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This 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.

This workshop will equip Cooperative Extension professionals and other community leaders with the tools needed to successfully face the challenges of living in wildfire-prone environments.  National-level scientists and experts will help attendees think through all aspects and stages of fire – before, during, and after – in both urban and rural landscapes.  Extension personnel will be

Share your people-centred ideas, field experiences, cutting-edge research, development projects, practical applications and theoretical models at the world’s largest and most important gathering of the forest sector.

Conference Theme: Fire of the Past, Fire in Future

The conference will address:

• Global natural and cultural fire heritage

• Protecting the global natural and cultural heritage from fire

• Towards a cohesive global fire management strategy

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Jeremy 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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Join the Society for Range Management to celebrate "Managing Diversity" January 31st - February 6, 2015. Featured symposia, workshops, and field tours include:

At the WUI conference you'll learn about the latest programs at work in the wildland community. It's also the perfect place to learn about new resources and how they can benefit you and your community. Tap into the knowledge being shared and get involved when you attend WUI.

Join us for a day and a half of presentations and discussions that address what we know about the positive and negative effects of prescribed fire, and what we can do to further ecosystem restoration and species recovery and maintenance.

The first Network of Fire Science Champions call of 2015 is scheduled for January 8th from 1-2:30 pm.