Events
Era of Megafires Presentation with Paul Hessburg
View the Ted Talk. The Era of Megafires is a 70-minute, multi-media presentation hosted by Dr. Paul Hessburg, who has conducted fire and landscape ecology research for more than 27…
Using climate and water models to examine future water availability and biodiversity in CA and the Great Basin
View webinar recording. As the predicted impacts of climate change are becoming more apparent, natural resource managers are faced with the task of developing climate adaptation plans. These managers need…
Fire Prediction Across Scales – 2017 Conference
Columbia University's Morningside Campus New York, United StatesThe Columbia University Initiative on Extreme Weather and Climate is pleased to announce the conference "Fire Prediction Across Scales", in New York City. The goal of the conference is to synthesize the…
Interagency coordination to meet multiple objectives: An effective approach to wildfire
View webinar recording. While the number of acres burned annually by uncharacteristic wildfire continues to grow, it is becoming exceedingly important for agencies to identify opportunities to use wildfire to…
Successful vegetation management practices in the sagebrush-steppe
Learn more from the overview webinar. Access training modules. This learning series responds to Section 7.b.iii, Action Item #5 within the Fuels section of the 2015 Integrated Rangeland Fire Management…
Assessment of the effects of non-native ungulate grazing on greater sage-grouse
Webinar recording. This webinar describes a project that uses management-related variation in grazing by both feral horses and livestock as well as five years of field work to assess how…
An all lands approach to grazing management
View webinar recording. The webinar "An All Lands Approach to Grazing Management" examined cross-boundary strategies for cooperative grazing management between a variety of federal and state agencies in Idaho. These…
Decision support tools for natural resource managers in sagebrush communities and across the Pacific Northwest
Bend, OR Bend, United StatesView workshop resources. The Conservation Biology Institute, the Great Basin LCC, Oregon State University, and EcoAdapt hosted a workshop to present a series of decision support tools for land managers…
Effect of fuels management, previous wildfire, and fire weather on Rim Fire severity
View webinar recording. Large wildfire incidence has increased in forests throughout the western U.S. following changes in vegetation structure and pattern, along with a changing climate. Given this increase there…
Where there’s smoke . . . there’s social science! Public perceptions of smoke & communication from multiple regions
View webinar recording. This Joint Fire Science Program project used a case-study approach to examine what influenced smoke perceptions and to experiment with possible communication strategies. Key findings regarding smoke…