[MCN] Summer heat typically triggers summer drought, and as much risk for wildlife as for people

[Lance Olsen]

Drought Hurting Animals, Plants | California Academy of Sciences <https://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/drought-hurting-animals-plants>
https://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/drought-hurting-animals-plants <https://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/drought-hurting-animals-plants>
Feb 7, 2014 - Migrations, eating habits and hibernations are thrown off by California's drought.


Seeing more bears out in the open? Blame the drought - KCRA.com <http://www.kcra.com/article/california-drought-increases-bear-encounters-with-humans/6429932>
www.kcra.com/article/california-drought-increases-bear-encounters-with.../6429932 <http://www.kcra.com/article/california-drought-increases-bear-encounters-with.../6429932>
Aug 4, 2016 - A viral shows a mama bear playing in Lake Tahoe with her cubs. Experts say this isn't uncommon because the drought has drained the bears' usual source of water.

EFFECTS OF CURRENT DROUGHT ON WILDLIFE DISPERSAL ... <http://www.kws.go.ke/content/effects-current-drought-wildlife-dispersal>
www.kws.go.ke/content/effects-current-drought-wildlife-dispersal <http://www.kws.go.ke/content/effects-current-drought-wildlife-dispersal>
Oct 24, 2016 - The ongoing drought situation in the country has resulted in dispersal of wildlife from their traditional habitats in search of pasture and water. This has increased the risk factor of conflict as the wildlife come into contact with the public and human activities resulting to an increase in human-wildlife conflicts.


B.C. fires: drought may drive more wildlife into cities - British Columbia ... <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-fires-drought-may-drive-more-wildlife-into-cities-1.3165480>
www.cbc.ca/.../canada/.../b-c-fires-drought-may-drive-more-wildlife-into-cities-1.31654 <http://www.cbc.ca/.../canada/.../b-c-fires-drought-may-drive-more-wildlife-into-cities-1.31654>...
Jul 23, 2015 - While it was a rare treat to find a baby deer wandering through downtown Vancouver earlier this week, wildlife experts say this year's drought could increase the number of human-wildlife encounters in urban areas. "In years like this where we don't have a lot of rainfall, we see the bears come into cities ...

Drought-hit bears head for Texas urban areas - Reuters <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bears-drought-texas-idUSTRE76S6TA20110729>
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bears-drought-texas-idUSTRE76S6TA20110729 <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bears-drought-texas-idUSTRE76S6TA20110729>
Jul 29, 2011 - A historic Texas drought is driving bears into urban areas searching for food and water, the latest in a series of bizarre wildlife stories to come out of the deadly hot and dry weather across the nation.

Drought - National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center - USGS <https://nccwsc.usgs.gov/announcement-keywords/drought>
https://nccwsc.usgs.gov/announcement-keywords/drought <https://nccwsc.usgs.gov/announcement-keywords/drought>
 “Ecological drought impacts are important,” said Shelley Crausbay, a researcher on the project conducted by the Ecological Drought Expert Working Group with support from the U.S. Geological Survey National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the Science for Nature and People Partnership

Drought Forces Bears Into Nevada, California Communities in Search ... <https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0ahUKEwjn3Pbix4TYAhUE2oMKHUOABwYQFgg3MAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accuweather.com%2Fen%2Fweather-news%2Fblack-bears-drought-nevada%2F34021657&usg=AOvVaw2S9h2YeQ0xdHAtm5lt6OEB>
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/black-bears-drought.../34021657 <https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/black-bears-drought.../34021657>
Sep 25, 2014 - Drought conditions in the West have limited the natural food supply for black bears, causing them to show up more frequently in Nevada communities.

Upswing in grizzly attacks, black bear encounters not a reason to ... <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/grizzy-bear-attacks-canada-seasonal-increase-1.3228809>
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/grizzy-bear-attacks-canada-seasonal-increase-1.3228809 <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/grizzy-bear-attacks-canada-seasonal-increase-1.3228809>
Sep 20, 2015 - Four grizzly bear attacks in B.C. this month may signal a short-term upswing in attacks, which usually have some connection to shortages in bears' natural food supply. ... 

Impacts of Drought on Wildlife - ExtensionExtension <http://extension.colostate.edu/disaster-web-sites/drought-resources/drought-related-tip-sheets/impacts-of-drought-on-wildlife/>
extension.colostate.edu/disaster.../drought.../drought.../impacts-of-drought-on-wildlife <http://extension.colostate.edu/disaster.../drought.../drought.../impacts-of-drought-on-wildlife>...
Due to drought, less food, water, and cover will be available. Less food will likely result in reduced reproduction by adult animals. ... Impacts of drought on wildlife also will result in more conflicts between humans and wildlife.

 impacts of drought on wildlife - Arizona ... <http://www.azwater.gov/azdwr/StatewidePlanning/Drought/documents/AGFD.pdf>
www.azwater.gov/azdwr/StatewidePlanning/Drought/documents/AGFD.pdf <http://www.azwater.gov/azdwr/StatewidePlanning/Drought/documents/AGFD.pdf>
It s all about Habitat. • Habitat for wildlife is food, water, cover, and useable space. • Drought causes poorer habitat suitability. • Lower habitat suitability leads to increased mortality through starvation, predation, reduced production and recruitment (fewer young survive).



++++++++ Hot, Dry and Windy Index  ++++++

Basic fire science is still fairly simple. 

If it’s hot, and dry, and you get a spark, you’ve got fire. 

If it’s hot, and dry, and windy, and you get a spark, you’ve got a fire that spreads far, and fast

The Hot-Dry-Windy Index (HDW) | Northwest Fire Science Consortium <http://nwfirescience.org/tools/hot-dry-windy-index-hdw>
nwfirescience.org/tools/hot-dry-windy-index-hdw <http://nwfirescience.org/tools/hot-dry-windy-index-hdw>
Oct 5, 2018 - A new fire-weather prediction tool based on the key atmospheric variables that affect wildland fire: temperature, moisture, and wind.

The hot-dry-windy index: A new fire weather index <https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/56562>
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/56562 <https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/56562>
Aug 8, 2018 - We define a new fire weather index called the Hot-Dry-Windy Index (HDW). HDW uses the basic science of how the atmosphere can affect a ...

Hot-Dry-Windy Index - Northern Research Station - USDA Forest Service <https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/fire/hdw/>
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/fire/hdw/ <https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/fire/hdw/>
Feb 28, 2019 - In order to simplify the problem, we have defined a new fire weather index called the Hot-Dry-Windy Index (HDW) that can be used to assess ...

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The Hot-Dry-Windy Index - Southern Research Station - USDA <https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2018/ja_2018_goodrick_001.pdf>
https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2018/ja_2018_goodrick_001.pdf <https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2018/ja_2018_goodrick_001.pdf>
AF Srock - ‎2018 - ‎Cited by 2 <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS737US737&um=1&ie=UTF-8&lr&cites=12763361008682718259> - ‎Related articles <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS737US737&um=1&ie=UTF-8&lr&q=related:M9Sa1jaRILG-IM:scholar.google.com/>
Jul 19, 2018 - We define a new fire weather index called the Hot-Dry-Windy Index (HDW). ... HDW is defined and then compared with the Haines Index (HI) for four historical fires. The Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) is used to provide the meteorological data for calculating the indices.

Comparing the Haines Index with the Hot-Dry-Windy Index - Wildfire ... <https://wildfiretoday.com/2019/02/20/comparing-the-haines-index-with-the-hot-dry-windy-index/>
https://wildfiretoday.com/.../comparing-the-haines-index-with-the-hot-dry-windy-inde... <https://wildfiretoday.com/2019/02/20/comparing-the-haines-index-with-the-hot-dry-windy-index/>
Feb 20, 2019 - In a comment on the earlier post about the Hot-Dry-Windy Index (HDW), Brian Potter, a research meteorologist with the U.S. Forest Service, ..
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Development and application of a hot-dry-windy index (HDW ... <https://www.frames.gov/catalog/56291>
https://www.frames.gov/catalog/56291 <https://www.frames.gov/catalog/56291>
Aug 7, 2018 - In this paper, we describe and analyze a climatology of the Hot-Dry-Windy Index (HDW), with the goal of providing fire-weather forecasters with ...







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