Events
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 fire planning and implementation. Day One: Local fire history and current fire research Prescribed fire permitting and legal considerations Cal Fire’s Vegetation Management Program Fire…
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. and Canada. He briefly reviews a new reconstruction method his research group developed that combines extensive dendroecological plot networks and detailed forest structure mapping from…
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 more recent changes in precipitation patterns and warmer temperatures are widely thought to contribute to departures in fire regimes toward more frequent and larger fires…
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 professionals to bring you extended discussion on topics that are of interest to all. A new episode will be released every two weeks, with several…
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, Randy Brooks will present results from a survey of more than 400 wildland firefighters and a pilot study assessing sleep, fatigue, and body composition of…
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 at a landscape scale. These grass invasions favor further invasions while eliminating desirable vegetation and wildlife habitat. Further impacts include: A continuous bed of fine…
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…
Land use, land cover, and forests in a changing climate: Findings from 4th National Climate Assessment
Webinar recording. The Nation's authoritative assessment of climate impacts, the Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol. II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States (NCA4 Vol. II) was released in November 2018. This presentation will address the impacts of climate change on land cover and land-use change and forests in the United States. Presenters will…
Ecosystems, Agriculture, and Rural Communities in a Changing Climate: Findings from the 4th National Climate Assessment
View webinar series recordings from 4th National Climate Assessment. Shawn Carter, Acting Chief, USGS National Climate Adaptation Center, USGS and Prasanna Gowda, Research Leader, Grazinglands Research Laboratory, USDA - ARS