Events
Events
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Westwide Fuel Assessment: June 2022 (S3 E3 of Reading the Tea Leaves)
Webinar recording. The cool wet spring across much of the northwestern US has created a sea of cheatgrass that has improved fuelbed continuity and fuel loading, often exceeding 200 percent of normal. As a result we expect the potential for grass driven wildfires, especially in the Snake River Plain, eastern Washington, northwestern Nevada and northeastern…
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IFTDSS for prescribed fire plans
Access free online course. You can enroll yourself in this on-demand online course once you enter the Wildland Fire Learning Portal. Select "How to Use IFTDSS for Rx Burn Plans" on the righthand side.
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Wildfire and climate change for teachers (grades 6-12)
Check back for upcoming virtual workshop opportunities and curriculum materials. Engage your students in hands-on activities to explore climate change and wildfire in the Southwest! This standards-aligned curriculum unit developed in coordination with the USDA Southwest Climate Hub uses experiments, games, demonstrations, and a group project to introduce students to how increased temperature and changes…
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Five key areas around the home to examine for fire risk
Short video (2:39). Learn 5 key areas around your home to inspect when assessing your property's wildfire risk.
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FlamMap 6.2: An introduction and overview of new capabilities
Webinar recording. Description: This webinar will provide an introduction and overview of the FlamMap modeling system and its new capabilities with focus on several new additions: Landscape Utility for the creation and extraction of LANDFIRE based landscape files Spatial version of the First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) Additional support for raster formats GeoTIFFs now…
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Lightning fire occurrence prediction: Modelling for operational use
Webinar recording. Wotton, Canadian Forest Service, explains lightning fire ignition and the important processes that determine the day-to-day variation of this important source of summertime fire activity in Canada. This…
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An Indigenous framework to guide research and restoration in fire-adapted landscapes
Webinar recording. Description: Worldwide, Indigenous peoples are leading the revitalization of their/our cultures through the restoration of ecosystems in which they are embedded, including in response to increasing “megafires.” Yet,…
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Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Seed Technology and Restoration Online Course
FeaturedWho: This training course was developed in concert with Society for Ecological Restoration and BLM's National Training Center. It is available to restoration practitioners within the DOI and our partners.…
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Western Governors’ Association Annual Meeting
Meeting website. The two-day event, hosted by Idaho Governor and WGA Chair Brad Little, featured the Western Governors and their specials guests in public conversations about western drought, cross-boundary land…
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Wildfire impacts on water infrastructure
Webinar recording. Join presenter Erica Fisher for a summary of what we know so far about how structures in wildfires influence our water infrastructure and what can be done to…
