Society of American Foresters 2015 National Convention
The 2015 SAF National Convention in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, will highlight contemporary forest resource management issues in the second decade of the 21st century and the trends, influences, and technologies that are facilitating the profession
Aerial Fire Fighting International
The 13th Aerial Firefighting International conference has been officially announced by Tang
International Conference on Forest Fires and WUI Fires
Following the first Forest Fire Conference focused on WUI fires in 2013, the second edition of the conference on fire risk assessment, modeling, mapping, and management in wildland and WUI will take place in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Identifying Resilient Terrestrial Landscapes in the Pacific Northwestvvv
Description: As the climate changes, species are moving and shifting ranges to stay within their preferred temperature and moisture conditions. How can land managers plan for the conservation of biodiversity at a site when those species might not be there in 50-100 years?
Sagebrush Ecosystem Conservation: All Lands, All Hands
Recent unprecedented collaboration among management agencies, scientists, private landowners, industry, and others working to sustain healthy sagebrush ecosystems across all boundaries demonstrates the effectiveness of working together.
Prescribed fire and bats
In this Oak Woodlands consortium webinar, Dr. Joy O'Keefe will discuss the potential indirect and direct effects of prescribed fire on bats, with a focus on threatened and endangered forest-dwelling bats, and including how fire may affect different bat species by season.
Local Ecological Knowledge and Fire Management: What Does the Public Understand?
As fire management agencies seek to implement more flexible fire management strategies, local understanding and support for these strategies become increasingly important. One issue associated with implementing more flexible fire management strategies is educating local populations about fire management and identifying what local populations know or do not know related to fire management.
Does wildfire likelihood or severity increase following insect outbreaks in conifer forests of the Pacific Northwest?
The first of three webinars focusing on insects and fire, Dr. Garrett Meigs, Department of Forestry at the University of Vermont, will present on November 4th - Does wildfire likelihood or severity increase following insect outbreaks in conifer forests of the Pacific Northwest?
Influence of recent bark beetle outbreaks on wildfire
The second of three webinars focusing on insects and fire, Dr. Sarah Hart, Department of Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder, will present on November 13th - Influence of recent bark beetle outbreaks on wildfire