{"id":108,"date":"2024-06-06T09:59:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2024-06-06T13:43:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T20:43:54","slug":"newsletters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/sample-page\/newsletters\/","title":{"rendered":"Semiannual Newsletters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 2024 Project Update<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--halves\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blue Mountains Post-Fire Partnership (PFP) is a collaboration among land managers, academic researchers, and researchers at various organizations, all of whom are interested in improving how we manage post-fire landscapes in the Blue Mountains and in the inland northwest. To keep PFP individuals up-to-date on recent progress, we offer a semi-annual project update.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.58.39-AM-1-792x413.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.58.39-AM-1-792x413.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.58.39-AM-1-396x206.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.58.39-AM-1-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.58.39-AM-1-1536x801.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.58.39-AM-1-198x103.png 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.58.39-AM-1.png 1548w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--halves\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h3 id=\"unique-id-1__31032\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Co-production of Knowledge<\/button>\r\n    <\/h3>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__31032\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<p>Since our first PFP meeting in September 2023, the WSU team has met approximately every two weeks to advance research on post-fire forest recovery and plan activities which promote collaboration between scientists and land managers. We have considered&nbsp;approaches to identify our partners\u2019 management&nbsp;needs and gaps in knowledge, and we have developed survey and interview protocols to facilitate knowledge co-production. The PFP meeting in November 2023 involved many partners and generated a wide array of ideas regarding knowledge needs for post-fire recovery. For 2024, we have shifted our approach by organizing comparatively individualized meetings, to tailor conversations to the needs of specific groups of partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We recently developed&nbsp;a project website&nbsp;which showcases information regarding post-fire land management. The website exhibits&nbsp;this project\u2019s&nbsp;progress and makes products readily available to our partners and the public. We welcome suggestions on how to maximize the utility of this site to our partners and the public. Moreover, we would like to highlight our partners on this website! To account for&nbsp;partners\u2019&nbsp;inputs, we are updating the website regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resist-Accept-Direct Framework<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In several PFP meetings, the resist-accept-direct (RAD) framework has been a topic of discussion. Although not all land managers are aware of the RAD framework (Steen-Adams,&nbsp;<em>personal communication<\/em>), land managers are well-aware of the personnel and timeconstraints which present a need for information to help prioritize reforestation projects. The RAD framework presents three potential decision pathways for climate-adaptive reforestation projects:&nbsp;<em>Resist&nbsp;<\/em>vegetation conversions and attempt to restore a site to historical conditions;&nbsp;<em>Accept&nbsp;<\/em>that restoration attempts would be either futile or unnecessary and may not be worth investing in reforestation; and&nbsp;<em>Direct&nbsp;<\/em>vegetation composition to a climate-adaptive state by planting species that are more well-suited for future climate conditions. Continued discourse within the PFP will facilitate application of the RAD framework to post-fire land management, by providing further information to land managers regarding which RAD decision pathway best suits the site of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/06\/radframework-792x335.png\" alt=\"RAD framework example\" class=\"wp-image-120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/06\/radframework-792x335.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/06\/radframework-396x167.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/06\/radframework-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/06\/radframework-198x84.png 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/06\/radframework.png 1127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><figcaption>Example application of the RAD framework to the Wheeler Point fire scar (credit: Joe Celebrezze) to provide prospective recommendations for different post-fire states.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h3 id=\"unique-id-1__50372\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Scientific Advancements<\/button>\r\n    <\/h3>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__50372\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spectral Recovery and Post-fire Forest Recovery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Graphical-Abstract.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Graphical-Abstract-792x435.png\" alt=\"Graphical abstract, link leads to media file\" class=\"wp-image-113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Graphical-Abstract-792x435.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Graphical-Abstract-396x218.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Graphical-Abstract-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Graphical-Abstract-1536x844.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Graphical-Abstract-2048x1125.png 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Graphical-Abstract-198x109.png 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Graphical Abstract (Celebrezze et al., <em>in press<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In early February, the WSU team submitted a&nbsp;manuscript entitled \u2018A fast spectral recovery does not&nbsp;necessarily indicate post-fire forest recovery\u2019&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Fire Ecology&nbsp;<\/em>(Celebrezze et al.,&nbsp;<em>in revision;&nbsp;<\/em>see graphical abstract above). In this work, we compare field measurements of post-fire community composition in the Blue Mountains with spectral recovery, as determined by examining time series of data from satellite images (using indices of forest condition such as the normalized burn ratio). Our primary conclusions were: (1) a&nbsp;\u201cfast\u201d&nbsp;spectral recovery more often corresponds with the response of the evergreen shrub, snowbrush ceanothus, than post-fire&nbsp;<em>forest&nbsp;<\/em>recovery, (2) relationships between spectral recovery and field measurements of post-fire vegetation dynamics differ in different ecological contexts, and (3) predictive models for post-fire forest recovery perform best when including spectral recovery metrics&nbsp;<em>and&nbsp;<\/em>post-fire climate variables. These conclusions provide us with useful insights which guide predictions of post-fire vegetation dynamics in the Blue Mountains (Franz et al.,&nbsp;<em>in prep<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Climate-Adaptive Post-fire Land Management and Decision Support Tools (DSTs)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2023-12-20-at-2.06.02-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2023-12-20-at-2.06.02-PM-792x776.png\" alt=\"Linked to media file\" class=\"wp-image-114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2023-12-20-at-2.06.02-PM-792x776.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2023-12-20-at-2.06.02-PM-396x388.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2023-12-20-at-2.06.02-PM-768x753.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2023-12-20-at-2.06.02-PM-1536x1506.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2023-12-20-at-2.06.02-PM-198x194.png 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-wsucahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/3363\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2023-12-20-at-2.06.02-PM.png 1822w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Climate-adaptive post-fire land management framework<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also developing a manuscript entitled&nbsp;\u2018Applying a climate adaptive framework to post-fire management of forest landscapes in the U.S. Northwest: A review and synthesis of decision support&nbsp;tools\u2019 (Steen-Adams et al.,&nbsp;<em>in prep<\/em>). In this work, we compiled decision support tools (DSTs), conceptualized a climate adaptive framework for post-fire management (see above), and assessed DSTs. DST assessment involved evaluating user accessibility, determining which decision stage(s) tools are accessible to a variety of management organizations, and categorizing tools by tool type.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This newsletter was written and edited by the <strong>Washington State University Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:m.steen-adams@wsu.edu\">Michelle Steen-Adams<\/a>, PhD; <a href=\"mailto:arjan.meddens@wsu.edu\">Arjan Meddens<\/a>, PhD; <a href=\"mailto:atstahl@wsu.edu\">Amanda Stahl<\/a>, PhD; <a href=\"mailto:robert.andrus@wsu.edu\">Robert Andrus<\/a>, PhD; <a href=\"mailto:madeline.franz@wsu.edu\">Madeline Franz<\/a>; and <a href=\"mailto:joseph.celebrezze@wsu.edu\">Joe Celebrezze<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 2024 Project Update This newsletter was written and edited by the Washington State University Team Michelle Steen-Adams, PhD; Arjan Meddens, PhD; Amanda Stahl, PhD; Robert Andrus, PhD; Madeline Franz; and Joe Celebrezze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38066,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38066"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions\/122"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/post-fire-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}