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Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition 19th Annual Meeting
Meeting website. The 2023 RVCC Annual Meeting will be an in-person event, at the beautiful Stanford Sierra Conference Center at Fallen Leaf Lake in South Lake Tahoe, California. Please save the date: November 1-3, 2023!
State of the science: Smoke
State of the science: Smoke
Webinar recording. Science to support the Wildfire Crisis Strategy Land management-focused panel discussion with smoke experts Hosted by the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
2 events,
6th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop
Workshop website. This Workshop is considered “mission critical” for anyone working on these issues in local, state, Tribal and federal agencies, and organizations as well as non-governmental organizations and private companies. There is no other forum in the nation that provides these opportunities.
Western Governors’ Association – 2023 Winter Meeting
Meeting webpage. The 2023 Winter Meeting, hosted by Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, will feature the Western Governors and their special guests in public conversations about the most significant issues facing the region. It will be in Jackson Hole, WY.
4 events,
The Oregon state wildfire hazard map
The Oregon state wildfire hazard map
Webinar recording. To enhance Oregon’s wildfire resilience, the State Legislature passed the 2021 SB 762 Omnibus Wildfire Bill that enacted recommendations from the Governor’s 2019 Wildfire Council. This included a $220M investment in landscape resilience, suppression response, as well as some new regulations for the home ignition zone for community protection. Upon release of a…
Overview and Verification of LANDFIRE Fuels: 2022 Cooks Peak Fire
Overview and Verification of LANDFIRE Fuels: 2022 Cooks Peak Fire
Webinar recording. A practitioner-oriented overview of LANDFIRE with a focus on fuels and how they react to modeling techniques. The subject area of discussion will be the 2022 Cooks Peak fire located in northern New Mexico. This webinar will be technical in its application and may offer insights for both beginner and advanced LANDFIRE users.…
3 events,
Fuel break effectiveness: Understanding fire response to spatial variations in vegetation and wind
Fuel break effectiveness: Understanding fire response to spatial variations in vegetation and wind
Webinar recording. Missoula Fire Sciences Lab Seminar Series Nov 9 2023 Presenter: Dan Jimenez, RMRS Research Engineer
Prioritizing landscape treatments
Prioritizing landscape treatments
Webinar b. Presenters will share an overall framework, analysis considerations plus a case study from the Southwest Idaho Wildfire Crisis Landscape. Manager questions and experiences to guide this session are encouraged.
1 event,
Stories of fire: Resources for media covering wildfire events and topics in Oregon
Stories of fire: Resources for media covering wildfire events and topics in Oregon
Webinar recording. Join the authors to learn more about how media in all forms can report diverse stories of fire, including strategies for physical and mental preparedness, engaging with incident personnel, and using scientific knowledge. Participants will also have the opportunity to provide feedback and suggest future ways to further enhance the capacity of media,…
1 event,
Outcomes of spatial targeting in sagebrush country via the Sage Grouse Initiative
Outcomes of spatial targeting in sagebrush country via the Sage Grouse Initiative
Webinar recording. The sagebrush biome is one of the largest habitat types in North America, spanning 175 million acres and home to sage grouse and 350 other species. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) launched the Sage Grouse Initiative in 2010 to deliver win-win voluntary conservation solutions that support ranchers and other landowners in improving…
1 event,
Integrating public health into forest and fire management
Integrating public health into forest and fire management
Webinar recording. Integrating Public Health into Forest and Fire Management, presented by Savannah M D’Evelyn, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Washington, on November 17, 2023. This webinar is part of a monthly series hosted by the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF), the Pau Costa Foundation (PCF), and the Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) to…
1 event,
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.…