Events
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…
Cheatgrass control methods and their impacts on perennial grasses: A systematic review of 64 years
View recording. Read webinar brief. Reducing cheatgrass has been a primary research topic and goal of ecological restoration for over 50 years. Our work examined published studies between 1946 and 2012 to identify how a broad range of control methods influence cheatgrass and perennial grass abundance. Based on this assessment, we identify obstacles encountered in…
US National Fire Danger Rating System: Past, present, and future
View webinar recording. This seminar was presented by W. Matt Jolly and recorded by the USFS, RMRS, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory.
Best management practices for pollinators (talk 1) and Calculated floral resource withdrawal by managed honey bees (talk 2)
View recordings. Talk 1: Scott Hoffman Black, Executive Director, Xerces Society: Best Management Practices for Pollinators: Creating Practices that are Meaningful and Implementable for Rangelands Talk 2: Jim Cane, Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect Research Unit: Calculated Floral Resource Withdrawal by Managed Honey Bees in Light of Native Bee Reproduction
Native bees and large mammals (talk 1) and Prairie restoration to support diverse pollinating insects (talk 2)
View recording. Talk 1: Mary Rowland, Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Forest Service; and Sandy DeBano, Associate Professor - Invertebrate Ecology, Oregon State University: Native Bees and Large Mammals: Vertebrate - Invertebrate Interactions in Riparian Natural Areas Talk 2: Thomas Kaye, Executive Director and Senior Ecologist at the Institute for Applied Ecology: Partnering with Pollinators: Prairie…