Events
Overview and Verification of LANDFIRE Fuels: 2022 Cooks Peak Fire
Webinar recording. A practitioner-oriented overview of LANDFIRE with a focus on fuels and how they react to modeling techniques. The subject area of discussion will be the 2022 Cooks Peak…
Fuel break effectiveness: Understanding fire response to spatial variations in vegetation and wind
Webinar recording. Missoula Fire Sciences Lab Seminar Series Nov 9 2023 Presenter: Dan Jimenez, RMRS Research Engineer
Prioritizing landscape treatments
Webinar b. Presenters will share an overall framework, analysis considerations plus a case study from the Southwest Idaho Wildfire Crisis Landscape. Manager questions and experiences to guide this session are…
Stories of fire: Resources for media covering wildfire events and topics in Oregon
Webinar recording. Join the authors to learn more about how media in all forms can report diverse stories of fire, including strategies for physical and mental preparedness, engaging with incident…
Outcomes of spatial targeting in sagebrush country via the Sage Grouse Initiative
Webinar recording. The sagebrush biome is one of the largest habitat types in North America, spanning 175 million acres and home to sage grouse and 350 other species. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) launched the Sage Grouse Initiative in 2010 to deliver win-win voluntary conservation solutions that support ranchers and other landowners in improving…
Integrating public health into forest and fire management
Webinar recording. Integrating Public Health into Forest and Fire Management, presented by Savannah M D’Evelyn, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Washington, on November 17, 2023. This webinar is part of a monthly series hosted by the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF), the Pau Costa Foundation (PCF), and the Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) to…
Science-based guidelines for safe application of vegetation maps derived from satellite imagery
Webinar recording. Cara Applestein, Samuel "Jake" Price, and Matt Germino, USGS, present their latest work on accuracy assessments of the newest mapped products for burned areas. They will give guidelines for reliable application, including stating what is "unsafe" application, what the scientific basis for the guidelines are, and examples of how they use the data.…
National Association of Extension Program and Staff Development Professionals (NAEPSDP) Conference
Meeting webpage. The National Association of Extension Program and Staff Development Professionals (NAEPSDP) Conference Committee is requesting presentation proposals for the 2023 Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Topics relating to the conference theme, “Extension Elevated,” are encouraged, but all submissions will be given full consideration. The purpose of the presentations is to share…
Developing community wildfire protection plans
Webinar registration. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community may need one, what the process involves and what the components are, what resources you need to complete a CWPP, cost ranges for contractors vs in-house, how to use CWPPs to support funding for implementation and more!
10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress
Visit conference website. The Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) is excited to announce that the 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress will be held December 4-8, 2023 in Monterey, California at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel. The Call for Proposals will open in January 2023.