Events
Data, science, and methods behind the Wildfire Risk to Communities website
Webinar recording. Description: Learn about the science and data used to calculate and map wildfire risk nationwide in the new Wildfire Risk to Communities website. Hear from the project’s technical lead about the use of LF and other input datasets, the methods for modeling and mapping wildfire risk, and the data products available through the…
Why is sagebrush country on fire?
Webinar recording. Overview: Invasive annual grasses are quickly expanding across the West, dramatically changing sagebrush country. Today we are experiencing more frequent and hotter wildfires that are harmful to communities, western lands, and wildlife. This webinar discusses the wildfire trends, identify the culprits, the impacts, and break down the challenges/opportunities. Presenter: Michele Crist, leading landscape…
Evaluating change in bird communities from wildfire in the Arizona Sky Islands
Link to webinar recording. Description: The avifauna within the Sky Islands of southeastern Arizona includes species found nowhere else in the United States, in part due to the availability of diverse habitats created by the mixing of Madrean and Cordilleran ecosystems. Neotropical migratory bird species visit these mountains, as well as many species typical of western…
Unlocking boundaries: Propagating native plants with incarcerated populations
Webinar recording. This webinar will include two presentations: Sagebrush in prisons project: Native plant propagation for restoration with Stacy Moore, Ecological Education Program Director, Institute for Applied Ecology California sustainability in prisons project: Seed propagation of Mojave Desert native plants with Tyler Knapp, Ecological Education Coordinator, Institute for Applied Ecology
Forest woody biomass operations and biomass production
Access webinar recording. Description: Webinar focuses on three critical areas of bioenergy and bioproducts research and development: 1) sustainable and economically efficient forest biomass management and production systems, 2) competitive low-emissions biofuels and bioenergy conversion technologies deployed in the forest sector, and 3) information and tools for decision making and policy analysis related to forest…
FACE (Future Avoided Cost Explorer): User demo
Webinar recording. This webinar walks through the newly launched Future Avoided Cost Explorer (FACE:Hazards) with a basic demonstration of the tool's features and answer questions about exploring the study data. This resource, provided by the State of Colorado, aims to help decision-makers determine the economic risks of future hazards - including flood, drought, and wildfire…
Conserving bumble bees in our natural areas
Webinar recording. Webinar presented by Rich Hatfield.
Promoting a cultural shift toward shared stewardship: A peer learning session
Access webinar recording. The first session in a series of seven on Shared Stewardship, Vicki Christensen, Chief of the USDA Forest Service; Jay Farrell, Executive Director of the National Association of State Foresters; Vernon Stearns Jr., President of the Intertribal Timber Council; Karen Hardigg, Executive Director of the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition; and Mary…
Collaborative administrative and judicial review opportunities
Webinar recording. In NEPA 101, you learned about the components of the National Environmental Policy Act and the role of collaborative engagement in the environmental analysis process. In this follow-up webinar, Susan Jane Brown from the Western Environmental Law Center gives a presentation on and answer your questions about collaborative administrative and judicial review opportunities,…
Historical range of variability (HRV): Uses and various approaches
Webinar recording. Description: Range of Variability (ROV) concepts – including Natural (NRV), Historic (HRV), Current (CRV), and Future (FRV) – are frequently used by the US Forest Service to help define land management goals. This webinar provides an introduction to ROV terminology and examples of how the Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests in the…