Past Events

Restoring fire-prone Inland Pacific landscapes: Seven core principles / Applying principles of landscape restoration within the eastern Cascades

Please join Ryan Haugo, Senior Forest Ecologist with The Nature Conservancy & Paul Hessburg, Research Landscape Ecologist with the USDA Forest Service for a joint webinar on Restoring fire-prone Inland Pacific landscapes: Seven core principles / Applying principles of landscape restoration within the eastern Cascades.

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Job Opportunity - Forest Crew Supervisor

Crew Supervisor: The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is hiring a Forest Crew Supervisor to assist its Prescribed Fire Team Leader on fire management statewide. Details are on the state careers website (job number 2016-02232W); applications are due by March 13…

Wildland Urban Interface 2016

The IAFC's Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) conference is a offers hands-on training and interactive sessions designed to address the challenges of wildland fire. If you are one of the many people responsible for protecting local forests or educating landowners and your community about the importance of land management—then this is the conference for you.…

Fire & fuels ecology and management in riparian areas of the Klamath-Siskiyous: A workshop and field trip for land managers

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This 1.5 day workshop will explore key questions surrounding riparian area management in a fire-prone environment.

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Starker Lecture Series - Exposure of Buildings to Wildfire: Vulnerabilities and Mitigation Strategies

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Burning Questions: Forest, Fires & People

Over the past several years, there has been an increase in the number and severity of wildfires in Oregon.  This trend is expected to continue as the Pacific Northwest become increasingly vulnerable to the effects of a changing climate including, decreased snowpack, higher temperatures and drought, and declining…

Job Opportunity - Natural Resource Worker 2 (Prescribed Fire)

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is recruiting to fill three (3) full time, career seasonal Natural Resource Worker 2 positions located in the Lands Division of the Wildlife Program, in the Omak – Okanogan, Washington area. However, initially the duty station may be the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area near Loomis, WA until facilities are available in the Omak-Okanogan area.  The…

Citizen Fire Academy

The Citizen Fire Academy (CFA) volunteer education program represents a joint effort of many statewide and local agencies. The goals of this program are to develop your skills and knowledge so that you may help reduce the risk of catastrophic effects of wildfire for your home,
your neighborhood, and your community. The program runs from February 25th - May 19th, 2016. See attached flyer for…

Sagebrush Ecosystem Conservation: All Lands, All Hands

Recent unprecedented collaboration among management agencies, scientists, private landowners, industry, and others working to sustain healthy sagebrush ecosystems across all boundaries demonstrates the effectiveness of working together.

The purpose of this conference is to continue sharing the latest information and to plan for the conservation, restoration, and maintenance of resilient…

Finding the Best Available Science on Fire Effects and Fire Regimes in Northwestern and Northern Rockies Ecosystems

Join us Feb 22 for demonstrations of new search functions and fire regime products in the Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) that help inform fire management planning and decision-making in the Northwestern US and Northern Rocky Mountain region. 

Recently, FEIS staff added Fire Regime Reports and Fire Regime Syntheses to their list of fire science products. Fire Regime Reports…

Post-fire associations of butterfly behavior, occupancy, and abundance with environmental variables and nectar sources in the Sierra Nevada, California

Fire can change the quality of habitat for many taxonomic groups, including butterflies. The abundance of nectar-producing plants, and the volume and concentration of the nectar in those plants, peaks in the initial years following a fire. Laboratory and controlled experiments have demonstrated that butterflies may have preferences for different sugars in those nectar sources, especially…