OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Washington State University Extension will host a forest health training workshop for natural resource professionals on April 8 in Glenwood.

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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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.

Discussion topics will include:

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?  

This webinar will help to underscore the tight interconnections between birds and fire and will focus on four key factors that fire practitioners vary when conducting burns: frequency, season, extent, and ignition pattern.

Byron Love, Ph.D. student, USDA ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit and Utah State University, Logan, UT, will discuss increasing integration of pollinator-friendly forbs.

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Presented by: John Saltenberger, Meteorologist
Predictive Services Program
Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, Portland OR

No pre-registration

Link to the webinar

Members of the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon and Washington forest collaborative groups will be gathering in Hood River, Oregon for the third annual workshop of the Region 6 Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) network. Participants will discuss the successes and challenges of the past five years of CFLRP and plan for the next five years.