Past Events

Southwest Fire Season: 2015 Overview & 2016 Outlook

Please join us for a webinar to review last year’s fires and look ahead toward conditions for this year. Dr. Zander Evans will present an overview of the 12 largest fires in the Southwest during 2015. He will share summaries of forest types and burn severities for each of the 12 fires. In addition, Brent Wachter, Fire Weather Meteorologist with NOAA, will discuss the fire season outlook for…

International Conference on Forest Fires and WUI Fires

California Betweeen Two Fires

Beginning in the 1960s the U.S. experienced a revolution in fire policy, science, and practice.  The contours of that reformation on a national scale are becoming sharper with time.  But America is also a confederation of regions, of which three - Florida, California, and the Northern Rockies - are most relevant.  The national narrative is the subject of my recent book, Between…

Ashland Forest Restoration Training Exchange (TREX)

The Ashland Forest Resiliency (AFR) team will be hosting a Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX) May 9-21, 2016.  The intent of this training is to provide opportunities for local and regional firefighters, scientists and managers to work and train together, build their experience in prescribed fire practices, fire effects, and other conservation efforts affecting…

Wildfire Community Preparedness Day

Join individuals and groups of all ages on May 7, and participate in national Wildfire Community Prepardness Day activities that will make your community safer from the impacts of future and past wildfires.

Assessing Wildfire Hazards in the Home Ignition Zone

This seminar is offered by the Department of Homeland Security/FEMA for local fire departments (including VFDs); state fire employees are also eligible if space permits. Travel scholarships are available.

BpS Review in the Northern Rockies: What is it? How does it work? Why does it matter?

LANDFIRE has more than 1,000 state-and-transition models and descriptions for ecosystems (called Biophysical Settings or BpS). These models and descriptions are used in research, national vegetation mapping and assessment, and on-the-ground management. A new phase is underway as LANDFIRE deepens and broadens the science and applicability of these models and descriptions.

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Finding the Best Science Available on Fire Ecology and Fire Regimes in Great Basin, California, and Pacific Ecosystems

This webinar will discuss two new fire regime publications—Fire Regime Reports and Fire Regime Syntheses—that are now available and spatially searchable in the recently updated user interface for the Fire Effects Information System (FEIS, …

Using native plants in fuel breaks

Fuel breaks are common treatments on rangelands where the spread of invasive annuals and subsequent wildfire are a threat to sagebrush ecosystems. Fuel breaks are often seeded with non-native plants such as crested wheatgrass or forage kochia. However, there are alternatives using native grasses and forbs which have been shown to be effective. Mark Williams, BLM, Winnemucca, NV, will discuss…

Collaborative Restoration Workshop: Working Toward Resilient Landscapes and Communities

The 2016 Collaborative Restoration Workshop will be a forum for sharing innovative approaches to collaborative restoration, tools, and lessons about planning, implementing, and monitoring restoration efforts on and around National Forest System lands. Through a series of plenary sessions and five breakout tracks, participants will engage deeply in discussing the successes, challenges…