Wildland Fire Research at Stanford
Winter 2022-23
Wednesdays at 12:30 pm – Seminars are held via Zoom
Wildland Fire Policy and Research Seminar Series
https://stanford.zoom.us/j/95377054258?pwd=QmxZdG5uNFNJTVRiQ1hUM3dZNFdu…
Please note that Zoom participation requires a SUNET ID. Non-Stanford attendees should contact Derek Fong (dfong@stanford.edu) for access.
In recent years, wildfire has gone from an infrequent and distant news item to a centerstage issue spanning many consecutive weeks for urban and suburban communities. Frequent wildfires are changing everyday lives for California in numerous ways -- from public safety power shutoffs to hazardous air quality -- that seemed inconceivable as recently as 2015. Moreover, elevated wildfire risk in the western United States (and similar climates globally) is here to stay into the foreseeable future.
In this seminar series, co-sponsored by the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford Sustainability Data Science, and Woods Institute for the Environment, we will hear from a spectrum of researchers, decision makers, and industry experts on some important issues and challenges related to wildland fires.
This seminar series is also intended as a springboard for students interested in participating in Spring Quarter's Big Earth Hackathon: Wildland Fire Challenge. Attendees can expect to hear about some of the most pressing wildfire related problems requiring innovative solutions.
Current Series (YouTube Playlist)
January 18, 2023: “What the Clean Air Act needs to get right about wildfire”
Michael Wara
Climate and Energy Policy Program, Stanford Woods Institute
Link to event
January 25, 2023: “Altering the course of wildland fire through analytics and shared stewardship”
Jason Kuiken
U.S. Forest Service
Link to event
February 1, 2023: "Can we really address the wildfire problem?"
Bob Roper
Chair of CA Fire Safe Council and Policy Advisor to the Wester Fire Chief's Association
Link to event
February 8, 2023: "Is climate change redefining your health?"
Mary Prunicki
Sean Parker Center for Asthma and Allergy Research
Link to event
February 15, 2023: "Wildfire influence on recent US pollution trends"
Marshall Burke
Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab
Link to event
February 22, 2023: "NFTs to fund fire prevention, forest stewardship and land back"
Eric Bear and Thule Horton
2023 Wildland Fire Challenge winners
Link to event
March 1, 2023: "Utilities' efforts to mitigate wildfire risk and partnerships needed to ensure success"
Bob Messner
Wildfire Mitigation and Resiliency, Portland General Electric
Link to event
March 8, 2023: "Indigenous led fire management Wildfire Mitigation and Protection: Which Expenses Make the Most Sense?"
Amy Cardinal Christianson
Canadian Forest Service / Parks Canada Agency
Link to event
Past Series
Winter 2021-22
Wednesdays at 12:15pm
January 12, 2022: “Wildfire mitigation and protection: Which expenses make the most sense?”
View on YouTube
Michael Wara
Climate and Energy Policy Program, Stanford Woods Institute
Link to event
January 19, 2022: “Climate Change, wildfires, and the impacts on health”
View on YouTube
Mary Prunicki
Sean Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research
Link to event
January 26, 2022: “Strategies, Approaches & Tools – Addressing Wildfire Risk & Climate Change Risk in PG&E’s Service Territory”
View on YouTube
Andy Abranches
Wildfire Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Management, PG&E
Link to event
February 2, 2022: “Approaches to constructing a historical database of wildfire evacuation orders”
View on YouTube
Sam Heft-Neal
Center on Food Security and the Environment
Link to event
February 9, 2022: “Improving the Fidelity of Coupled Atmosphere-Fire Simulations to Manage Our Fiery Future”
View on YouTube
Jeff Mirocha
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Link to event
February 16, 2022: “Responding to Wildfires”
View on YouTube
Luke Beckman
American Red Cross
Link to event
February 23, 2022: “Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions in reducing exposure to wildfire smoke among low-income hard-to-reach populations”
View on YouTube
Gabrielle Wong-Parodi
School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences
Link to event
March 2, 2022: “Firewise Communities in California”
View on YouTube
Rebecca Miller
University of Southern California
Link to event
March 9, 2022: “Stanford Wildfire Management Plan”
View on YouTube
Scott Conway
Vibrant Planet
Tania Treis
Panorama Environmental, Inc.
Jessica von Borck
Stanford Land Use Planning
Aaron McCarthy
Stanford Environmental Health and Safety
Link to event
Spring 2020-21
Mondays at 12:30pm
April 5, 2021: “Simultaneous management of fire risk, carbon storage, and human and ecosystem co-benefits”
View on YouTube
Prof. Chris Field
Director, Woods Institute on the Environment
Link to event
April 12, 2021: “Zombie Forests: Fire Risk of the Standing Dead in the Sierra Nevada”
View on YouTube
Avery Hill
PhD Candidate, Dept. of Biology
Link to event
April 19, 2021: “Data-Driven vegetation moisture as a tool for mapping wildfire risk in the western US”
View on YouTube
Krishna Rao
PhD Candidate, Dept. of Earth Systems Science
Link to event
April 26, 2021: “Health Impacts of Smoke Exposure: What do we know?”
View on YouTube
Dr. Mary Prunicki
Sr. Research Scientist, Sean Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research
Link to event
May 3, 2021: “The Clean Air Act and wildfire smoke: What are the options?”
View on YouTube
Dr. Michael Wara
Director, Climate and Energy Policy Program
Link to event
May 10, 2021: “Better measures of outdoor and indoor exposure to wildfire smoke”
View on YouTube
Prof. Marshall Burke
Deputy Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment
Sam Heft-Neal
Research Scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment
Link to event
May 17, 2021: “Trends in California Wildfire-related Legislature, 2001-2020”
View on YouTube
Rebecca Miller
PhD Candidate, Emmettt Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
Link to event
May 24, 2021: “Using public records to study wildfires”
View on Youtube
Dr. Iris Hui
Senior Researcher with the Bill Lane Center
Link to event
Past Events
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Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Indigenous led fire management Wildfire Mitigation and Protection: Which Expenses Make the Most Sense?
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Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Utilities' efforts to mitigate wildfire risk and partnerships needed to ensure success
-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: NFTs to fund fire prevention, forest stewardship and land back
-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Wildfire influence on recent US pollution trends
-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Is climate change redefining your health?
-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Can we really address the wildfire problem?
-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Altering the course of wildland fire through analytics and shared stewardship
-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: What the Clean Air Act needs to get right about wildfire
-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
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Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
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Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
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Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Responding to Wildfires
-*This event has already occurred.Online -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Improving the Fidelity of Coupled Atmosphere-Fire Simulations to Manage Our Fiery Future
-*This event has already occurred.Online -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Approaches to constructing a historical database of wildfire evacuation orders
-*This event has already occurred.Online -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Strategies, Approaches & Tools – Addressing Wildfire Risk & Climate Change Risk in PG&E’s Service Territory
-*This event has already occurred.Online -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Climate Change, wildfires, and the impacts on health
-*This event has already occurred.Online -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Wildfire mitigation and protection: Which expenses make the most sense?
-*This event has already occurred.Online -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has already occurred.Online -
Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
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Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has already occurred.Online