Events
Climate-focused strategies and opportunities for all-lands practitioners
Webinar recording. In the year-plus since President Biden issued Executive Order 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, USDA agencies have put a central focus on promoting and…
Accelerating the use of Rx fire through policy and partnerships
Webinar recording. Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Forest Service’s 10-year Wildfire Strategy signal a new era of historic investments in ecosystem restoration and wildfire risk…
Wildland Firefighter Health Webinar Series: Current Knowledge for Body, Mind, and Well-Being
Webinar recordings- May 31 (Physical Health) June 1 (Mental Health) June 2 (Supporting a Healthy Workforce) Each day will consist of approximately 2.5 hrs of presentations and panel discussions. May 31st: Physical Health, June 1st: Mental Health, June 2nd: Supporting a Healthy Workforce. 10-2 Pacific/11-3 Mountain each day. Agenda and registration links coming next week.…
Grassland and sagebrush conservation portal: Aggregating geospatial resources for practitioners
Webinar recording. To aid practitioners in planning and implementing conservation actions, we recently developed the Grassland and Sagebrush Conservation Portal in the web platform, ArcGIS Online. This portal provides access to geospatial resources such maps, apps, and data developed by the U.S.…
Introducing the North American tree-ring fire-scar network
Webinar recording. Description: A recent collaboration by ~90 tree-ring and fire-scar scientists has resulted in the publication of the newly compiled North American Tree-Ring Fire-Scar Network* (NAFSN), which contains 2,562…
Returning fire to the land: Stewardship through traditional practices of the Séliš, Qĺispé and Ksanka
View video (7:05). For thousands of years, the vast majority of fires on the land were intentionally set by Indigenous Peoples of this region for a variety of reasons. Today,…
Nevada Youth Range Camp
Range Camp Flyer High school youth are invited to enjoy a week of fun, camping and learning about rangelands and natural resource management in Nevada. Camp will be held at…
Engaging Indigenous communities in climate resilience research
Webinar recording. Description: This presentation discusses a partnership between the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (PLPT) in northern Nevada and a team of university-based scientists. The research team engaged PLPT stakeholder…
Structural damage from wildfires in WUI communities
Webinar recording. Destructive wildfires are now a real threat in regions across the country and beyond what was once considered as the fire season, examples of which are the 2016…
Denver water and US Forest Service spent over $60 million to protect Denver’s water supply. Did it work?
Webinar recording. This webinar presents research which provides insight on how the economic returns from proactive wildfire mitigation could be improved. The research team produced an economic assessment of Denver’s…