Events
Climate change assessment of vegetation, fire, and ecosystem services for tribal lands in the PNW
View recorded webinar. Researchers from the USFS PNW Research Station and Case Research synthesized model projections of changes in vegetation and fire across tribal lands in the PNW. They will demonstrate how these changes will impact economically and culturally important ecosystem services and how this information can be used for adaptation planning.
Lessons in creating and maintaining prescribed burn associations
View webinar recording. A Southern Fire Exchange webinar with John Weir of Oklahoma State University and the Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association. Are you involved in creating, developing, guiding, or supporting a prescribed burn association (PBA)? Are you interested learning how prescribed burn associations work or how they’re successfully sustained? Led by national PBA expert John…
Examining the role of human dimensions thinking in landscape conservation planning
View webinar recording. One of the greatest challenges facing landscape conservation is how to ensure ecosystem-wide conservation goals, such as those articulated in Landscape Conservation Designs, can effectively inform local management plans and actions. Developing feasible conservation goals and useful landscape planning products requires participation by local stakeholders. However, opportunities for these stakeholders to engage…
Fire management of American Indian basket weaving plants in the Pacific Northwest
View webinar recording. Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) and California Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta var. californica) are two Nontimber Forest Products (NTFPs) harvested by American Indians for basket weaving in the Pacific Northwest. Good quality leaves and stems for basket weaving are reliant on the periodic burning of these plant species. In this webinar we will discuss…
Society for Range Management (SRM) – 2018 Annual Meeting
Nugget Hotel and Casino Sparks, United StatesAccess recorded symposia: Restoring & managing "Emerald Isles" Strategic, multi-scale approach for managing threats to sagebrush ecosystems based on resilience and resistance concepts The Society for Range Management’s 71st Annual Meeting, Technical Training and Trade Show was at the Nugget Hotel in Sparks, Nevada. The theme for the 2018 conference was Empowerment through Applied Science.
Firefighter perspectives on gender and leadership in wildland fire
View webinar recording. This webinar was recorded on January 10, 2018 and featured Rachel Reimer, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada. This project utilized a feminist appreciative approach to Action Research to facilitate a conversation about gender and leadership within the British Columbia Wildfire Service (BCWS). The research question was, “How might understanding gender and leadership…
World of Wildland Fire – A collection of educational videos
Access videos. The World of Wildland Fire vision is to provide and connect fire science educators, trainers, and the public with scientifically solid and peer-reviewed teaching tools and techniques, using state-of-the-art materials, which will be free and accessible to all. This is done to significantly enhance the learning experience.
The role of insects and diseases in aspen biology
Access webinar recording. In part due to its vegetative strategy, western aspen is host to a large number of insects and diseases. However, only a few are agents of significant impact that can cause or warn of substantial changes in the condition of aspen clones. Environmental conditions, particularly drought stress, also play an integral role…
Collaborative spatial planning using the Great Basin LCC’s Conservation Planning Atlas
Access webinar recording. The GBLCC Conservation Planning Atlas (CPA) is an important aspect of our effort to engage a landscape focus and best available science toward improving collaboration and maximizing conservation efforts in the Great Basin. Incorporating over 1000 spatial data layers related to conservation of the Great Basin region’s many natural and cultural resources,…
2018 Webinar Series: Managing cheatgrass by putting what we know into practice
View flyer. Conversion of native rangelands to cheatgrass, and subsequent impacts on wildfire regimes, are one of the most challenging threats to sagebrush ecosystems today. The widespread and complex nature of the problem and lack of clarity on effective management actions are often barriers to implementing meaningful treatments and practices to reduce risks. Although there…