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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”

Hear about all of the research being done by the Firebird team and interact with us during an open discussion. Zoom Details:https://illinois.zoom.us/j/86510683289?pwd=cEhJcHdHTFVtSkFXdTBNbmt3QnJnZz0 Meeting ID: 865 1068 3289 Password: 021880

A cool new video and blog on the Firebird research in Florida was featured on the WFSU public media Ecology Blog. Heather Levy, a biologist with Tall Timbers, did a great job representing team Firebird! Check out the video below and go to the link to read the blog post!

Check out the newest issue of our newsletter providing updates from the winter 2022-2023 field season and other cool things!

A new paper from the Firebird Climate Team titled, “Preferred atmospheric circulations associated with favorable prescribed burns in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A.” has been published in Fire Ecology. In 2021, Cao et al. published a new method and weather classification system for the Gulf of Mexico, an important climate tool to be used forContinue reading “Weather Circulation Patterns and Prescribed Fire Application in the Gulf of Mexico”

Our first project newsletter covering up thorugh our Summer 2022 work can be downloaded here.

We’d like to extend an invitation for our adaptive management virtual workshop and request that you reserve the following dates on your calendar: 19-22 October.   If you work with any of our focal species (Mottled Duck, Black Rail, Yellow Rail), in high marshes in the Gulf of Mexico, and/or with prescribed fire, you’re inputContinue reading “2021 Adaptive Resource Management Meeting”