Beautiful work from Jessie Thoreson partnering with the Karuk Tribe on ecocultural revitalization of black oak (xanthiip).
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Monitoring of black oak (xánthiip) to center indigenous ecocultural revitalization
Lab News
Recruiting MS graduate student -- restoration ecology in dry forest ecosystems
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Excited to be recruiting for a new MS project focused on restoration ecology in dry forest ecosystems, working with Dr. Harold Zald and Dr. Meg Krawchuk (me). Full position and application details here.
Application deadline: Friday, November 15th 2024
Graduate program start: Fall 2025
Preferred start date to lead field season and familiarize with project context: mid-June 2025
Welcome Lucia! Lucia Mendez is visiting us from Catalonia, Spain for her PhD internship.
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Lucia is working on research integrating fire refugia and post-fire regeneration of Pinus nigra in pinewood forests of NE Spain. Great to have you visiting!
Fire refugia v4 updates (03/29/2024): Our holistic fire refugia v4 data suite is now available!
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Our holistic fire refugia v4 data suite is now available!
Check the Outreach Materials section of the Fire Refugia website for data and details.
Congratulations Dr. Graham Frank on your PhD defense -- Biodiversity responses in early seral forests of the Klamath-Siskiyou. So well done!!
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The title of Graham's PhD dissertation is "Biodiversity responses in early seral forests of the Klamath-Siskiyou: Comparisons with birds, bees, and ground beetles among post-fire, salvage logging, and intensive forest management environments." Keep your eyes out of journal papers and outreach/extension coming soon.
Terrific work Graham!
We're recruiting for a new funded PhD position focused on post-fire transformations! Fall 2024 start. Applications due January 15 2024
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Interested in the PhD position? See details here: https://people.forestry.oregonstate.edu/meg-krawchuk/opportunities
Check out our Fire Refugia Manager's Synthesis and Toolbox! We worked with folks on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest to socialize the fire refugia data products for management action.
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The fire refugia manager's brief
In a nutshell: The manager's brief provides a short summary of the holistic fire refugia and topo-climatic fire refugia products and concepts, and links to all data products and resources for the region. The manager's brief includes an FAQ for ideas relating to management and project planning.
See the https://firerefugia.forestry.oregonstate.edu/outreach
Congratulations on your MS defense, Jessie Thoreson! Jessie completed her MS program focused on "Karuk Stewardship of Xanthiip (black oak, Quercus kelloggii)" in collaboration with Karuk community members and the Karuk DNR. Such amazing work.
Abstract from Jessie Thoreson's MS thesis, full text available here: Karuk Stewardship of Xánthiip (black oak, Quercus kelloggii) in the Western Klamath Mountains: Development of an Ecocultural Monitoring Protocol
Meg as a policy entrepreneur? See the Wildland Fire Recommendations developed for the federal Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission from Meg Krawchuk and colleagues
Fire is a natural and normal ecological process, but today’s fires have grown in intensity and cost, causing more destruction to people and property. A changing climate and our outdated policy responses are amplifying these negative effects.
Getting to the root of it! Published in Ecology's 'The Scientific Naturalist'. Terrific work from undergrad student Elle Luedloff working with PhD student Claire Tortorelli on Ventenata dubia
New work on root symbionts in Ventenata dubia, led by undergrad student Elle Luedloff working with PhD student (now completed) Claire Tortorelli.
Luedloff, E., et al. (2022) Getting to the root of it: Root colonization by fungal symbionts in the invasive grass Ventenata dubia. Ecology (The Scientific Naturalist) Online First. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3895
Thanks to Dan Luoma for his expertise and support with this terrific project!