Past Events

Fire refugia function and composition in dry mixed-conifer forests of Oregon’s Blue Mountains

Will Downing will present his thesis, “Fire refugia function and composition in dry mixed-conifer forests of Oregon’s Blue Mountains” on Friday, June 29^th at 9:00am in Richardson 115.  Josh is completing his M.S. under the guidance of major professor Dr. Meg Krawchuk.  Free and open to the public.

Long-Term Vegetation Recovery and Reburn Potential Workshop

This workshop will bring local area and regional managers and scientists together to share recent research findings and discuss their implications for vegetation and wildland fire management. The workshop is designed to facilitate an exchange of ideas between scientists and managers and to encourage collaboration on developing post-fire vegetation management and wildland fire management…

42nd Annual National Indian Timber Symposium

Information about the agenda, lodging, registration and exhibitors will be posted as it becomes available, http://www.itcnet.org/issues_projects/projects_2/symposium.html
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Targeting The Triple Threat: Cheatgrass, Medusahead, and Ventenata: Ecological Impacts, Interactions, and Current Management

Impacts include:

· A continuous bed of fine fuel associated with an increase in frequency and intensity of range wildfire
· Fires can kill or drastically reduce desirable perennial species. Pollinator habitat is reduced
· Forage quality for wildlife and livestock is reduced
· Wildlife species are at risk
· Resulting wildfires are a threat to…

The Fire Continuum Conference

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Linking wildfire burn mosaic and lynx habitat modeling

The incidence of large and severe fire events is increasing in the western United States with long-term implications for future wildfires, landscape successional mosaics, and wildlife habitat abundance and connectivity. Recent research demonstrates that recently burned areas often act as barriers to subsequent fire spread and/or mitigate the severity of subsequent fires. Landscape mosaics of…

12th Fire and Forest Meteorology Symposium

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An outlook for the 2018 fire season in WA and OR

What will you learn?
Pre-season climate and weather variables indicate a moderate to high chance of a near average wildfire season in Washington and an above average season for Oregon. During this webinar, we’ll explore the factors that make up this outlook, define what a normal fire season looks like for the Northwest, and discuss the potential uncertainties that may…

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Ashland Prescribed Fire Training Exchange

Save the date for this TREX—application information will be available in January.