Fire Effects in Gulf of Mexico Marshes – Historical Perspectives, Management, and Monitoring of Mottled Ducks and Black and Yellow Rails
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Mapping High Marsh and Salt Pannes/Flats along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast
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 the…
Summer 2023 Newsletter
Check out the newest issue of our newsletter providing updates from the summer 2023 field season and other cool things!
Recording of Climate Webinar
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.
New Method for Quickly Identifying Uncertainties in Managing Threatened and Endangered Species
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 aims…
VIRTUAL PRESENTATION DAY!
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
Florida Firebird Research Highlighted by WFSU Public Media
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!
Winter 2022-2023 Newsletter
Check out the newest issue of our newsletter providing updates from the winter 2022-2023 field season and other cool things!
Weather Circulation Patterns and Prescribed Fire Application in the Gulf of Mexico
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 for…
Elevation-based probabilistic mapping of irregularly flooded wetlands
A new paper from the Firebird High Marsh Mapping Team titled, “Elevation-based probabilistic mapping of irregularly flooded wetlands along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast” has been published in Remote Sensing of Environment. The primary objective of this study was to develop probabilistic maps for irregularly flooded wetlands along the northern Gulf of Mexico. While…
Summer 2022 Newsletter
Our first project newsletter covering up thorugh our Summer 2022 work can be downloaded here.
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