Use of Risk Management Assistance During the 2021 Fire Season: A technical report
Beeton, T.A., Caggiano, M.D., Colavito, M.M., Huayhuaca, C. 2022. Use of Risk Management Assistance During the 2021 Fire Season: A technical report.
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Attributing POD Networks Using ArcGIS Field Maps
Aldworth,T., Caggiano, M., Brown, H., 2022. Attributing POD Networks Using ArcGIS Field Maps. CFRI-2301
Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States
Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States, Davis et al (2023). This study provides timely information to optimize new state and federal initiatives to increase the pace of ecologically based …
Risk Assessment Decision Support (RADS) in Chaffee County, Colorado: A Collaborative Process Case Study
This case study details an application of CFRI’s Risk Assessment and Decision Support (RADS) outcome based planning framework used during the development, revision, and implementation of Chaffee County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) 2020 update. Learn more about how the …
Natural Forest Recruitment Probabilities for Five 2020 Colorado/Wyoming Wildfires
This landscape scale assessment of natural forest recruitment probabilities for five of the 2020 CO/WY wildfires can inform post-fire planning and management. Learn about forest types impacted by the fires, natural post-fire tree regeneration, and factors that influence planting suitability.
REGISTRATION OPEN! Cross-Boundary Landscape Restoration Workshop
Cross-Boundary Landscape Restoration Workshop Adapting to a Climate-altered West May 2-4, 2023 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Early bird pricing ends March 1, 2023. Registration is now available at: https://conferencereg.colostate.edu/Cross-Boundary23 Additional workshop details are available at: https://sweri.org/cross-boundary-landscape-restoration-workshop/ We look forward …
New Set of Publications! PODs for Non-Incident Management: Case Studies
CFRI authors created a set of publications that highlight case studies were PODs were used for non-incident management. The Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) spatial fire planning framework brings together firefighters’ local knowledge and advanced fire modeling products to inform fire …
New Publication! Cultivating Collaborative Resilience to Social and Ecological Change
Authors from CFRI and our sister SWERI, ERI, came together to analyze how collaborative groups adapt and remain resilient to internal and external disruptions (e.g., turnover, biophysical disturbances, legal challenges, policy changes) in a new paper. How do disruptions impact …
CFRI Launched A Podcast!
Listen on Spotify, Anchor, and Google Podcast Welcome to our Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI) Demystifying Data podcast where we break down the lingo, pull back the curtain, and share the CFRI secret sauce on developing science informed, locally relevant …
New Publication! PODs use on the Cameron Peak Fire
This report documents how Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) and USDA Forest Service Risk Management Assistance products were used on the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and surrounding lands in Colorado. The report utilizes a …