Past Events

Forest density preferences of homebuyers in the WUI

Presenter: Evan Hjerpe, Conservation Economics Institute and Yeon-Su Kim, Northern Arizona University

In the fire-prone Western U.S., the scale of surrounding forest density can be realized by homebuyers as an amenity for aesthetics and cooling effects, or as a disamenity in terms of wildfire risk. There has been a lack of academic attention to…

7th Annual Northwest Climate Conference

The annual NW Climate Conference is the region's premier opportunity for a cross-disciplinary exchange of knowledge and ideas relating to climate impacts and adaptation. The conference brings together up to 400 researchers, resource managers and policy makers from academia, public agencies, sovereign tribal nations, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector, to share the latest…

2nd International Smoke Symposium

The 2nd International Smoke Symposium will bring together researchers from the atmospheric sciences, the ecological sciences, mathematicians, computer sciences, climatologists, social scientists, health professionals, smoke responders and others to discuss the complex issues of wildland fire smoke and identify knowledge gaps and opportunities for innovation and…

Fire Adapted Cities: Prescribed Fire Use in Urban & Community Forest Management

Presenters

Justice Jones, Wildfire Mitigation Division Program Manager, Austin Fire Department, Austin, Texas

Mike Wharton, Operations Administrator, Athens-Clarke County Department of Leisure Services, Athens, Georgia

Webinar Presentation Abstract

Prescribed fire is an effective forest and range management tool used to reduce…

Smoke Management Photographic Guide: a visual aid for communicating smoke impacts

What will you learn?
Communicating emissions impacts to the public can sometimes be difficult because quantitatively conveying smoke concentrations is complicated. Regulators and land managers often refer to particulate-matter concentrations in micrograms per cubic meter, but this may not be intuitive or meaningful to everyone. The Smoke Management Photographic Guide was…

2016 SAF National Convention

Is science used to inform fire management and policy decisions?

This webinar will include recent science findings and a case study. Dr. Molly Hunter will present results from an assessment of outcomes from research projects funded by the Joint Fire Science Program to determine whether or not science has been used to inform management and policy decisions. Surveys and interviews explored factors that facilitate use of fire science. Findings suggest science…

Forest Restoration Implementation Efficiencies Workshop

The Forest Restoration Implementation Efficiencies Workshop is a multi-day workshop to facilitate peer-to-peer learning among land managers, forest restoration industry and contractors, and collaborative stakeholders. The workshop will be held November 1-3, 2016 in Redmond, OR at the Eagle Crest Resort and is presented by the Central Oregon…

Western LCCs and Southwest Climate Science Center Joint Meeting

The State of California, LCCs for the Great Basin, California, Desert and North Pacific, and the Southwest Climate Science Center are hosting a joint gathering to foster state-wide collaboration on landscape-scale conservation. The aim is to understand how our work (individually and collectively) contributes to a broader conservation vision for the region. The purpose of this inaugural meeting…

Expanding the role of prescribed fire on CLFR landscapes

The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which established the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration (CFLR) Program, asks that CFLR projects “Facilitate the reduction of wildfire management costs and risks, including through reestablishing natural fire regimes.”

Across the county, CLFR project participants are thinking about this charge and working to expand the role of…