Past Events

Western LCCs and Southwest Climate Science Center Joint Meeting

The State of California, LCCs for the Great Basin, California, Desert and North Pacific, and the Southwest Climate Science Center are hosting a joint gathering to foster state-wide collaboration on landscape-scale conservation. The aim is to understand how our work (individually and collectively) contributes to a broader conservation vision for the region. The purpose of this inaugural meeting…

Expanding the role of prescribed fire on CLFR landscapes

The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which established the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration (CFLR) Program, asks that CFLR projects “Facilitate the reduction of wildfire management costs and risks, including through reestablishing natural fire regimes.”

Across the county, CLFR project participants are thinking about this charge and working to expand the role of…

Wildland Fire Canada 2016

The 2016 Wildland Fire conference will take place this year in Kelowna, BC from October 24th-28th. This year's theme is "Building Resilience." Call for abstracts is now open and topics will focus on anticipating change; designing resilient fire management systems; defining and managing resilient landscapes; and planning smarter, safer, resilient communities. The deadline to submit abstracts is…

Good fences, good neighbors? Coordination across property boundaries among private landowners

Coordinating land management across property boundaries is important in mixed-ownership forest landscapes because many forest health problems such as wildfire and invasive plants occur on scales larger than individual parcels. Despite the ecological importance of coordinated management, it is rare among private landowners. One possible explanation is that the social risks associated with…

Natural Areas Association Conference

Join us in California for the 2016 Natural Areas Conference, Climate Change Adaptation and Natural Areas Management: Turning Words to Action. We will explore strategies and tactics that resource and natural areas managers can employ to prepare for and respond to climate change. The campus of the University of California, Davis will be the setting for this event, which will explore…

Women in Fire: Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WTREX)

Key things to know about WTREX:

-This year, WTREX will represent a one-time refocusing of the Nor Cal TREX (working in the same locations with Nor Cal TREX burn hosts); new WTREX locations are anticipated for future years.
-WTREX is an intensive 12-day training exchange that combines practical live-fire training with indoor learning and discussion to advance participants’…

Community risk reduction success stories

The Firewise virtual workshop series provides conference quality, free learning opportunities for wildfire stakeholders, by connecting them with leading researchers and practitioners in a live interactive format. Each session is an hour-long and features a wildfire related topic that closes with questions received directly from participants.

Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment Webinar

This webinar will review the objectives and progress of the multi-agency Fire and Smoke Modeling Experiment (FASMEE) project. The primary objective of FASMEE is to gather observational data needed to evaluate and advance fire and smoke modeling systems. The project has two phases.  Phase 1 is ongoing and the main deliverable will be a comprehensive study plan that will include sampling…

Partnership Opportunities with Indian Forestry: A Tribal Perspective

The Society of American Foresters (SAF) and the Intertribal Timber Council (ITC) invite you to attend our first conference to learn about tribal forestry visions and practices, and explore ways in which you and your organization can create, maintain, and improve partnerships. Together, these two organizations are committed to preserving and sustaining our working forestlands. Forested lands…

Responding to drought and water challenges

Please join the Office of Sustainability and Climate Change for a 2-hour introduction to upcoming opportunities related to drought and water challenges.  We will engage Forest Service employees and partners in planning for and adapting to the impacts of drought and other water challenges in the face of a changing climate.

For additional information about the webinar and details…