest Service, Albuquerque, NM; Wayne Cook, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT
8:00 AM5A.1Wildland Fire Use—Evolution of a Program of Managing Wildland Fires for Resource Benefits  
G. Thomas Zimmerman, USDA Forest Service, Albuquerque, NM; and R. Lasko
9:00 AM5A.2Historical Wildland Fire Use: Ponderosa pine forest structure after a 25-year experiment in restoring fire regimes in southwestern landscapes  
Zack Holden, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and P. Morgan and M. Rollins
9:30 AM5A.3Economic and Political Dimensions of Wildland Fire Use  
Lisa A. Dale, The Wilderness Society, Denver, CO
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM5A.4Fire Use Management Teams—Meeting Organizational Needs of Managing Long-Duration Wildland Fires  
Wayne Cook, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and G. T. Zimmerman
11:00 AM5A.5Guidelines for Planning and Implementing Wildland Fire Use—Update of the Wildland and Prescribed Fire Management Policy Implementation Procedures Reference Guide  
G. Thomas Zimmerman, USDA Forest Service, Albuquerque, NM
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM5A.6Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, A Nontraditional Approach to Fire Management  
Fred Wetzel, Okefenokee NWR, Folkston, GA
2:00 PM5A.7Wildland Fire Use Gila National Forest, NM 2003—The Future is now  
Paul F. Boucher, Gila National Forest, Silver City, NM
 
8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Thursday
Session 6B Fire Effects on Insects and Disease (TRACK II)
Chair: Sharon M. Hood, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT
8:00 AM6B.1Are root infecting fungi indicators of ecosystem stress following prescribed fire?  
William J. Otrosina, USDA, Athens, GA; and S. S. Sung, B. T. Sullivan, S. J. Zarnoch, and C. H. Walkinshaw
8:30 AM6B.2Association of wildfire with long-term tree health and numbers of pine bark beetles and their associates in Florida  
James Hanula, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA; and J. Meeker, D. Miller, and E. Barnard
9:00 AM6B.3Douglas-fir beetle attack and tree mortality following wildfire  extended abstract wrf recording
Sharon M. Hood, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and B. Bentz and K. C. Ryan
 
8:00 AM-2:30 PM, Thursday
Session 5C FIRE HISTORY/FIRE REGIMES: Part 2 (Track III)
Chair: Rosalind Wu, USDA Forest Service, Durango, CO
8:00 AM5C.1Anthropogenic fuel alteration and changes in spatial fire behavior in a southeastern pyrogenic ecosystem  extended abstract wrf recording
Brean W. Duncan, Dynamac Corp., Kennedy Space Center, FL; and P. A. Schmalzer
8:30 AM5C.2Reexamining the role of lightning in the landscape of Great Smoky Mountains National Park  
Dana Cohen, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN; and B. Dellinger
9:00 AM5C.3Human influence on fire disturbance in northern Wisconsin  extended abstract wrf recording
Brian R. Sturtevant, USDA Forest Service, Rhinelander, WI; and D. T. Cleland
9:30 AM5C.4Fire and spruce bark beetle disturbance regimes on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska  
Edward E. Berg, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Soldotna, AK; and R. S. Anderson and A. D. De Volder
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM5C.5Fire history of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Shasta County, California  
Scott L. Stephens, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and D. L. Fry
11:00 AM5C.6Fire history of mixed conifer forests in Yosemite National Park  
Andrew E. Scholl, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and A. H. Taylor
11:30 AM5C.7Fire history and stand scale dynamics of mixed conifer forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin  
Matthew Beaty, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and A. H. Taylor
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM5C.8Fire history of Lava Cast Forest, Central Oregon  
Karen B. Arabas, Willamette University, Salem, OR; and E. R. Larson and K. S. Hadley
2:00 PM5C.9Spatial distribution of the potential effects of wildfires under the intermediate disturbance hypothesis in a Mexican forest ecosystem  extended abstract wrf recording
J. German Flores G., Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agricolas y Pecuarias, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
 
8:00 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Session 3D Fuels Planning: Science Synthesis and Integration (Track IV)
Chair: Russell T. Graham, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, ID
8:00 AM3D.1Fuels planning: Science synthesis and integration. An interagency research/management partnership to support the Ten-Year Fire Plan in the Dry Forests of the Interior West  
Russell T. Graham, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, ID; and S. M. McCaffrey
8:30 AM3D.2Social Concerns Related to Wildfire Fuels Treatments  
Pamela Jakes, USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station, St. Paul, MN; and S. C. Barro
9:00 AM3D.3Environmental Consequences  
Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and A. Black, W. Elliot, M. Miller, D. Neary, D. Pilliod, P. Robichaud, and S. Sutherland
9:30 AM3D.4Paying for fuel treatments: Fire Science Synthesis - Economic and Utilization Team  
R. James Barbour, USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR; and R. Fight
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM3D.5Fuels planning: managing forest structure to reduce fire hazard  extended abstract
David L. Peterson, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and M. C. Johnson, J. K. Agee, T. B. Jain, D. McKenzie, and E. D. Reinhardt
 
8:00 AM-8:15 AM, Thursday
Session 5F Social and Economic Aspects of Fire Management: Part 2 (TRACK VI)
8:00 AM5F.1Paper has been moved to session 6A (Track 1), new paper number 6A.1  
 
9:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday
Session 7B Fire Effects Monitoring (TRACK II)
Chair: Duncan C. Lutes, Systems for Environmental Management, Missoula, MT
9:30 AM7B.1FIREMON: Fire Effects Monitoring and Inventory System  extended abstract wrf recording
Duncan C. Lutes, Systems for Environmental Management, Missoula, MT; and R. E. Keane, J. F. Caratti, C. H. Key, N. C. Benson, S. Sutherland, and L. J. Gangi
10:00 AMBreak  
10:30 AM7B.2Fire Ecology Assessment Tool—Monitoring Wildland Fire And Prescribed Fire for Adaptive Management  
Timothy Ogden Sexton, National Park Service, Boise, ID
11:00 AM7B.3Comparing scale and assessment methodologies in fuels management  
Maria C. Moreno, University of North Texas, Denton, TX; and D. Barry
11:30 AM7B.4A review of error associated with thermocouple temperature measurement in fire environments  extended abstract wrf recording
K. S. Shannon, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and B. W. Butler
 
10:30 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Panel Discussion 1 Fair Weather: Effective Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)
Chair: Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV
10:30 AMJ4G.6How Enhancements in GIS Technology Can Address Challenges to Wildland Fire Management  
Jeff Baranyi, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Broofield, CO; and F. Dahl and J. Young
 
12:00 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)
 
1:30 PM, Thursday
Open Discussion with Panel Discussion: Fair Weather: Effective Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services
 
3:30 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday
Plenary Session 2 Closing Plenary Session (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)
Chair: Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV
3:30 PMPL2.1Understanding Tropical Fire Regimes: Research Needs, Management Implications  
Sally Horn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
4:00 PMPL2.2Temperate Ecosystems  
Scott Stephens, University of California, Berkeley, CA
4:30 PMPL2.3Forest Fire Research in the Boreal Zone: Current Status and Future Direction  
Brian Stocks, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and E. S. Kasischke, D. J. McRae, S. G. Conard, A. D. McGuire, J. G. Goldammer, M. D. Flannigan, B. D. Amiro, A. I. Sukhinin, and G. A. Ivanova
5:00 PMPL2.4Closing Remarks  
Tim Brown, DRI, Reno, NV
 

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