Activities

2024. Colorado Art Science Environment (CASE) Fellowship Program. Collaborated with sculptor Amy Hoagland to co-produce an exhibit titled: Reflecting on Wildfire in the Colorado Front Range. Eight art-science collaborations exhibited in the State Capitol Rotunda and across Colorado.

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2023. Participated in award-winning documentary film, Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire. directed by Trip Jennings and produced by Ralph Bloemers.

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2022. Contributed data and protocols for conducting field surveys assessing successional responses to short-interval, high-severity fires in the Greater Yellowstone Area. StoryMap produced by Kristin Braziunas and Nathan Kiel.

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2021. Mentor. Guided research project development and data analysis on wildfire emissions by Boulder High School senior in the Science Research Seminar (SRS) Program, culminating in student-led research paper and presentation in BVSD Regional Science Fair.

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2020. Reviewed Wildfire Curriculum for underserved high schools in Colorado developed by CIRES’ Education and Outreach Program.

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2019. Invited Speaker to the US Government Accountability Office’s Wildland Fire Issue Panel, GAO Federal Lands Group, Denver Field Office, Denver, CO.

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2018. Invited Speaker and Lead scientist in the American Geosciences Institute Policy & Critical Issues Webinar: Adapting Wildfire Management to 21st Century Conditions.

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2018. Contributed to documentary film The Human Element, about the impact of climate change on wildfire, air and water, produced by James Balog and Olivia Ahnemann.

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2017. Congressional Witness. Provided expert testimony in the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Federal Lands Hearing on “Seeking Better Management of America’s Overgrown, Fire-Prone National Forest”. Washington, D.C.

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2017. Invited Participant. Workshop on Defining ecological and social resilience in fire-prone ecosystems, Missoula, MT.

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2016. Invited Participant. Workshop on Fire and bark beetles, organized by the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network. Missoula, MT.

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2015.  Invited Expert. Provided testimony to the Colorado Legislature’s Wildfire Matters Review Committee, Denver, CO.

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2015. Invited Participant. Advanced fire policy workshop. COMPASS, Boulder, CO.

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2015. Invited Panelist. Screening of the film, Unacceptable Risk: Fire fighters on the Front lines of Climate Change. Boulder & Denver.

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2014. Invited Participant. The science of fire: Advanced communication workshop. COMPASS, Seattle, WA.  

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2014. Board of Advisors. Boulder County Wildfire Partners. Science advisor to voluntary program helping homeowners in Boulder County prepare for wildfire.

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2013. Science Advisor to Union of Concerned Scientists, on climate change impacts to forests and landscapes of the mountain West.

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2012-2014. Outreach to elementary schools, Mountain Pine Beetles and Our Forests. Mapleton Montessori, Whittier International Elementary, Boulder, CO.

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2012. Contributor to the National Climate Change Assessment, chapter on Ecological Impacts (disturbance) in the Southwestern US, and a report on fire-climate interactions in the southwestern US for the US Global Change Research Program.

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2011. Science Mentor to Fairview High School student conducting an independent research project on Fourmile Canyon Fire.

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2011. Invited speaker. 17th Annual Boulder County Ecosystem Symposium: "Boulder Burns", Sponsored by Boulder County Audubon Society.

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2011. Science advisor to BLM Middle Rockies Ecoregional and Forest Mortality Assessment.

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2010. Science advisor to US Forest Service Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Projects to restore ponderosa pine forests in the Colorado Front Range.

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2010.  Invited participant. Roundtable with Forest Service Rocky Mountain Regional Forester and managers on the Science of Lodgepole Pine Forests in Colorado and Southern Wyoming.