Winter Isn’t Coming. Prepare for the Pyrocene
What is the webinar about?
Humanity’s fire practices are creating the fire equivalent of an ice age. Our shift from burning living landscapes to burning lithic ones is affecting all aspects of Earth.
2020 Oregon Fire Prevention Workshop
The workshop will provide structural and wildland fire prevention educational sessions, networking opportunities, and more. The sessions include:
New findings on policy barriers and opportunities: Strategies for increasing prescribed fire application on federal lands from case studies in the US West
What is the webinar about?
Oregon Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX)
Please see attachment for information on both the Central Oregon TREX and the Ashland, OR TREX.
Effects of scale on remote sensing assessments of burn severity in a ponderosa pine forest
Lunch and Learn: Boundary-Spanning for Collective Action: Managing Wildfire Risk in the West
Many land managers in the US West increasingly are trying to expand the pace and scale of wildfire risk reduction by working across larger landscapes and ownership boundaries. What does it take to truly coordinate this work at scale among organizations with different missions and mandates?
Fire Ecology Across Boundaries: Connecting Science and Management
The Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) and Pau Costa Foundation (PCF) are partnering with Regione Toscana and University of Florence to host a conference in Europe for diverse stakeholders involved in wildfire management. This collaboration will provide a forum for anyone interested in wildland fire issues to learn from one another, share information, and create new relationships.
POSTPONED - 5th Central Oregon Fire Science Symposium
In light of the recent recommendations and direction by both Governor Brown (OR) and Governor Inslee (WA), as well as travel restrictions set by our agency partners, we have decided to postpone the Central Oregon Fire Science Symposium until later in 2020 or even early 2021. We want to be mindful of the health and safety of all symposium participants.
Oregon Prescribed Fire Council Meeting (now by ZOOM)
Update:
Due to the uncertainties about the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus and growing number of institutions with travel restrictions, we have decided to cancel the in-person meeting of the Oregon Prescribed Fire Council meeting next week. We will be refunding all registrations.
4th Annual National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop
Hard Truths, Fantastic Failures and Magnificent Successes of Cross-Boundary, Landscape Level and Community-Wide Implementation