Events
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…
Integrating natural hazard mitigation plans into local planning
View webinar recording. Local plans, such as the comprehensive plan, economic development plan, and transportation plan, establish policies that are intended to guide a community’s day-to-day land use decisions and…
Fuel control treatments in the sagebrush steppe: Recognizing and dealing with climate-related differences among sites
View webinar recording. Bruce Roundy, Brigham Young University, discusses indicators of resilience and resistance of sagebrush steppe communities associated with soil temperature and water availability as learned from SageSTEP.
Returning fire to the land: Celebrating traditional knowledge and fire
View webinar recording. In this webinar, Frank Lake, Research Ecologist with the Pacific Southwest Research Station will present findings from workshops held in 2012 and 2014 to investigate how traditional…