Wildfire Destruction: A Changing Fire Regime Threatens Local Fauna

EarthzineDEVELOP 2016 Summer VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat

Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Eastern Idaho Disasters Team Location:åÊBLM at Idaho State University Geographic Information Systems Training and Research Center ‰ÛÒ Pocatello, Idaho Authors: Courtney Ohr Jenna Williams Priscilla Addison Mentors/Advisors: Keith Weber (GIS Training and Research Center at Idaho State University) Dr. John Schnase (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Mark Carroll (NASA … Read More

Where Have all the Junipers Come From?

EarthzineDEVELOP 2016 Spring VPS, Original, Responding to Human Health Risks

Category: Responding to Human Health Risks Project Team: Southeast Idaho Disasters II Team Location: BLM at Idaho State University GIS TReC – Pocatello, Idaho Authors: Jenna Williams Kshitiz Shrestha Cody O’Dale Ryan Howerton Mentors/Advisors: Keith Weber (GIS Training and Research Center at Idaho State University) John Schnase (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Mark Carroll (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Past/Other … Read More

The Wildland Urban Interface: People on the Edge

EarthzineAssessing Human Risk, DEVELOP 2015 Fall VPS, Original

This is a part of the 2015 Fall VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category: Assessing Human Risk Project Team: Southeast Idaho Disasters Team Location: BLM at Idaho State University GIS TReC – Pocatello, Idaho Authors: Zachary Simpson Jenna Williams Sara Ramos Mentors/Advisors: Keith Weber (Idaho State University GIS TReC) Mark Carroll (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) John Schnase … Read More

Blazing Biomass: Forecasting Fires and Phenology in Texas Grasslands

EarthzineAssessing Human Risk, DEVELOP 2015 Fall VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

This is a part of the 2015 Fall VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category: Assessing Human Risk Project Team: Texas Disasters II Team Location: NASA John C. Stennis Space Center ‰ÛÒ Hancock County, Mississippi Authors: James Michael Brooke (Project Lead) Meredith Williams Teresa Fenn Mentors/Advisors: Joseph Spruce (NASA John C. Stennis Space Center) Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley … Read More

Blazing Models: Creating a Predictive Tool for Wildfires

EarthzineDEVELOP 2015 Summer VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Responding to Hydrologic Disasters

This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here. Category:åÊResponding to Hydrologic Disasters Project Team: U.S. Disasters II Team Location: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Pasadena, California Authors: Brittany Zajic Daniel Jensen Nick RousseauåÊ Mentors/Advisors: Dr. John T. Reager (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Abstract: Understanding the relationship between wildfire activity and soil moisture in … Read More

Is Texas Burning? Estimating Wildfire Fuels Using NASA EOS

EarthzineDEVELOP 2015 Summer VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Investigating Impacts of Fire and Landslide Disasters

This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊInvestigating Impacts of Fire and Landslide Disasters Project Team: Texas Disasters Team Location: NASA Stennis Space Center – Stennis Space Center, Mississippi Authors: Benjamin Beasley Alex Holland Kristen Kelehan Mentors/Advisors: Joseph Spruce (NASA Stennis Space Center) James ‰ÛÏDoc‰Û Smoot (NASA Stennis Space Center) Dr. Kenton … Read More

Breaking the Ring of Fire: Preparing for Drought Disasters in Texas

EarthzineAssessing Drought and Water Availability, DEVELOP 2015 Summer VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session

This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊAssessing Drought and Water Availability Project Team: Texas Water Resources Team Location: NASA Langley Research Center – Hampton, Virginia Authors: Megan Buzanowicz Laura Lykens Zacary Richards Jeff Close Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA DEVELOP National Program) Dr. Venkat Lakshmi (University of South Carolina) Abstract: The … Read More

Wet weather may have helped to quell 2013 wildfire season

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Originally Published by EarthSky – Wildfires burned less land than expected across the U.S. in 2013, according to preliminary data released from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho on December 27, 2013. Atypical weather patterns might have helped to quell the 2013 wildfire season, officials say. While the 2013 wildfire season was quieter than usual, it was still one of the most deadly for firefighters.