What will you learn?

Participants in this central Washington TREX will engage in hands-on training in the ecology of fire-adapted ecosystems, communications and community outreach, prescribed fire monitoring, operational assignments, prescribed fire use, and collaboration among a diverse array of participating individuals and organizations. Applications are due July 28.

Realistic models of fire activity and behavior are necessary for operational fire management, and to understand past and future changes in fire activity. Developing such models, however requires taking into account vegetation cover, land use practices, fire management capacity, extreme weather, and climate variability.

Please join us October 24-25 for our fourth annual Washington Forest Collaboratives Network in Ellensburg, Washington. The summit is an opportunity to network, share success stories, and discuss lessons learned.

Please find attached the Fall 2017 Klamath River Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX) announcement with details about the online application process, training requirements, and much more. We are excited to carry on this grassroots effort to bring good fire back to the Western Klamath Mountains through creating co-ownership of fire on our landscape.

Following the success of the first WTREX last fall, women and men will again explore the growing role of women in fire management, while conducting prescribed fire operations designed to advance their formal qualifications in wildland fire management and enhance their understanding of fire ecology and effects, communications and outreach, prescribed fire policy and planning, and more.

Presentation info: In many California forests, the post-fire regeneration period represents an important opportunity for forest communities to respond to changing environmental conditions, including changes in climate.

Pre-conference events will also take place February 24-27. 
For more information: https://www.iafc.org/wui

The theme of the second annual workshop is “Making a Difference–Building Capacity, Improving Preparedness, and Learning from Experience.” IAWF is presenting the workshop in partnership with WFLC and the Western, Southeast and Northeast Regional Strategy Committees.

Drought creates the potential for invasive plant species to increase in diversity and abundance in a variety of ecosystems, often mediated by the occurrence of disturbances (wildfire, insect outbreaks).  Because the frequency and magnitude of droughts will increase in a warmer climate, scientific information on drought effects is needed to inform management and pl