Events

Rangeland economics 101

View recorded sessions. NV Section of the Society for Rangeland Management is hosting an all-day webinar. 

Postfire landscape management in frequent-fire conifer forests of the southwestern US

Webinar recording. The increasing incidence of large wildfires with extensive stand-replacing effects across the southwestern United States is altering the contemporary forest management template within historically frequent-fire conifer forests. While management of fire-excluded forests continues to be a priority for land managers, an increasing fraction of western conifer forests have recently burned. Many of these…

Exploring innovation in a public land grazing system (7:17)

View short video. In small communities like Plush, Oregon, where “The Need for Flexibility: Exploring Innovation in a Public Land Grazing System” was filmed, agriculture is a major economic contributor.…

CA-NV Winter Status Update Webinar (Jan 2022)

Webinar recording. According to the January 18 U.S. Drought Monitor, 99.6% of CA/NV is in drought, with 9.8% in Extreme (D3) or Exceptional (D4) Drought. The area in D3/D4 is down from 69.9% just one month ago, reflecting the barrage of storms that have brought rain and snow to the region since mid-fall. These storms…

Invasion, fire, and the future of NW wildlands: Ventenata dubia in the Blue Mtns Ecoregion

Webinar recording. In this deep dive webinar, Dr. Becky Kerns and collaborating scientists will present and synthesize results from a Joint Fire Science funded project aimed at understanding the current and future Ventenata dubia (ventenata) invasion in the Blue Mountains Ecoregion. Wildfires in 2014 and 2015 in the ecoregion reportedly spread in an unusual fashion…