Events
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…
Aspen ecology and conservation: The changing landscape of a keystone system
Webinar recording. This webinar presentation lays the groundwork for an in-depth symposium at the upcoming 2020 Natural Areas Conference that will address wildfire, herbivory, climate warming, development pressures, cross-boundary management, and regional monitoring of aspen in the Western United States.
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…