Past Events

The 7th AFE International Fire Congress - FireVision 20/20

The role of fire - past, present, future - in our backyard "rainforests" of the PNW

Most of us in the “wet” forests of western Oregon and Washington got our fill of smoke this past summer from an amazing year of wildfires.  For many, the situation was a “once-in-a-lifetime” event. Join us for a webinar/discussion on the role of fire -- past, present and future -- in our backyard “rainforests” of the  PNW.

Speakers:

Fire Regime…

Effects of Fuel treatments and Previous Fires on Fire Management Costs

This webinar will highlight results from a study on the effects of fuel treatments and previously burned areas on fire management costs. Presenter Kevin Barnett and his colleagues, Helen Naughton, Sean Parks, and Carol Miller, built models explaining variation in daily fire management costs that captured the influences of weather, topography, human populations-at-risk, and…

SAF National Convention

Plan now to join us in lovely Albuquerque, New Mexico. Enjoy the freshly renovated Albuquerque Convention Center surrounded by a revitalized downtown. Under the warm southwestern sun, we will explore how we can transform the way we approach forestry by integrating a social-ecological perspective to research, education, and management and by adapting forestry to a rapidly urbanizing,…

Where there's smoke... there's social science! Public perceptions of smoke & communication from multiple regions

The importance of smoke has been well-observed by managers through frequent concerns expressed over smoke. Public perceptions of fuel reduction techniques, with a particular emphasis on using prescribed fire as a management tool, have been under study for almost a decade. However, research on public opinions regarding smoke from these wildfires, fuel reduction fires, and private-use fires is…

Effect of fuels management, previous wildfire and fire weather on Rim Fire severity

About the Webinar:

Large wildfire incidence has increased in forests throughout the western U.S. following changes in vegetation structure and pattern, along with a changing climate. Given this increase there is great interest in whether fuels treatments and previous wildfire can alter fire severity patterns in large wildfires. The 255,000 acre 2013…

Crook County Cohesive Wildfire Strategy Learning Lab

Join us for a half day of shared learning for ALL stakeholders about the Cohesive Wildland Fire Strategy and your role in our complex wildland fire system. The facilitated learning event will bring community and agency leaders together to share information and develop recommended actions for locally relevant wildland fire challenges in Crook County.

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Recovery and adaptation after wildfire, 2000-2013

Becoming a fire-adapted community that can live with wildfire is envisioned as a continuous, iterative process of adaptation. We combined national and case study research to examine how experience with wildfire alters the built environment and community- and government-level wildfire mitigation, planning, and regulations. By tracking changing in buildings post-fire (2000-2013) nationally we…

Washington Forest Collaboratives Summit

Please join us October 24-25 for our fourth annual Washington Forest Collaboratives Network in Ellensburg, Washington. The summit is an opportunity to network, share success stories, and discuss lessons learned. The meeting will bring together forest collaborative members, agency partners, state and federal officials, policy makers, and leading scientists and practitioners.…

2017 Conference on Fire Prediction Across Scales

Realistic models of fire activity and behavior are necessary for operational fire management, and to understand past and future changes in fire activity. Developing such models, however requires taking into account vegetation cover, land use practices, fire management capacity, extreme weather, and climate variability. To help foster knowledge exchange among the diverse fields of expertise…