Past Events

Using the WiRē approach to better understand WUI residents’ relationships with wildfire: variation within and across communities

The WiRē (Wildfire Research) Team has worked with many communities to help them better understand their residents' relationships with wildfire risk. Here, we will describe unique aspects of the WiRē approach, and present results from our recent paper investigating the variation in survey and rapid assessment results within and across different communities in…

POSTPONED - Wildfires and Inland Mountain Forests: Is Nonforest Vital to Forest Resilience?

This webinar has been postponed until fall 2019.

What will you learn?

This presentation introduces a new line of research in our laboratory; one examining the role that nonforest plays in the wildfire resilience of inland montane forests. In past work, we were consistently surprised by the amount of nonforest (grasslands-shrublands-…

After the Flames

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Northwest Scientific Association

Northwest Scientific Association 90^thAnnual Meeting

“Continuing the scientific legacy of the Corps of Discovery:A confluence of the Northwest’s past, present, and future”

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Wildland Urban Interface

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Engaging fires before they start: Spatial fire planning for the 21st Century

Smoke Exposure Health Effects and Mitigations for Wildland Fire Personnel: Current Research and Recommendations

Wildland firefighters are exposed to wood smoke, which contains hazardous air pollutants, during wildland fire management assignments across the U.S. each year. In this webinar, Kathleen Navarro, PhD, will present on a recent Joint Fire Science Program study estimating the lifetime risk of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease from exposure to particulate matter (PM) from smoke. This analysis…

Expect the Unexpected: Fire Management Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing Climate

What will you learn?

With increasing fire season duration and complexities in the fire management environment come opportunities to scale up the application of prescribed fire. In this webinar, we will explore the challenges climate change poses for fire managers, as well as the opportunities present in more numerous and longer prescribed burn windows with the…

Let's fix the fire problem: Here's a solution

The Pacific Northwest Drought Early Warning System (PNW DEWS) February 2019 Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar