Events
Wildland fuels a primer for concerned citizens and grazers
Workshop recording. The California Range Management Advisory Committee, an advisory body to the California Natural Resources Agency under the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, is co-hosting a virtual workshop…
Know your smoke
Webinar recording. In this webinar, RMRS research physical scientist Shawn Urbanski and fire ecologist Duncan Lutes will discuss the current state of the science on wildland fire smoke emissions, including…
Wildfire-driven forest conversion in western North American landscapes
Webinar recording. Description: Changing disturbance regimes and climate can overcome forest ecosystem resilience. Following high-severity fire, forest recovery may be compromised by lack of tree seed sources, warmer and drier postfire…
Vegetation management – Grazing and mechanical treatments in sage steppe
Webinar recording. Vegetation management in the shrub steppe is critical to protecting communities and meeting landscape management goals. Chris Schactschneider, OSU Extension, and Seth Hulett, Washington Department of Fish and…
Potential Operational Delineations (PODs), what are they, how do they work?
Webinar recording. A presentation on Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) from multiple perspectives including both scientists and managers. We will discuss how PODs were used in Northern New Mexico past fire…
Living with PTSD: A wildland firefighter perspective
Webinar recording. Presenter: Marc Titus, Staff Specialist, Nevada Division of Forestry’s Fire Adapted Communities and MS Student in Psychology, Arizona State University. Description: PTSD is quietly impacting wildland firefighters with…
Role of risk management prioritization decision support tools
Webinar recording. Presenter: Melanie Colavito, Ecological Restoration Institute Description: The Ecological Restoration Institute recently completed a project analyzing the use and adoption of wildfire risk assessment and fuels treatment prioritization…
Predicting severe fire potential across the US with the FIRESEV project
Webinar recording. Description: Burn severity is the ecological change resulting from wildland fires. Areas burned with high severity are of concern to land managers and others because postfire vegetation, soil,…
Rx burn associations: Different models for different places
Webinar recording. There is broad understanding and agreement lately that there is a need to substantially increase the use of prescribed fire to create landscape resiliency, protect communities and ensure…
Invasive Annual Grass Workshop
Workshop information. Invasive annual grasses threaten millions of acres of sagebrush rangelands across the west. This two day workshop hosted by the Harney County Wildfire Collaborative and Oregon SageCon Partnership…