BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Geography and the Envrionment Colloquium Serieswith Kurt Ki pfmueller\, \;Morse Alumni Distinguished Professor\, Department of Geo graphy\, Environment\, and Society\, \;University of Minnesota-Twin Ci ties \;While most of the attention on issues related to wildland fire in the U.S. have been focused on western North American landscapes\, fire has historically been a critical process in the pine forests of the Upper Great Lakes. The reduction of fire over the last 150 years\, related to ig nition suppression/cultural suppression as well as direct suppression of f ires has diminished the memory of past fire and led to substantial changes in the forest landscape. \;Coupled with a rapidly changing climate\, alongside dramatic landscape modification due to widespread logging\, the forgotten fires of the Great Lakes’ past are likely to re-emerge within a different socio-ecological context.Over the last 50 years\, our understand ing of the role of fire in Great Lakes landscapes has become more refined with additional tree ring-based studies of fire history that better captur e the occurrence of repeated\, low intensity surface fires. More recently\ , the importance of cultural fire in stewarding forests and pine barrens o f the region is becoming better appreciated. This presentation provides an overview of a growing network of fire history sites in red pine (or forme r red pine) landscapes across the Great Lakes and an important context for understanding the relative roles of climate and people in driving fire ov er the past three centuries. Case studies will be highlighted to illustrat e the importance of place and culture related to the use of fire for stewa rding resources over time. The network is helping to re-initiate\, re-enga ge\, and restory the reciprocal relationships between people\, pine\, and fire in the region. \;Kurt Kipfmueller is a professor of geography\, e nvironment\, and society. He uses tree-rings to reconstruct past histories of forest landscapes\, particularly related to climate variations and dis turbance patterns. Professor Kipfmueller’s recent research focus has cente red on understanding how fires shaped forest communities of the Great Lake s prior to widespread colonization. His work is being used to reinitiate f ire use as a management tool in landscapes where fire has largely been eli minated for at least the last 100 years.Zoom link to join the talk DTEND:20241115T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260418T193322Z DTSTART:20241115T200000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Forgotten Fires: Reconsidering the Fire Regimes of Upper Great Lake s Red Pine Landscapes UID:RFCALITEM639121232024036801 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Geography and the Envrionment Colloqui um Series

with Kurt Kipfmueller\, \;Morse Alumni Distinguished Professor\, Department of Geography\, Environment\, and Society\, \;U niversity of Minnesota-Twin Cities \;

While most of the attenti on on issues related to wildland fire in the U.S. have been focused on wes tern North American landscapes\, fire has historically been a critical pro cess in the pine forests of the Upper Great Lakes. The reduction of fire o ver the last 150 years\, related to ignition suppression/cultural suppress ion as well as direct suppression of fires has diminished the memory of pa st fire and led to substantial changes in the forest landscape. \;Coup led with a rapidly changing climate\, alongside dramatic landscape modific ation due to widespread logging\, the forgotten fires of the Great Lakes’ past are likely to re-emerge within a different socio-ecological context.< /p>

Over the last 50 years\, our understanding of the role of fire in Gr eat Lakes landscapes has become more refined with additional tree ring-bas ed studies of fire history that better capture the occurrence of repeated\ , low intensity surface fires. More recently\, the importance of cultural fire in stewarding forests and pine barrens of the region is becoming bett er appreciated.

This presentation provides an overview of a growing network of fire history sites in red pine (or former red pine) landscapes across the Great Lakes and an important context for understanding the rel ative roles of climate and people in driving fire over the past three cent uries. Case studies will be highlighted to illustrate the importance of pl ace and culture related to the use of fire for stewarding resources over t ime. The network is helping to re-initiate\, re-engage\, and restory the r eciprocal relationships between people\, pine\, and fire in the region.&nb sp\;

Kurt Kipfmueller is a professor of geography\, environment\, an d society. He uses tree-rings to reconstruct past histories of forest land scapes\, particularly related to climate variations and disturbance patter ns. Professor Kipfmueller’s recent research focus has centered on understa nding how fires shaped forest communities of the Great Lakes prior to wide spread colonization. His work is being used to reinitiate fire use as a ma nagement tool in landscapes where fire has largely been eliminated for at least the last 100 years.

Zoom link to join the talk

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