Alaska Fire Science Consortium

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Alaska's Black Spruce: A very flammable fuel type in the boreal forest.<br/>Photo Credit: Carl Schwope

Measuring duff depths to aid in fuel consumption modeling. <br/>Photo Credit: Roger Ottmar, US Forest Service

Rearchers set up equipment to monitor smoke emissions from smoldering fires.<br/>Photo Credit: PNW Research Station, US Forest Service

Collecting duff moisture samples in a thinned fuel treatment site.<br/>Photo Credit: Jennifer Barnes, National Park Service

Close-up of a surface fire.<br/>Photo Credit: Scott Rupp, University of Alaska

The 2007 Anaktuvuk River Fire, the largest recorded tundra fire on the North Slope.<br/>Photo Credit: Alaska Fire Service, Bureau of Land Management

Researchers evaluate tundra burn severity on the Seward Pennisula.<br/>Photo Credit: Jennifer Barnes, National Park Service

Fireweed is abundant in the vast footprint of the previous year's fire.<br/>Photo Credit: Teresa Hollingsworth, US Forest Service

Satellite imagery shows fires throughout interior Alaska in 2005.<br/>Photo Credit: MODIS Image

Researchers set up fire proof cameras to record fire behavior.<br/>Photo Credit: Bret Butler, US Forest Service

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Alaska Fire Science Consortium (AFSC)

http://akfireconsortium.uaf.edu

AFSC is one of eight regional consortia supported by the Joint Fire Science Program and has become part of a national collaborative fire science delivery network.

Our goal is to bridge the gap between fire science research and on-the-ground application by promoting communication between managers and scientists and by providing a delivery platform to share research results.

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January 10, 2012
Webinar: (Future Forests Webinar Series)Vegetation Structure and Composition