Events
Interdisciplinary understanding and prediction of wildfires
Webinar recording. Presenters: Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; Karen Short, USDA Forest Service Description: Understanding of the conditions that contribute to wildfire ignitions and impacts increases capacity to mitigate wildfire risks. The Fire Program Analysis Fire-Occurrence Database (FPA FOD) contains information on the location, jurisdiction, discovery time, cause, and final size of more than 2…
Spatial and temporal trends in causes of human-ignited wildfires
Webinar recording. Presenter: John Abatzoglou, University of California, Merced Description: Red flag warnings (RFWs) are issued to alert management and emergency response agencies of weather conditions that are conducive to extreme wildfire behavior. Issuance of RFWs also can encourage the public to exercise extreme caution with activities that could ignite a wildfire. Among the ignition…
USGS Sagebrush Ecosystem and Fire Science 2025 Webinar Series
The US Geological Survey Land Management Research Program and the Great Basin Fire Science Exchange teamed up to bring you updates in sagebrush, fire, and wildlife related research. Dates, Topics, and Presentations: 1/30 - Sage-grouse, carbon topicsWebinar recording Summary webpage Program with speakers, talks, and resources Greater sage-grouse hierarchical population monitoring framework: Range-wide application of…
Society for Range Management – 2025 Annual Meeting
Meeting website. Save the date for the 2025 SRM Annual Meeting in Spokane, WA. February 9-13, 2025
California Community Wildfire Protection Plan Toolkit Introductory Webinar
View webinar recording (1:00:02). Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) are collaboratively developed by local, state, federal and tribal partners. CWPPs focus on reducing wildfire risk to people, homes, businesses, watersheds, cultural resources, infrastructure, natural ecosystems, and other values or resources within a defined planning area. The California CWPP Toolkit provides important guidance and resources for…
Monitoring, pinyon-juniper, fuels management topics 2/20: 2025 USGS webinar series
The US Geological Survey Land Management Research Program and the Great Basin Fire Science Exchange teamed up to bring you updates in sagebrush, fire, and wildlife related research. On 2/20/2025, USGS researchers, Rob Arkle, Doug Shinneman, and Michelle Jeffries, shared research on monitoring and planning, Adam Noel and Sarah Halperin shared their latest research on…
National Native Seed Conference 2025
Conference website. February 24-27, 2025 | Tucson, AZ Seeds for Change: Seeding the Future Together The National Native Seed Conference connects Research, Industry, Land Management, and Restoration professionals, providing the premier opportunity to develop relationships and share information about the collection, research and development, production, and use of native plant materials. The 2025 National Native…
Treatment tracking events with LANDFIRE
Webinar recording. LANDFIRE is one of several programs that tracks treatment events on the landscape. Join TNC Fire Ecologist, Kori Blankenship as she discusses the importance of knowing when and where these treatments occur - having this knowledge available allows land managers to track progress towards land management objectives. Kori provides a brief summary of…
Fire, fuels management, invasive species topics 2/27: 2025 USGS webinar series
The US Geological Survey Land Management Research Program and the Great Basin Fire Science Exchange teamed up to bring you updates in sagebrush, fire, and wildlife related research. On 2/27/2025,…
Climate, vegetation trends, big game topics 3/6: 2025 USGS webinar series
The US Geological Survey Land Management Research Program and the Great Basin Fire Science Exchange teamed up to bring you updates in sagebrush, fire, and wildlife related research. On 3/6/2025, USGS researchers, Matt Rigge, Martin Holdrege, and Shawn O'Neil shared research on vegetation trends and their relationships to climate, invasion, and disturbance, Gregor Siegmund, Alice…