Past Events

2016 Wildland Urban Interface Summit

The 2016 Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Summit will be held March 31^st through April 2^nd in Silver City, New Mexico at the Besse-Forward Global Resource Center on the Western New Mexico University Campus. This  event is one of New Mexico’s largest meetings to discuss and prepare the state for wildfires, including the impending 2016 wildfire season which…

Region 6 Forest Collaborative Workshop

On March 30-31, Sustainable Northwest will host the Region 6 Forest Collaboratives Workshop in Hood River, Oregon. The event will be the first time all thirty-three forest collaboratives across Oregon and Washington come together to share knowledge and lessons learned, and advance solutions to common challenges.

The workshop includes a series of plenary sessions and tracks that aim to…

Northern California Prescribed Fire Council

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Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/northern-ca-rx-fire-council-spring-meeting-tickets-22176020073

4th Central Oregon Fire Science Symposium

Please join us for this exciting joint meeting where scientists will share their research on the ecological and cultural aspects of fire and landscapes at Central Oregon Fire Science Symposium and the Northwest Science Association. In the joint plenary session presentations will focus on alternative landscape futures, social factors, climate change and fire, and…

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…