On March 30-31, Sustainable Northwest will host the Region 6 Forest Collaboratives Workshop in Hood River, Oregon. The event will be the first time all thirty-three forest collaboratives across Oregon and Washington come together to share knowledge and lessons learned, and advance solutions to common challenges.
A number of recent studies in the Southwest region have documented abrupt transitions of conifer-dominated forests to shrubfields following high-severity fire. Little is known about the long-term ecosystem dynamics of these stands, including their successional trajectories and interactions with fire.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is recruiting to fill three (3) full time, career seasonal Natural Resource Worker 2 positions located in the Lands Division of the Wildlife Program, in the Omak – Okanogan, Washington area.
Crew Supervisor: The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is hiring a Forest Crew Supervisor to assist its Prescribed Fire Team Leader on fire management statewide.
This seminar is offered by the Department of Homeland Security/FEMA for local fire departments (including VFDs); state fire employees are also eligible if space permits. Travel scholarships are available.
As part of the Southwest conference this year, we plan to host roundtable discussions designed to identify communication issues that occur during wildfires, to understand and appreciate varied perspectives, and to brainstorm scenarios where good communication enables managers to meet resource objectives more readily.
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Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/northern-ca-rx-fire-council-spring-meeting-tickets-22176020073
LANDFIRE has more than 1,000 state-and-transition models and descriptions for ecosystems (called Biophysical Settings or BpS). These models and descriptions are used in research, national vegetation mapping and assessment, and on-the-ground management. A new phase is underway as LANDFIRE deepens and broadens the science and applicability of these models and descriptions.
Rick Miller, Professor Emeritus of Range and Fire Ecology, Jeremy Maestas, Sagebrush Ecosystem Specialist (NRCS), and local hosts Lars Santana and Aaron Roth (NRCS), will discuss tools to rapidly assess resilience to disturbance (ability of a treatment area to recover), resistance to invasive annu
The presenters will discuss key messages from the recently published drought assessment. Topics to be covered include a state-of-the-science review of direct and indirect impacts of drought on forests and rangelands, as well as a discussion of management options for increasing resilience to future drought.