Measuring bushfire fuels is important to many different people for so many different reasons;

Calculating the likely success of first attack; prioritising fuel reduction treatments; figuring out optimum fire frequency; calculating fuel accumulation rates; assessing risks and hazards; measuring carbon release; estimating smoke production (to name a few).

This project poses questions to those interested in fire fuels: Why collect fuels data? What do we seek to learn from fuels data? Should we collect fuels data across Australia in a uniform way? How would we store the information? What are the gaps in the knowledge about fuels? and more...

Friday, June 17, 2011

My Itinerary


23-Jun-11
San Francisco
University of California Berkeley
Scott Stephens - Associate Professor of Fire Sciences
24-Jun-11


Scott Stephens - Hopland heath experiment
25-Jun-11
Monterey


26-Jun-11
Monterey


27-Jun-11
Point Reyes
Point Reyes National Seashore
Alison Forrestel -Fire Ecologist - Eucalypt Bluegum fuels
28-Jun-11
San Luis Obispo

29-Jun-11
San Luis Obispo
California Polytechnic State University
Chris Dicus - Wildland Fire and Fuels Program
30-Jun-11
San Luis Obispo
Chris Dicus - Wildland urban interface
1-Jul-11
San Luis Obispo
Chris Dicus - Wildland urban interface
2-Jul-11



3-Jul-11



4-Jul-11
Three Rivers
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
5-Jul-11
Three Rivers
Ash Mountain - Park headquarters Sequoia / Kings Canyon NP
Tony Caprio - Fire Ecologist
6-Jul-11
Three Rivers
USGS
Jon Keeley - Research scientist
7-Jul-11
Grand Canyon

8-Jul-11
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon village - Park Headquarters South Rim
Windy Bunn - Dry Ponderosa Pine fuels
9-Jul-11
Grand Canyon
Windy Bunn - Dry Ponderosa Pine fuels
10-Jul-11
Painted Desert

11-Jul-11
Flagstaff
1824 South Thompson St Flagstaff - US Forest Service Office
Linda Wadleigh - Firel Ecologist
12-Jul-11
Flagstaff

Linda Wadleigh - Fuel sampling US Forest Service
13-Jul-11
Jackson


14-Jul-11
Jackson
Grand Tetons NP Visitors Centre - Moose…
Diane Abendroth - Fire ecologist
15-Jul-11
Jackson

Diane Abendroth - Fire ecologist
16-Jul-11
Jackson


17-Jul-11
Seattle


18-Jul-11
Seattle
Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory
Bob Vihnanek - Program lead Research Support Team
19-Jul-11
Seattle
400 N. 34th St. Suite201
Bob Vihnanek - Photo series fuel recording
20-Jul-11
Seattle
Seattle, WA. 98103
Susan Pritchard - Fire Ecologist FCCS
21-Jul-11
Seattle

Roger Ottmar - Research Forester
22-Jul-11
Seattle

Roger Ottmar - Fuel Characterisic Classification System
23-Jul-11
Seattle


24-Jul-11
Boise


25-Jul-11
Boise
National Interagency Fire Center
Bill Kaage - National Fire Mgt Officer NPS
26-Jul-11
Boise

Dick Bahr - Fire Science & Ecology Program Lead NPS
27-Jul-11
Missoula


28-Jul-11
Missoula
RMRS Fire Science Laboratory
Jim Reardon - Forester
29-Jul-11
Missoula
RMRS Fire Science Laboratory
Bob Keane - Research Ecologist
30-Jul-11
Missoula
National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis
Carl Seilestad - Fire & Fuels Program Manager
31-Jul-11
Lake Louise


1-Aug-11
Lake Louise


2-Aug-11
Lake Louise
Banff Warden Office
Jane Park - Fire/Vegetation Specialist
3-Aug-11
Lake Louise
Parks Canada Agency
Jane Park - Banff Fire Program Burn planning