Past Events

Growing up: Findings from a JFSP student project on post-fire conifer regeneration trajectories in eastern Oregon

What will you learn?

This presentation will focus on findings from JFSP-supported graduate research on post-fire conifer establishment following recent wildfires in eastern Oregon's Blue Mountains. Given shifting climate and wildfire regimes, managers and researchers seek information on forest resilience and recovery trajectories. Understanding establishment and…

6th Int'l Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference

The conference theme is "Fuels of Today – Fire Behavior of Tomorrow" Understanding Fire Behavior and Fuels for Sound Decision Making and Effective Management

This conference will provide government and nongovernment professionals at all levels a valuable opportunity to share information…

Central Oregon Prescribed Fire Training Exchange

Please see the training application packet (attached). If you are interested in taking part in a two-week, experiential prescribed fire training opportunity, I encourage you to take a look at the information and consider applying.

2019 Spring Cascadia TREX

TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT. APPLY NOW! Applications due March 15.
waprescribedfire.org/trex

The two-week Cascadia TREX program in Central Washington facilitates peer-to-peer experi-ential learning for fire professionals, natural resource managers, and others interested in advancing their understanding of prescribed fire and restoring fire-adapted landscapes.
Participants serve both as…

Science in the Sagebrush Steppe

Mapping Burned Areas from the Landsat Archive: A New Way of Monitoring of Fire Occurrence Across the United States, and a Southern Example for Fire Management Applications

Overview & Applications of the PNW Quantitative Wildfire Risk Assessment

What will you learn?

This webinar will focus on the development and use of the all lands Pacific Northwest Quantitative Wildfire Risk Assessment. The presentation will cover agency policy and direction,  what is risk, what data and procedures were used to conduct the assessment, products, lessons learned, and applications to federal, state, county, and local…

2019 Pacific Northwest Forest Collaborative Workshop

Save the Date! The 2019 Pacific Northwest Forest Collaborative Workshop will be held April 11-12 in Hood River, Oregon. This annual gathering of forest collaboratives in Oregon and Washington include discussion about innovative projects, updates about state and Federal forest policy, and the newest science related to forest management.

For more information, contact…

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-…