Events
Geomorphic recovery and post-fire flooding implications following the 2019 Museum Fire
Webinar recording. The 2019 Museum Fire burned nearly 2,000 acres of steep forested terrain abutting Flagstaff city limits in northern Arizona. In addition to the immediate fire danger, post-fire flooding posed a significant threat to the downstream community and critical infrastructure, prompting a multi-agency cooperation to evaluate post-fire runoff and geomorphic change during the recovery…
Fire and wildlife
Webinar registration. The good, bad, and ugly of fire and wildlife - roasty toasty critters or promoting sustainable habitat for expanding and healthy wildlife populations? Let’s discuss the pros and cons of fire on wildlife. How is the lack of fire at the necessary scale, frequency, intensity/severity, and seasonality one of the greatest threats to…
Leveraging LANDFIRE to understand ecological conditions across National Forests and Grasslands
Webinar recording. US Forest Service Ecologist, Sarah M. Anderson explains the Terrestrial Condition Assessment and how LANDFIRE products have informed the TCA. Sarah fields questions ranging from using the TCA to monitor ecological conditions, wildfire severity/fire deficits, KPIs in the USFS, and what it might take to move the needle on forest restoration.
An assessment of native seed needs and their capacity for their supply
Webinar recording. An Assessment of Native Seed Needs and the Capacity for Their Supply: Final Report will be released on Thursday, January 26, 2023. The report was authored by a committee appointed by the National Academies of Science, Medicine, and Engineering and will be available at 8 am Pacific/9 am Mtn on the National Academies…
Wildfire Resilient Structures (WiReS) Conference and Tradeshow
Conference website. The Wildfire Resilient Structures (WiReS) conference addresses the WUI fire risk problems inherent to the built environment to support resilient and equitable communities. With a shared goal of implementation through education, the WiReS conference will make local, regional, and state impact through the presentation and promotion of applied science, knowledge, and technology advancements…
Society for Range Management 2023 Meeting
Visit conference website. This year's annual conference will be in Boise, ID.
Fire history and ecology
Webinar recordings of the Forest Service's Research and Development SCIENCEx FIRE week. Fire History and Ecology Introduction to SCIENCEx Fire Week | Jens Stevens Indigenous Fire Stewardship and Cultural Burning | Frank Lake Fire Exclusion and Western Forest Change | Eric Knapp A History of Fire in the Eastern US: How Humans Modified Fire Regimes…
Fire weather and smoke
Webinar recording. The second webinar of the Forest Service's Research and Development SCIENCEx FIRE week. Fire Weather and Smoke Fire Weather Forecasting | Brian Potter New Technology for Monitoring Smoke Impacts | Shawn Urbanski Smoke Plume Dynamics | Yong Liu
Imagining and designing coherent, adaptation-oriented laws about wildfire
Webinar recording. Since 2010, Australian national and state governments have commissioned at least 101 post-emergency inquiries and reviews, each of which makes recommendations to improve the way we prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from wildfires. Many of these reviews recommend specific changes to laws and policies, for example, to simplify permitting processes for…
Fire behavior
Webinar recording. The third webinar of the Forest Service's Research and Development SCIENCEx FIRE week. Fire Behavior Wildland Fire Behavior and Ignition | Sara McAllister 3D Time-Dependent Fire Behavior Models: What They Do and the Need for Observational Datasets | Ruddy Mell Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) and Wildfire Monitoring | Matt Dickinson