Events

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,…

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 the Southwest. This series will kick off with a two-part virtual workshop that will highlight case studies, emerging research, and more. Day and time: January…

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 primary distinction being the level of fire-atmosphere coupling in each. Coupling of fire-induced winds and ambient winds in numerical models is carried out through linking…

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 and data, we present a quantitative analysis of forest function, structure, composition, and ecological processes prior to Euro-American settlement and compare those elements to the…