fire ecologist, terrestrial landscape and conservation scientist, pyrogeographer, mom, used-to-be-knitter, Associate Professor at Oregon State University

Joined April 2014
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Know thy audience, know thy self, know thy stuff. I like it. Thanks SS. #COMPASSmtg #COMPASSFireScience
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The McDougall Creek Fire in Kelowna has jumped Okanagan Lake. #wildfire #canada A State of Emergency has been declared in the British Columbia city. The fire is estimated at nearly 17,000 acres (6,900 hectares) and high winds fueled spot fires that crossed to the East side of the lake. Multiple structures were lost. There is concern today of a wind switch out of the east pushing the fire back into the community. Definitely a day to stay heads up. Thanks to the subscriber that shared this home video. 🙏
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I’ve never experienced or imagined a fire season like this, which won’t be over for another month or two. >50% of residents of the enormous Northwest Territories 🇨🇦 are displaced. Canada’s largest northern city Yellowknife evacuated last night. PLEASE take note. #ClimateCrisis
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So, this happened. Grant County Sheriff’s office arrests USFS burn boss for “reckless burning” after prescribed burn spills over into private land. Can they do that? Is there any precedent??
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Big opportunity here to work with amazing data and people!!
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We're so excited to share this new #infographic with you, created in partnership w/ @GBfirescience & based on much convo, feedback, & discussion with partners at @usfs_pnwrs, @ForestServiceNW, and beyond. Feel free to download & share the pdf: nwfirescience.org/sites/defa…
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To advance wildfire research, experts are banding together with a strategic & holistic approach. Led by NCAR’s @JacquelynShuman & 86 🔥 experts, a recent study calls for convergence w/in the field to promote innovation. #NSFfunded @knowinnovation @NSF news.ucar.edu/132859/wildfir…
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Call to action commentary: Reimagine #FireScience for the #Anthropocene. We need to support a holistic collective approach in order for #FireScience to inform policy action in a more fiery world 🔥 Thanks to my 86 co-authors for this synthesis 🔥 doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pg…
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Important coverage of fire and exotic grasses in Science journal. 🔥🔨@COFOregonState Including great work by @cmtortorelli and Ty Nietupski/Becky Kerns not on twitter, and amazing fellow researchers and managers. science.org/content/article/…
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Hot off the press from @BioInvasions! A deeper dive into the mechanisms driving #ventenata success with @MegKrawchuk. Removing resident species did not influence community resistance to invasion in non-forest veg types rdcu.be/cOM12 rdcu.be/cOM12
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First week in the field as a postdoc with the Latimer-Young ecology lab! Revisiting some 20 year old burns. Surprising amount of #cheatgrass in these severely burned CA conifer forests 🔥
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I just saw my old position is open. Statistical consultant with teaching duties, MS level stats, clients primarily in natural resources. jobs.oregonstate.edu/posting… Supporting grad students in their research was my fave thing about this role. #statistics

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Can't believe my defense is less than a week away! Interested in the #invasivegrass #ventenata and #fire in the #InlandNorthwest? Join us in Corvallis or DM me for the zoom info. May 10, 10AM PT @COFOregonState
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Amazing work from amazing PhD student @cmtortorelli @COFOregonState. Invasion ecology fire traits environmental gradient. Claire's work on the invasive grass Ventenata dubia showing us how invasion is playing out in dry forest🌲ecosystems of the PNW doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3697
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Now online in @ESAEcology: Community invasion resistance is influenced by interactions between plant traits and site productivity doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3697 With #OpenData in @ZENODO_ORG @cmtortorelli @MegKrawchuk @NSF #Ventenata #BioticResistance #PlantTraits #NSFFunded
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Meg Krawchuk🇺🇦 retweeted
Congratulations to our 2022 Student Grants winners! We ❤️ your NW science! Our 2022 winners are: Steven Quick (@EvergreenStCol) Madeleine Lopez (@humboldtcalpoly) Carina Kusaka (@OregonState) Mark Kreider (@umontana) Nathan Stewart (@Portland_State) ow.ly/NS5x50IySOL

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Terrific line-up of speakers for Northwest Science 2022 Annual Meeting @nw_sci! March 16th & 17th 9am-3pm Pacific. Hosted by Cal Poly Humboldt, but virtual through Zoom. The program: northwestscience.org/2022-Me… Registration is cheap x3: northwestscience.org/Meeting…
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A key mechanism of resilience to severe #fire in #serotinous (closed cone) #forests is having a cone bank ready to go when fire comes. But how quickly do young post-fire #trees produce enough #cones to recharge the cone bank before the next fire? read on... 1/5
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Postdoc/Research Associate position @COFOregonState! 🌲🔥Vegetation monitoring, fine-scale veg. conditions, post-fire environments. N.Rockies & PNW forests. Working w/ Drs. Cameron Naficy (OSU), David Bell (USFS PNW), Meg Krawchuk (OSU). jobs.oregonstate.edu/posting… apply by 03/15/22

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Upshot: with warming we’re losing the night brakes on fire. (So much I want to say about this paper…stoked that it’s finally out there. More soon…) Led an amazing team doing big data fire science. @EarthLabCU @UCLA @ucmerced @BoiseState
Really proud of this work & happy to see it out. We document global #NightFire and its link to changing nighttime atmospheric conditions across hours and decades. Led by @DrBalch, with @climate_guy, @mxwlj, @adm0n, J. McGlinchy, M. Cattau, & @peedublya nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Join us to learn more about invasion, fire, and the future of Northwest wildlands! Northwest Fire Science Consortium webinar: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1- 3 PM Pacific. Registration Free! Link below. #ventenata #bluemountains #OregonState #USFS #wildfire oregonstate.zoom.us/webinar/…
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We're looking for a new Director of Student Success @COFOregonState This is an exciting, dynamic, full-time, 12-month, professional faculty position, where there is the opportunity to make positive impacts on young people's lives. jobs.oregonstate.edu/posting…

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