Events
Bringing non-profits, communities, and federal agencies together for restoration and monitoring
View webinar recording. Join this webinar and robust discussion about innovative collaborations and case studies developed through a partnership between Trout Unlimited and the Forest Service. We will share examples of successful projects, tools such as partnership agreements, and how this model of volunteer monitoring can be expanded across other resource areas and throughout the…
Native mycorrhizal fungi and whitebark pine restoration
View webinar recording. Whitebark pine is an iconic, five-needle, high-elevation pine whose existence is threatened by an exotic rust, mountain pine beetles, fire suppression, and climate change. Its distribution is limited to western North America and populations have declined 90% in recent decades. Whitebark pine is shade intolerant and depends on wildfire to reset the…
Fire history paradigms in North America: Controversy and consensus
View webinar recording. There is wide agreement that prescribed fire is essential and under-utilized for restoring and maintaining natural ecosystem function, sustaining native wildlife populations, and mitigating wildfire hazard. There is less agreement on the history of fire, specifically the degree to which historic fire regimes and the natural communities that depend on them are…
Rx Fire on Private Lands Workshop 2019
More information and to register. A two day workshop May 17-18 at Blodgett Forest Research Station, Georgetown, CA - designed for landowners and managers looking to gain skills in prescribed…
Unraveling the complexity of mixed severity fire regimes: New insights from three Rocky Mountain ecosystems
View webinar recording. In this webinar, Dr. Cameron Naficy presents findings from a synthesis of multiple projects conducted in 3 unique mixed-severity ecosystems from the Rocky Mountains of the U.S.…
Do trends in climate influence the increase in high-severity wildfire in the southwestern US from 1984 to 2015?
Webinar recording. Over the last 30 years, in woodland and forested ecosystems across the southwestern US, there has been an increasing trend in fire activity. Altered land use practices and…
Art of range and fire podcasts
Access podcasts from Washington State University The Art of Range podcast provides education through conversation with some of the brightest minds in rangeland management. We interview researchers, ranchers, and resource…
Assessing wildland firefighter sleep and fatigue while on fire assignment
Webinar recording. With increases in the severity and duration of fire seasons, wildland firefighters are working longer shifts all across the west and are experiencing increased fatigue. In this webinar,…
Dealing with the triple threat invasion – Cheatgrass, medusahead, and ventenata
Webinar recording. This 4-hour webinar focuses on invasive annual grasses such as cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae), and ventenata (Ventenata dubia), which are devastating western natural areas and rangeland…
Management applications for the Science Framework for conserving and restoring sagebrush ecosystems
Webinar recording. The Science Framework for Conservation and Restoration of the Sagebrush Biome is a two-part volume on managing sagebrush ecosystems in the West that was developed by an extensive interagency team of scientists and managers. An overview of using the concepts of resilience to disturbance (ability to recover) and resistance to invasive annual grasses…