Events
Low-tech wet meadow restoration: Reading the landscape
Webinar recording. Wet or mesic meadows are rare but disproportionately important habitats within western rangelands. Gully erosion and channel incision are widespread problems reducing natural resiliency and water storage capacity, which is impacting wildlife and working lands. Simple, low-tech restoration methods using sticks and stones provide effective tools for protecting and restoring meadow systems. While…
Toolkit for invasive annual grass management in the West
Webinar recording. Description: The Western Governors’ Association and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under a Shared Stewardship Memorandum of Understanding, have been collaborating on efforts to meaningfully address the large-scale infestation of invasive annual grasses on western forests and rangelands. The result of this effort is a new toolkit for land managers to address the…
North American Congress for Conservation Biology
Visit conference website. The North American Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB) was July 26 to 31, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. NACCB 2020 organizers and the Society for Conservation Biology North America have made the decision to include a comprehensive virtual component to the conference, with the potential for a hybrid in-person/virtual event in Denver, depending…
Evaluating native seed mixes for post-fire seeding the Great Basin
Webinar recording. Description: Post-fire seeding has been widely implemented in the Great Basin in response to the threat of resource degradation and weed invasion following fire disturbance. The longstanding practice of seeding non-native forage grasses has worked well for some purposes, but seeding native species is a more sensible choice if natural vegetation recovery is…
Managing drought on targeted grazing landscapes
Webinar recording. Description: This webinar features a rancher and land manager panel discussing drought on targeted grazing landscapes. Panelists: Andrée Soares, President – Star Creek Land Stewards LLC (Los Banos) and member of RMAC; Brad Fowler, Owner – The Goat Works (Grass Valley); Nathan Medlar, Owner – NM Ranch Services (Auburn) Questions? Please contact Dan…
Ecological Society of America 2020 Virtual Meeting
Visit ESA 2020 meeting webpage. ESA held a totally virtual Annual Meeting this year from August 3–6 in response to the pandemic. The virtual meeting provided an opportunity for you to join colleagues and leaders from across the field for four days of inspiration and community focused on your research and your career as each…
Low-tech, process-based riverscape restoration: Virtual workshop
Virtual workshop resources. This virtual workshop will introduce conservationists to ‘low-tech’ process-based approaches for restoring streams and their associated riparian areas (riverscapes) to benefit fish, wildlife, and working lands. Participants will learn principles guiding low-tech process-based restoration and become familiar with simple, hand-built tools, including Beaver Dam Analogues (BDAs) and Post-Assisted Log Structures (PALS), intended…
Grazing for fire prevention
Webinar recording. Panel discussion on grazing for fire prevention with Tracy Schohr, UCCE Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor for Plumas, Sierra & Butte Counties.
Sharing Science and Lessons Learned: COVID-19 and Wildfire
Webinar recording. Description: As COVID-19 cases and wildland fire activity increase across the country, wildland fire personnel are looking for ways to quickly identify cases and prevent the spread of the disease on the fireline. The Southwest Fire Consortium will be hosting a webinar sharing information about the current state of the science and lessons learned…
International seed standards launch: Introductory webinar and panel discussion
Webinar recording Description: To ensure as many of you, the suppliers, end-users, industry, government and NGO’s have an opportunity to learn and speak first hand with some of the authors of the Native Seed Standards, we welcome you to dial into our launch event. This is your chance to find out what the Standards mean…