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We’re pleased to share our prescribed fire manual which takes the results from our project to date and puts them into actionable recommendations for fire managers. We hosted a webinar on January 15th to kick off sharing the manual, you can watch the recording here. Cox, J.A., E.A. Beilke, A.M.V. Fournier, E.I. Johnson, K.S. Kalasz,Continue reading “New Publication – Burning For Birds: A Manual for the Application of Prescribed Fire in High Marshes on the Northern Gulf Coast”

The FireBird team has published a new paper on the use of autonomous recording units for detecting eastern black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis) vocalizations. The paper, titled “Variation in Detection Distance of Eastern Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis) Vocalizations by Autonomous Recording Units”, was published in the journal Waterbirds. This study comes as the firstContinue reading “Variation in Detection Distance of Eastern Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis) Vocalizations by Autonomous Recording Units”

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A new paper from the Firebird High Marsh Mapping Team titled, “Mapping high marsh and salt pannes/flats along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast” has been published in Geocarto International. The primary objective of this study was to develop a regional map of high marsh and salt pannes/flats for the United States portion of theContinue reading “Mapping High Marsh and Salt Pannes/Flats along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast”

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On September 6th Chelsea Kross led a webinar for end users that covers our climate work, and included a panel discussion with team members with expertise across the Gulf of Mexico geography. A recording is available here.

A new paper from the Firebird Adaptive Management team titled, “Qualitative value of information provides a transparent and repeatable method for identifying critical uncertainty” has been published in the June issue of Ecological Applications. The use of structured decision making (SDM) in ecological research and conservation is growing, especially adaptive resource management (ARM), which aimsContinue reading “New Method for Quickly Identifying Uncertainties in Managing Threatened and Endangered Species”