Events
Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands and Management Webinar Series- Recordings Available
Our PJ Woodland Management Webinar Series represents a joint effort of the Great Basin Fire Science Exchange, SageSTEP, Intermountain West Joint Venture, Sage Grouse Initiative, and the Society for Ecological…
Diversity is magic: Emerging issues in selecting appropriate native plant materials for ecosystem restoration
Access webinar recording. Selecting species and seed from appropriate sources to maximize project success faces many challenges. This presentation will review plant selection for ecosystem diversity that supports economically and…
Ecology, history, ecohydrology, and management of PJ woodlands in the Great Basin
Webinar recording. Rick Miller, Professor Emeritus, OSU, discusses the intent and goals of his latest publication, The Ecology, History, Ecohydrology, and Management of Pinyon and Juniper Woodlands in the Great…
The west-wide fuelcasting system
Webinar recording. Description: Fuelcasting is a new program that provides projections of expected fuel conditions this grazing season. It is an important component of the Rangeland Production Monitoring System. he…
Woodland and tallgrass prairie restoration case studies
Webinar recording. Two speakers present restoration ecology research published in the January 2020 issue of the Natural Areas Journal: Leighton Reid shares understory plant community outcomes based on twelve years…
Listening to the flow: Discoveries from wildland fire acoustics
Webinar recording. Sound is a fundamental part of our experience when interacting with the world around us. So fundamental in fact, that we often forget to question what it is…
Assessing the Nation’s Native Seed Supply
Webinar recording. The first goal of the National Seed Strategy (developed by the Plant Conservation Alliance and through an MOU of 12 federal agencies) is to assess the national public…
Southwest fire season review for 2019 and outlook for 2020
Webinar recording. The purpose of this webinar is to review 2019 fires and look ahead toward conditions for 2020. Dr. Zander Evans presented an overview of the largest fires in…
A framework for climate-smart restoration
Access webinar recording. Description: Ecological restoration efforts are being implemented in the context of a rapidly changing climate, which poses a new set of challenges and uncertainty. Climate-smart restoration is…
A public engagement protocol: Social science support of planning efforts
USFS webinar recording. Description: Forest planning and management efforts, including both forest plan revision and comprehensive river management planning, require extensive public engagement. Social science approaches that are practically applied…