ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT OF THE GREAT BASIN REGION OF THE U.S., Rang Narayanan, Elwood Miller, Stan Johnson, Bob Conrad, University of Nevada, Reno. The 8th International Symposium “Prospects for The Third Millennium Agriculture” Cluj-Napoca, Romania October 7-10, 2009

1. WILDFIRES & INVASIVE SPECIES The 8 th International Symposium “ Prospects for The Third Millennium Agriculture” Cluj-Napoca, Romania October 7-10, 2009 ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT OF THE GREAT BASIN REGION OF THE U.S. Rang Narayanan, Elwood Miller, Stan Johnson, Bob Conrad University of Nevada, Reno

2. INTRODUCTION: Altered Fire Regimes Frequent, low intensity burns that ensure diverse resilient fire-adapted plan communities Large, catastrophic high-intensity burns with greater frequency WILDFIRES & INVASIVE SPECIES

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4. Wildfires in the United States: 1980-2003 (>250 acres) Source: USGS

5. Source: National Interagency Fire Center

6. The Great Basin WILDFIRES & INVASIVE SPECIES

9. Nevada Wildland Acres Burned by Decade “ Nevada burned more acres in the decade of the 1990s than in the previous 40 years combined and the trend continues.” 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 1,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 Acres Burned ?

11. Scientist Contributions June 1973 WILDFIRES & INVASIVE SPECIES

12. Scientist Contributions June 2007 WILDFIRES & INVASIVE SPECIES

13. Scientist Contributions WILDFIRES & INVASIVE SPECIES

14. Methods & Materials Wildfire Forum WILDFIRES & INVASIVE SPECIES

15. Methods & Materials Publication WILDFIRES & INVASIVE SPECIES

16. Methods & Materials Scientists WILDFIRES & INVASIVE SPECIES

23. Results WILDFIRES & INVASIVE SPECIES