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Alexandra D. Syphard

@dramalamujer.bsky.social

πŸ”₯ 🌳 πŸ“š 🎸 πŸ“·πŸΆ πŸ§˜β€β™€οΈ β›° πŸ¦… 🎨🎢🐘 Senior research ecologist at Conservation Biology Institute @wildfirecollective.bsky.social IG: https://www.instagram.com/dramalamujer

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The thrid speaker at the upcoming GWC webinar will be Dr. Johan SjΓΆstrΓΆm! Johan (PhD physics, 2010) is a senior research scientist at RISE since 2011. His research is focused on wildfires, their ignition, behaviour and consequences to society.

Register now!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

08.07.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The second speaker at our upcoming webinar will be Dr. Sarah Henderson! Sarah is the scientific director of Environmental Health Services at BCCDC and of the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH).

Register now!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

07.07.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Our first speaker at the second event in the Global Wildfire Collective’s Fire Ecology webinar series is Dr. Mike Flannigan (BC Innovation Research Chair in Predictive Services, Emergency Management and Fire Science, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta.

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

03.07.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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REGISTER NOW for the second event in the Global Wildfire Collective’s Fire Ecology webinar series! This time, the focus is on wildfires in boreal ecosystems. You won't want to miss it!

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

01.07.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Global Wildfire Collective Discussion Forum

#wildfire folks, we at the @wildfirecollective.bsky.social just launched our wildfire discussion forum. Come check it out and join the conversations!
community.globalwildfirecollective.org/categories

10.06.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats πŸ”₯πŸŽ™οΈ including Spanish translations! Bob Keane joins Paola Arroyo-Vargas and AndrΓ©s Holz to discuss how forest structures in Chile regenerate after short-interval severe fire. #SNFECO 🌱
Listen here/escucha aquΓ­: fireecology.org/feco-podcast...

20.05.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Home - WIC25

For #wildfire -interested folks: The 1st international conference dedicated to identifying, understanding, and preventing fire ignitions is now open for registration and abstract submission.
Bonus: It is being held in the beautiful city of Porto, Portugal. wic25.eu

05.05.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Regional patterns in U.S. wildfire activity: the critical role of ignition sources - IOPscienceSearch Regional patterns in U.S. wildfire activity: the critical role of ignition sources, Syphard, Alexandra D, Keeley, Jon E, Conlisk, Erin, Gough, Mike

An Earth Day publication: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
- Source of ignition is a major driver of fire activity, along w/ housing and climate; and trends differ by source over time & across regions. Ignitions deserve more attention, especially on red flag days.
#wildfire #pyrogeography

22.04.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Simplified scheme of the two evolutionary mechanisms (top-down vs bottom-up) explaining the relationship between plants and their environment

Simplified scheme of the two evolutionary mechanisms (top-down vs bottom-up) explaining the relationship between plants and their environment

What are the ultimate factors controlling fire regimes? The case of boreal forests royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Phil Trans Roy Soc B, @royalsociety.org
With JE Keeley & @dramalamujer.bsky.social

jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/04/17/t...

πŸ§ͺ🌍πŸ”₯🌳🌐🍁🌾 wildfire #philsci #ecoevo

17.04.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Global Wildfire Collective Webinar #1
YouTube video by Conservation Biology Institute Global Wildfire Collective Webinar #1

The Global Wildfire Collective's inaugural webinar, "Ecological & human causes and impacts of three extreme wildfire events" is available to watch: youtu.be/syXMeL-LEIE?...

29.03.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, there are many similarities in these two Mediterranean-climate regions. Hope all is well, Phoebe!

29.03.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me too! 😊

16.03.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
FIG. 1. Jon Keeley as lover of California nature in the Carrizo Plain surrounded by a carpet of Lasthenia.

FIG. 1. Jon Keeley as lover of California nature in the Carrizo Plain surrounded by a carpet of Lasthenia.

FIG. 2. Jon Keeley as committed Darwinian evolutionist evoking the spirit in which Darwin wrote to Lyell: β€œI will show you my pigeons! Which is the greatest treat, in my opinion, which can be offered to human beings.”

FIG. 2. Jon Keeley as committed Darwinian evolutionist evoking the spirit in which Darwin wrote to Lyell: β€œI will show you my pigeons! Which is the greatest treat, in my opinion, which can be offered to human beings.”

Paul Zedler has written a nice article about Jon Keeley's vast research in "MadroΓ±o", with comments from some of Jon's colleagues, @schwilk.org @dramalamujer.bsky.social Parker, Bond, Vasey, ...
I'm so happy to be one of Jon's current collaborators!
πŸ§ͺ🌍πŸ”₯🌿🌾 wildfire chaparral

doi.org/10.3120/0024...

16.03.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Global Wildfire Collective Webinar- Ecological & Human Causes and Impacts of Three Extreme Wildfire Events. After registering, you will receive a confirmati... Hosted by Conservation Biology Institute This event will kick off the Global Wildfire Collective’s wildfire science and ecology webinar series. CBI’s Dr. Alexandra Syphard will moderate a discussio...

We invite you to join the Global Wildfire Collective’s inaugural wildfire science & ecology webinar:

March 20, 2025, 2:00pm-3:30pm Pacific Time (21:00-22:30 GMT)
Ecological & Human Causes and Impacts of Three Extreme Wildfire Events (Australia, Chile, LA)
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

11.03.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Stronger LA Rebuild

We just sent a letter to Governor Newsom and local leaders urging Los Angeles to rebuild w/ Chapter 7A building code & defensible space, including Zone 0, to shape a more resilient future in California.
Read the full letter: ibhs.org/stronger-la-...
#wildfireresilience #LAfires

14.02.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senior Policy Advisor Looking to make a difference? Join our strong and mighty workforce. We offer benefits and growth opportunities and impact the lives of millions of Californians.

The Wildfire Safety Advisory Board has an opening for a Senior Policy Advisor. calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/.... The filing date for applications is February 24, 2025.
More information about WSAB is here: energysafety.ca.gov/what-we-do/w....

14.02.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I think you're right. I'm just (maybe overly) worried about the eventual push to expand "state-controlled media" at the expense of independent media. How do we continue to get the truth out? Now is the time for US folk to support their local NPR station.

11.02.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With the world going mad, I decided to escape with my camera to the streets of #OB. #streetphotography #dogtography

03.02.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

😘

02.02.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Distraction by bird is an official sickness, and I've got it bad. And crows are one of the most distracting of all.πŸ˜‰

02.02.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep!

02.02.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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During the week of the #LAfires, a flock of parrots noisily announced their visit every morning - to come eat nuts off the neighbors' tree. They were only here during that week. It was surreal, because the only things I could think about were parrots and fire. And fire and parrots.
#birdphotography

31.01.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Democratic Republic of Congo to create the Earth’s largest protected tropical forest reserve A new model of green economic development, conservation and peacebuilding in eastern DRC is protecting the forest while sustainably harnessing natural resources to benefit local communities.

An area bigger than France will be protected in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As long as countries takes that kind of responsability towards the climate and towards several endangered species, there's also hope for the future generations of humanityπŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘¦πŸŒ
#environment
www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

24.01.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby

For those of us worried about too-frequent #wildfire in #chaparral, and our other fire-sensitive species, this is all so concerning, especially as fires sweep through the land of the iconic #TecateCypress.
app.watchduty.org

24.01.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's time to start having difficult conversations, and this article skillfully lays out the multiple perspectives of #rebuilding after the #LAFires. My two thoughts: 1) Fire-safe & affordable housing should be part of the same conversation; 2) Oaks not eucs.
www.latimes.com/california/s...

23.01.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. It's creepy and scary, and dangerous. Data and facts often don't even make it to popular discourse anymore.

21.01.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

and man is it windy out there. the red-tails are being tossed about in the sky.

20.01.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fire Risk To Homes Where Cities And Wildlands Meet About a third of US homes are in a wildland-urban interface, a kind of high-risk area where development meets open land.

Ever listen to Science Friday? CBI's very own Dr. Alexandra Syphard was featured in Friday's episode - check it out!

www.sciencefriday.com/segments/fir...

@dramalamujer.bsky.social
@scifri.bsky.social

#ConsBio #ScienceFriday #WildfireScience #LAFires

20.01.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you! :)

17.01.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fire in Built Environments (Special Episode: LA Fires) with Alexandra Syphard Join me and Dr. Alexandra Syphard as we discuss what makes some neighborhoods more fire prone than others, the Santa Ana Winds, defensible space, the massive differ…

Interested in SoCal and the #wildfires in LA? You can listen to my conversation with the wonderful Michelle Fullner @michellefullner.bsky.social in yesterday's Golden State Naturalist podcast (w/ many other episodes well worth the listen).
www.goldenstatenaturalist.com/fire-in-buil...

17.01.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0