Past Events

Wildland Urban Interface 2017

The IAFC's Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) conference offers hands-on training and interactive sessions designed to address the challenges of wildland fire. If you are one of the many people responsible for protecting local forests or educating landowners and your community about the importance of land management—then this is the conference for you.…

Long-Term Fuel Succession in the Sagebrush-Steppe

Schyler A. Reis - M.S. Thesis Defense

Living with wildland fire: Lessons from Fort McMurray

Every year, thousands of small fires and dozens of large ones break out somewhere in Canada.  This has been the story for millenia and will continue as long as there are people and lightning to start fires in the boreal forest.  Now more than ever, people work, build, live, and play in the boreal forest and disaster can occur when people and fire intersect. Last spring's Fort…

Era of Megafires

The NW Fire Science Consortium along with Oregon State University's College of Forestry and the Forestry & Natural Resources Extension Program are sponsoring Era of Megafires in Corvallis, OR on March 15th from 7pm-9pm at the LaSells Stewart Center. The film focuses on how we as a society can shift…

Wildland Firefighter Safety: 20 years of chasing urine, blood and muscle on the firelines of the west

Dr. Brent Ruby will present his informative webinar on the physiological limits of wildland firefighters and how to address energy loss on the fireline. Learn what you can do to help your colleagues when they become fatigued while fighting fire (and what NOT to do).

Do-It-Yourself Data Tinkering: Adapting Spatial Data for Local Use

REGISTER HERE:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1610317622548387331

Presenter: Kori Blankenship, The Nature Conservancy 

What do you do if you’re a land manager who needs consistent, current, cross-boundary datasets, but the available data do not meet your needs? Modify them. In this…

Forest response to water availability and disturbance in the western United States

PH.D Defense. See flyer for more information.

Working in Interdisciplinary Teams to Build Social-Ecological Models

Join us during Spring 2017 to explore activities and tools that facilitate effective adaptation and build social-ecological resilience in the context of changing landscapes. See additional information below or contact Laurie Yung…

Understanding Stakeholder Perceptions of Fire with Mental Modelling: A case study from Ashland, OR

What will you learn?

Many communities see the need to increase the use of beneficial fire, yet they struggle to find effective approaches that all stakeholders agree upon. We use mental modeling with Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to help stakeholders express their worldviews on fire use and share their insights with other stakeholder groups. Using our experience with a series…

82nd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference