Events

“Mann Gulch, Norman Maclean, and Young Men and Fire” with Stephen Pyne

View webinar recording. On August 5, 1949, a fire was spotted at Mann Gulch, near Helena, Montana. The U.S. Forest Service dispatched a team of 15 smokejumpers, who were met by a fire guard from a nearby campground. When the fire blew up, thirteen firefighters were killed, three escaped. While the Forest Service studied what…

Biennial Sage and Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse Workshop

Workshop website.  The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) will continue its 70-year tradition of holding a biennial workshop August 5 through August 8, 2024 in Wenatchee, Washington. The workshop will provide an opportunity for scientists, managers, and students to share results of their latest research, activities related to management and conservation, and…

Colorado Wildland Fire Conference

Conference webpage. The 2024 Meeting the Moment Conference will be October 1-4, 2024 at Viewline Resort Snowmass, 100 Elbert Ln, Snowmass Village, CO 81615.

Natural Areas Conference 2024

Conference website. 2024 Natural Areas Conference (NAC24) October 7-10, 2024 Manhattan, Kansas For the past 50 years, NAA’s Natural Areas Conference has gathered federal, state, tribal, regional, and local natural areas practitioners from national nonprofit organizations, private industry, and academic institutions in order to foster communication and collaboration that can lead to progress in connection…

Post-fire restoration infrastructure: Adjusting our systems to new patterns of runoff

Webinar recording. We reengineer and rebuild after wildfire through a range of treatments, trying to match our built infrastructure to new, amplified patterns of runoff. A national wildfire practitioner speaks to how leaders and policy makers are increasingly recognizing the need to manage the built environment to accommodate these changes, and an environmental engineer shares…

The reforestation pipeline: Ensuring equitable access to replanting

Webinar recording. The science behind reforestation is not new, but in a changing climate, new challenges are rising around what to plant, where to plant, and who has access to planting opportunities. Two nonprofit practitioners review the science of reforestation and how we can develop effective governance systems for implementing planting programs that match the…