Who: Kent McAdoo, Rangeland Resources Specialist, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
What: We will discuss strategies for increasing native plant diversity in crested wheatgrass seedings.
Wildland fuels may be the most important consideration in fire management, not just because they are important inputs for predicting fire behavior (i.e., how fast and intense a fire gets), but also because fuels are the only factor that can effectively be controlled by direct and indirect management manipulation.
Presented by: Stephen Gage, Asst. Dir., Operations for fire and aviation management USFS & Kevin Martin, Forest Supervisor,
Umatilla National Forest
No pre-registration necessary. Link to the webinar
This webinar will help to underscore the tight interconnections between birds and fire and will focus on four key factors that fire practitioners vary when conducting burns: frequency, season, extent, and ignition pattern.
The Association of British Columbia Forest Professionals and the Association of Professional Biologists are pleased to continue offering climate change webinars. The Risk Management in a Changing Climate - From Community Involvement to Operations webinar will be presented by Erik Leslie and Ken Day.
Please join us for a webinar to review last year’s fires and look ahead toward conditions for this year. Dr. Zander Evans will present an overview of the 12 largest fires in the Southwest during 2014. He will share summaries of forest types and burn severities for each of the 12 fires.
This webinar will feature the work of:
Prescribed fire is a beneficial tool for managing rangelands by increasing nutrient cycling and improving forage quality. Patch burning, the practice of burning smaller patches, can aid in targeted grazing and creating a mosaic of plant communities and structure on your land.