Events

7th Annual SageCon Summit

The Oregon SageCon Partnership met November 2-3, 2022, in Burns, Oregon. You can access presentations, resources, and recordings using the link provided. Summit Themes Connect local, state, and federal partners working toward resilient rangelands in southeastern Oregon and across the Great Basin. Share information, ideas and resources to leverage our collective knowledge, with an emphasis…

Addressing equity and environmental justice in the Forest Service’s Wildfire Crisis Strategy

Webinar recording. Description: The U.S. Forest Service’s Wildfire Crisis Strategy, and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that is funding the agency’s initial investments to reduce wildfire risk under the Strategy, both call for considering equity and environmental justice when implementing projects. We present practical applications of our research on the environmental justice implications of hazardous fuels…

Regulating Colorado’s WUI

Webinar recording. This webinar features insights and lessons from three communities in Colorado —the City of Colorado Springs, Eagle County, and Ouray County— and their successful approaches to local adoption and enforcement of wildfire regulations. This webinar is based on a new report from the Community Wildfire Planning Center, Regulating the Wildland-Urban Interface in Colorado.

Wildfires, communities, and environmental justice

Webinar recording. Description: This webinar will go over results of a recent literature review of studies that focus on the environmental justice aspects of wildfire, as well as present preliminary findings on how different socio-demographic groups have been affected by wildfires across California in the last decade. Presenter: Francisco Escobedo; US Forest Service Pacific Southwest…

Right seedling for reforestation: Success, partners, and policy

Webinar recording. Climate Impacts on Regeneration- Hear from three subject-matter experts on seedling success across elevational ranges and with varying genotypes: Justin Crotteau, Research Forester, Rocky Mountain Research Station Aalap Dixit, Assistant Professor, New Mexico Highlands University Bryce Richardson, Research Geneticist, Rocky Mountain Research Station Indigenous Knowledge Exchange and Work on the Ground! Hear from…

Fueling collaboration: Talking about fire

Webinar registration. From building firelines to researching fire trends over time, fire management and science require great communication to be successful. Our panel will share their experiences and tips on how to effectively talk about fire to gain support and build a collaborative network. We'll address your questions about fire science communication and discuss best…

17th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit

Conference website. As it is already set by tradition, the Conference in Coimbra, Portugal, aims to provide an up to date on the developments in forest fire science and technology and an opportunity to meet persons and institutions, to promote international cooperation in this research and management area. Following its previous editions, the scope of…

Science x Forests USFS webinar series

Webinar recordings. Monday, November 14 SCIENCE x Forests: Silviculture for the present and future A compendium of silviculture treatments for forest types in the United States: Silviculture guidance to support…