Alan is a Professor of Geography and Ecology at Penn State and Associate of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at The Pennsylvania State University. His research during the last 25 years has focused on the effects and interactions of fire disturbance, climate, and people on forest dynamics at various time scales, and on the influence of understory plants on tree regeneration. Alan presented on "Humans modulate fire regimes, forest characteristics, and fire-climate relationships in California Montane Forests." Watch the video on our YouTube channel.

BehavePlus continues to be one of the most widely used fire behavior modeling systems in the U.S.

Tom Spies, Senior Scientist and Research Forester with the Pacific Northwest Research Station and Emily Jane Davis, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist with the College of Forestry, Oregon State University presented "Scaling up Collaborative Restoration:  What can be learned from participatory landscape simulation modeling?" Watch the video on our YouTube channel.

Josh Clark, meteorologist for the Washington DNR, presented on "An outlook for the 2018 fire season in Oregon and Washington." Watch the video on our YouTube channel.

Susan M. O’Neill, Air Quality Scientist with the USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station, presented "Smoke Tools and Information for Prescribed Fire and Wildfire." Watch the video on our YouTube channel.

Brooke Cassell, research assistant at Portland State University, presented "Fuel Treatment Effectiveness in the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon." Watch the video on our YouTube channel. Want more information? Read the brief here!

The Presenters shared 'Lessons from the Milli Fire.'
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Georgia Fredeluces and Tony Marks-Block both recipients of the Joint Fire Science Program''s Graduate Research Innovation (GRIN) grant presented 'Fire Management of American Indian Basket Weaving Plants in the Pacific Northwest'
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Dr. Michael Case, Research Scientist with the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington presented, A Climate Change Assessment of Vegetation, Fire, and Ecosystem Services for Tribal lands in the Pacific Northwest.
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Jesse Abrams, Research Associate with Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the University of Oregon and Dr. Emily Jane Davis, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist with Oregon State University presented, Rangeland Fire Protection Associations in Oregon and Idaho: Implications for Fire Adaptation and Agency-Community Relationships.
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