Webinar

Bruce Roundy, Plant Ecologist at Brigham Young University, will discuss vegetation restoration in response to piñon and juniper control treatments.

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Have you ever wanted to do more with smoke but figured learning the tools would take too long or the programs would be too difficult to run?  

Jeff Ott, Research Geneticist at the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID, will discuss methods for large-scale restoration following fire in the Great Basin and will include discussion of aerial seeding and broadcast seeding using minimum-till drills as well as conventional drill seeding.

Discussion topics will include:

Fire and climate history of the western San Juan Mountains, Colorado: Integration of tree-ring and alluvial-sediment methods

Increased wildfire has been observed with the displacement of native cottonwood-willow (Salix and Populus spp.) gallery forests by invasive, non-native tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) in desert riparian zones of North America. Greater post-fire recovery of Tamarix relative to native species suggests a Tamarix fire trajectory where repeated fire excludes native riparian species.

Join us for the second in our WUI Webinar series "Landscaping and home design for fire defense." We'll be hearing from Yana Valachovic, UC Cooperative Extension.

Jayne Belnap, Research Scientist with the USGS in Moab, UT, will discuss restoration of biological soil crusts in the Great Basin.

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Wildland Fire Chemicals can be extremely effective firefighting tools which may increase the efficiency, effectiveness and safety of firefighting operations on the ground. Fire management agencies use several types of wildland fire fighting chemicals. The specific requirements, uses, and tactics for each type depend on the characteristics of the type of product.

Who: Kent McAdoo, Rangeland Resources Specialist, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

What: We will discuss strategies for increasing native plant diversity in crested wheatgrass seedings.