The second of three webinars focusing on insects and fire, Dr. Sarah Hart, Department of Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder, will present on November 13th - Influence of recent bark beetle outbreaks on wildfire
The first of three webinars focusing on insects and fire, Dr. Garrett Meigs, Department of Forestry at the University of Vermont, will present on November 4th - Does wildfire likelihood or severity increase following insect outbreaks in conifer forests of the Pacific Northwest?
Description: The opportunistic encroachment of native pinyon and juniper trees into areas formerly dominated by sagebrush has reduced the presence of shrubs and grasses, impacting critical habitat and forage availability. Pinyon and juniper currently occupy 19 million hectares in the Intermountain West.
The southwest Jemez Mountains in central New Mexico have been utilized continuously for the past 2,000 years, and by circa 1300 CE a network of large village sites and fieldhouses created a significant human footprint on this fire-prone landscape.
Zander Evans will share findings from a new report on the Effectiveness of Wildfire Mitigation Activities in the Wildland-Urban Interface.
Please join us for this upcoming peer learning session, designed to share and discuss approaches to critical activities that often take place after a fire, including:
In 2011 BLM funded a five year Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) pilot project within the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPRA).
The Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative is hosting a webinar with Vita Wright, Science Application Specialist at the Rocky Mountain Research Station and Principal Investigator for the Joint Fire Science Program’s Northern Rockies Fire Science Network.
On forested lands throughout the Southwest, Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) are a driver of management activities, as the current Recovery Plan (USFWS 2012) dictates forest treatment guidelines in designated owl habitat.
Presenters: Matthew Fearon, Desert Research Institute and Robyn Heffernan, National Weather Service