Past Events

87th Northwest Scientific Association Conference

Living on the Edge of Change: Exploring the Dimensions of Restoring Fire Resilient Landscapes, Culture, & Economies on the Cascade Range's Eastside.

In cooperation with: Oregon State University, Central Oregon Community College, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Central Oregon Fire…

Aerial Fire Fighting International

National Forestry and Wildland Fire Management Conference

This conference is intended to provide information on the management of the forestry and wildland fire program, with emphasis on both internal and external partnerships which address the maintenance of healthy and productive forests. Additionally, we will work to explore opportunities and strategies focused on the creation of an educated, sustainable workforce.

The target audience for…

Persistance & fire regimes of oak shrubfields suggest increasing dominance with climate change

A number of recent studies in the Southwest region have documented abrupt transitions of conifer-dominated forests to shrubfields following high-severity fire. Little is known about the long-term ecosystem dynamics of these stands, including their successional trajectories and interactions with fire. I will present dendroecological analyses of five of the largest Gamble oak-dominated…

5th Annual Washington Prescribed Fire Conference

The 5th Annual WPFC Conference will be held this coming March 16-17th at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino near Spokane, WA. We will be joining with the Annual EPA Sponsored Smoke Management Meeting (March 14-16). Join us on the 16th for shared presentations and workshops.

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9th Annual EPA Sponsored Smoke Management Meeting

As we have done in past meetings, we will bring together burners both public and private, air quality regulators, researchers and others to discuss smoke management and air quality protection in the Pacific Northwest. The devastating wildfire season our Region saw in 2015, the New Ozone Standard, and the new Exceptional Event Policy should make this year’s meeting an interesting one. The…

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…

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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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.…