Events
Science-based guidelines for safe application of vegetation maps derived from satellite imagery
Webinar recording. Cara Applestein, Samuel "Jake" Price, and Matt Germino, USGS, present their latest work on accuracy assessments of the newest mapped products for burned areas. They will give guidelines for reliable application, including stating what is "unsafe" application, what the scientific basis for the guidelines are, and examples of how they use the data.…
National Association of Extension Program and Staff Development Professionals (NAEPSDP) Conference
Meeting webpage. The National Association of Extension Program and Staff Development Professionals (NAEPSDP) Conference Committee is requesting presentation proposals for the 2023 Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Topics relating to the conference theme, “Extension Elevated,” are encouraged, but all submissions will be given full consideration. The purpose of the presentations is to share…
Developing community wildfire protection plans
Webinar registration. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community may need one, what the process involves and what the components are, what resources you need to complete a CWPP, cost ranges for contractors vs in-house, how to use CWPPs to support funding for implementation and more!
10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress
Visit conference website. The Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) is excited to announce that the 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress will be held December 4-8, 2023 in Monterey, California at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel. The Call for Proposals will open in January 2023.
Developing a next-generation wildland fire intelligence platform
Webinar recording. There is a compelling business case for additional investment in enhanced data acquisition and analysis to better assess the safety and effectiveness of wildfire management. As a result of long-standing data gaps, fire management organizations cannot recreate what happened during fire operations, leading to persistent challenges in: (1) demonstrating the nature and magnitude…
Wildlife and fire in the Southwest
The Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, USDA Forest Service, and many other organizations are hosting a yearlong series of workshops and webinars to advance wildlife management relating to fire in…
Linking heterogeneity at the WUI to wildfire dynamics
Webinar recording. The complex interactions between atmospheric and fire-induced winds are a persistent obstacle to accurately predicting wildfire front behavior. There are a multitude of wildfire spread models, with one…
Society for Range Management – 2024 Annual Meeting
Visit conference website. This year's meeting will be January 28-February 1, 2024 in Sparks, NV.
SCIENCEx webinar series
Webinar recording. SCIENCEx will resume in 2024 with SCIENCEx Genetics! January 29th - February 2nd, 2024
Natural Range of Variation (NRV) in the montane conifer forests of southern California
Webinar recording. We conducted a natural range of variation (NRV) assessment of montane conifer forests in the Transverse and Peninsular Mountain Ranges of southern California. Using current and historical literature…