Events
Grassland and sagebrush conservation portal: Aggregating geospatial resources for practitioners
Webinar recording. To aid practitioners in planning and implementing conservation actions, we recently developed the Grassland and Sagebrush Conservation Portal in the web platform, ArcGIS Online. This portal provides access to geospatial resources such maps, apps, and data developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners as well as other open-access resources. We intend to grow the resources in the portal in ways that are complementary to other online platforms. The Service’s…
Introducing the North American tree-ring fire-scar network
Webinar recording. Description: A recent collaboration by ~90 tree-ring and fire-scar scientists has resulted in the publication of the newly compiled North American Tree-Ring Fire-Scar Network* (NAFSN), which contains 2,562 sites, > 37,000 fire-scarred trees, and covers large parts of North America. In this publication, authors investigate the NAFSN in terms of geography, sample depth,…
Returning fire to the land: Stewardship through traditional practices of the Séliš, Qĺispé and Ksanka
View video (7:05). For thousands of years, the vast majority of fires on the land were intentionally set by Indigenous Peoples of this region for a variety of reasons. Today, on the Flathead Reservation in Western Montana, the Division of Fire of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes' Forestry Department is reclaiming a traditional relationship…
Nevada Youth Range Camp
Range Camp Flyer High school youth are invited to enjoy a week of fun, camping and learning about rangelands and natural resource management in Nevada. Camp will be held at the Timber Creek Campground providing a beautiful setting for learning. The purpose of this camp is to provide youth with the knowledge and understanding of…
Engaging Indigenous communities in climate resilience research
Webinar recording. Description: This presentation discusses a partnership between the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (PLPT) in northern Nevada and a team of university-based scientists. The research team engaged PLPT stakeholder groups through workshops, interviews, and focus groups to understand how climate change and upstream pressures threaten PLPT ecosystems, lands, and resources. Stakeholders emphasized that climate…
Structural damage from wildfires in WUI communities
Webinar recording. Destructive wildfires are now a real threat in regions across the country and beyond what was once considered as the fire season, examples of which are the 2016 Gatlinburg Fire in the Southeast and the 2021 Marshall Fire in late December. Existing wildfire risk assessment procedures typically use simulation modeling to quantify the…
Denver water and US Forest Service spent over $60 million to protect Denver’s water supply. Did it work?
Webinar recording. This webinar presents research which provides insight on how the economic returns from proactive wildfire mitigation could be improved. The research team produced an economic assessment of Denver’s Forests to Faucets partnership, a collaboration which invested >$60 million in wildfire mitigation projects between 2011 and 2019. The research, combining wildfire modeling, sediment modeling,…
Westwide Fuel Assessment: June 2022 (S3 E3 of Reading the Tea Leaves)
Webinar recording. The cool wet spring across much of the northwestern US has created a sea of cheatgrass that has improved fuelbed continuity and fuel loading, often exceeding 200 percent of normal. As a result we expect the potential for grass driven wildfires, especially in the Snake River Plain, eastern Washington, northwestern Nevada and northeastern…
IFTDSS for prescribed fire plans
Access free online course. You can enroll yourself in this on-demand online course once you enter the Wildland Fire Learning Portal. Select "How to Use IFTDSS for Rx Burn Plans" on the righthand side.
Wildfire and climate change for teachers (grades 6-12)
Check back for upcoming virtual workshop opportunities and curriculum materials. Engage your students in hands-on activities to explore climate change and wildfire in the Southwest! This standards-aligned curriculum unit developed in coordination with the USDA Southwest Climate Hub uses experiments, games, demonstrations, and a group project to introduce students to how increased temperature and changes…