Past Events
Silviculture by Objectives: Options and Outcomes
Feb 5, 2015 | WorkshopThis workshop will define and explore the “silviculture continuum” in western Oregon forests. Speakers from academia and various private and public forest managers will speak on the span of silviculture treatments and approaches they use from short…
Ready, Set, Go! Train-the-Trainer Session
Feb 4, 2015 | WorkshopJoin us Wednesday, February 4 in Salem, Ore. to learn tips on how to promote the wildland fire preparedness message with a free Ready, Set, Go! Train-the-Trainer. This session is designed to guide fire service agencies and supporting organizations through the implementation of the RSG! Program and identify program benefits in becoming a fire-adapted community. The RSG! Program aims to…
The climate has changed, have we? Reflections on 50 years of fire management in Alaska
Feb 3, 2015 | WebinarAFSC fire ecologist Randi Jandt will talk about the evolution of Alaska firefighting practices--field and management--over the past 50 years. We are starting to be aware of the changes in climate and in Alaskan forests: is the wildfire "problem" the same one we faced a half-century ago? Have our management approaches and thinking about wildfire changed…
Woodland Management - A Basic Forestry Shortcourse
Feb 2, 2015 | LectureThis five-session course is ideal for anyone who is just starting out taking care of a woodland property. Topics covered include:
- Getting Started: Assessing your property and your site
- What's Going on in Your Woods? Understanding tree biology and forest ecology
- Taking Care of Your Woods: tree planting, care for an established forest, weed…
Managing Diversity - Society for Range Management
Jan 31 - Feb 6, 2015 | ConferenceJoin the Society for Range Management to celebrate "Managing Diversity" January 31st - February 6, 2015. Featured symposia, workshops, and field tours include:
- Vegetation Management Before and After Drought - Bureau of Land Management & USDA Forest Service
- Wildland and Prescribed Fire in Rangeland Management - Joint Fire Science…
Canadian REDapp Fire Behavior Calculator: A new tool for Alaska & Great Lakes fire management agencies?
Jan 28, 2015 | WebinarREDapp is a universal fire behavior calculator developed with financial support from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC), and in-kind support from fire management agencies across Canada. This application is currently in a beta stage of…
Winter Webinar Series: Fire in Riparian and Aquatic Systems
Jan 26, 2015 | WebinarFire severity and post-fire vegetation recovery in riparian areas of the Biscuit and B&B Complex fires, Oregon
Presenter: Jessica Halofsky, Research Ecologist, University of Washington
No pre-registration necessary! CONNECT here…
Landscape Science Solutions for Resource Managers
Jan 22, 2015 | WebinarWho: Jerry Tagestad, Sr. Research Scientist with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
What: The ability to make informed decisions about landscape condition and fire risk usually isn’t limited by a lack of data; rather, decision-makers often are overwhelmed by too much data, but lack…
The ability of wildfire to act as fuel treatment
Jan 21, 2015 | WebinarThis webinar will highlight results from a study investigating the ability of wildfire to act as a fuel treatment. The study evaluated whether or not wildfires limited the occurrence, size, and severity of subsequent wildfires in four large wilderness complexes in Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico. The study focused on protected areas to minimize anthropogenic factors …
Training Exchanges from the Ground Up
Jan 21, 2015 | WebinarJeremy Bailey and Ben Wheeler discuss the strategy behind TREX and how to create burn units across multiple landownerships in the Great Plains.
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