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The August 2023 Traditional Knowledge and Fire Newsletter is full of research, webinars, podcasts, news, and more resources from Indigenous scholars, managers, and allies.

Learn about JFSP funding opportunities, find resources from the Wilderness and Fire Science Workshop, discover tools and publications, and read more fire science news in the August 2023 newsletter.

Review position descriptions for the new federal Wildland Fire Management series.

Read our latest research brief: "Wildfire Effects on Microclimate Conditions and Tree Regeneration in Mixed Conifer Forests."

Check out the resources on our Wildland Firefighter Health Hot Topic page.

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Journal Articles

Fuel treatment response groups for fire-prone sagebrush landscapes

2023 Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, Matthew C. Reeves, Eva K. Strand, Lisa M. Ellsworth, Claire Tortorelli, Alexandra K. Urza, Karen C. Short

Burning Rate of Wood Cribs with Controlled Airflow

2023 Sara S. McAllister, Torben Grumstrup

Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Outdoor Firefighting

2023 Brian Y. Lattimer, Xinyan Huang, Michael Delichatsios, Yiannis A. Levendis, Kevin Kochersberger, Sam Manzello, Peter Frank, Tombo Jones, Jordi Salvador, Conrad Delgado, Eduard Angelats, M. Eulàlia Parés, David Martín, Sara S. McAllister, Sayaka Suzuki

Performance of fire danger indices and their utility in predicting future wildfire danger over the conterminous United States

2023 Guo Yu, Yan Feng, Jiali Wang, Daniel B. Wright

Nitrogen allocation in PM2.5 smoke-exposed plants: implications for ecosystem nitrogen cycling and stress response

2023 Haichuan Lin, Yuanfan Ma, Pingxin Zhao, Ziyan Huang, Xiaoyu Zhan, Mulualem Tigabu, Futao Guo

Consistent spatial scaling of high-severity wildfire can inform expected future patterns of burn severity

2023 Michele S. Buonanduci, Daniel C. Donato, Joshua S. Halofsky, Maureen C. Kennedy, Brian J. Harvey