Fire and Fuels Monitoring Virtual Training

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This virtual- and field-based training was developed and hosted by the Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium, Lake States Fire Science Consortium, and the Huron-Manistee National Forests. The virtual event was held June 1-4, 2021, and introduced participants to:

• tools for selecting metrics that match management/restoration objectives;
• developing site-specific protocols for sampling;
• developing a monitoring handbook and monitoring protocols/program for your local ecosystems;
• how to establish long-term monitoring and quantitative/qualitative data for wildfire risk assessment;
• evaluating the need for prescribed burns and other fuels treatments.