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Practical applications of soil moisture information
Practical applications of soil moisture information
Webinar recording. The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and the National Weather Service (NWS) are pleased to host two webinars on soil moisture data and applications. The webinars are…
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Recent megafires provide a tipping point for desertification of conifer ecosystems
Recent megafires provide a tipping point for desertification of conifer ecosystems
Webinar recording. Presented by: Dan Neary Wildfires can produce significant hydrological and ecological impacts on forest, woodland, and grassland ecosystems depending on fire size, severity, duration, timing, fuel loads, and weather…
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Accounting for the benefits of public lands
Accounting for the benefits of public lands
Webinar recording. Presented by: Travis Warziniack Though National Forests are required to address ecosystem services and human benefits in planning and management decisions, most have limited capacity to meet those requirements.…
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Investing in Forest Infrastructure Virtual Conference
Conference recordings. The Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership and Montana Forest Collaboration Network will cohost the 2022 virtual conference Investing in Forest Infrastructure. The Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act was signed into law on November 15, 2021. Title VIII of the Act includes appropriations for legacy roads and trails, wildfire risk reduction, ecosystem restoration, and Joint…
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Farming native seed for the future: Considering evolutionary potential and ecological function
Farming native seed for the future: Considering evolutionary potential and ecological function
Webinar recording. Description: Agricultural seed production is needed to meet ambitious restoration goals, which will require more seeds than can be harvested from wild populations. However, there may be direct conflicts between traits that are favorable in conventional agriculture and those that are adaptive in restoration settings, which could have long-lasting impacts on restored communities. Here,…
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Collective action for wildfire risk reduction across land ownerships in the West
Collective action for wildfire risk reduction across land ownerships in the West
Webinar recording. Over the past decade, government policies and programs to incentivize “all-lands approaches” to reducing wildfire risk have emerged that call for collective action among diverse public, private, and…
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Effective communication about wildfire management: Observations from 20 years of fire social science research
Effective communication about wildfire management: Observations from 20 years of fire social science research
Webinar recording. Presenter: Sarah McCaffrey Description: Fire management in the United States is currently facing numerous challenges. While many of these challenges involve questions about how to increase pace and scale of fuels treatments and adapt to longer, sometimes year-round, fire seasons and more frequent extreme fires, there is also a need to adapt wildfire…
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Fire and humans in resilient ecosystems of the American SW
Fire and humans in resilient ecosystems of the American SW
Webinar recording. Description: In the southwestern US humans and ecosystems share a history of fire. Here, contemporary ecological patterns and processes that are thought to be natural may be highly influenced by past human land use legacies, at millennial time scales. The Jemez Mountains of central New Mexico provide a landscape laboratory rich in archaeological,…
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Invasive annual grasses management
Invasive annual grasses management
Webinar recording. Invasive annual grasses pose ecological and economic challenges for invasive species managers and agricultural producers across the West. On this Working Lands, Working Communities Initiative webinar, speakers will…