Past Events
Collaborative Forest Management in the Crown of the Continent
May 27, 2015 | WebinarThe forests of the Crown of the Continent are vital to health and quality of life of communities in the Crown and beyond. These forests form part of the headwaters of clean, flowing rivers that supply our drinking water, are essential for natural adaption to climate change, and support a diverse community of plants and animals while providing a multitude of recreational opportunities.…
How to determine the most appropriate treatments before and after wildfire in sagebrush and piñon-juniper ecosystems
May 27, 2015 | WorkshopOverview: Rick Miller, Professor Emeritus of Range and Fire Ecology, OSU and Jennifer Moffitt, Soil Scientist, Prineville BLM will discuss tools to rapidly assess resilience to disturbance (ability of a treatment area to recover), resistance to invasive annuals, predict successional pathways, and determine the need and suitability for seeding on potential vegetation treatment areas and areas…
Funding available to help Oregon landowners mitigate effects of drought
May 27, 2015 |Portland, Ore. (May 26, 2015) -- The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Oregon announces up to $2.5 million in funding available to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners to mitigate the effects of drought in counties that have secured drought declarations from the Governor’s Office.
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5th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference
May 27 - 29, 2015 | ConferenceThe 5th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference will be held 27-29 May 2015 at the Bryant Conference Center on the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The goal of the Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference is to improve land stewardship through transfer of knowledge and technology of fire as a management tool and its role in a historical context. The conference brings…
II International Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk
May 26 - 29, 2015 | ConferenceThe II International Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk will be held in Alghero, Italy, from May 26th to 29th, 2015. The Conference aims to involve scientists, researchers and policy makers whose activities are focused on different aspects of fires and their impacts.
The main objectives of the Conference are to:
- Advance knowledge on interactions, relationships, feedbacks…
Broadcast Premiere -The Sagebrush Sea
May 20, 2015 |The Sagebrush Sea makes its broadcast premiere May 20, on NATURE at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time/7:00 p.m. Central on PBS. (Check local listings.)
Vortices and Wildland Fire
May 20, 2015 | WebinarScott Goodrick, a research meteorologist with the USDA Forest Service, and Jason Forthofer, a mechanical engineer with the USDA Forest Service, will present a summary of vortices and wildland fire. Vortices are almost always present in the wildland fire environment and can sometimes interact with the fire in unpredictable ways, causing extreme fire behavior and safety concerns. In…
Seed Zones and Climate Change
May 20, 2015 | WebinarFrancis Kilkenny, Research Biologist, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID, will discuss seed zones and climate change. This is the last webinar in our seeding webinar series for the season. Register here.
Drivers of Wildfire Suppression Costs
May 20, 2015 | WebinarPresented by: Cassandra Moseley, Director & Autumn Ellison, Research Assistant, Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon
Link to the webinar HERE
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May 19 - Northern California Chaparral Fire Hazard Summit
May 19, 2015 | WorkshopPlease join us to learn about fuel hazard reduction treatments and their relationship to fire hazards, chaparral ecology, birds, small mammals, & plant communities; tour a 10-year old fire/fire-surrogate study; and help build a decision support tool that focuses on these key questions: Should we treat or accept fuel hazard? If treatments occur, What treatment should be used?, and When…