Call for Collaboration: Biophysical Settings Review
You are invited to collaborate with LANDFIRE as we update and improve a key LANDFIRE product, Biophysical Settings (BpS) Models and Descriptions. Starting November 2015, we begin the first formal, complete review of all models since they were developed and delivered nearly a decade ago.
Job Opportunity - Natural Resource Specialist
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is recruiting a natural resource specialist to provide fire management and consultative services on wildlife areas statewide (including habitat restoration and maintenance using prescribed fire) and to help develop, implement and lead a prescribed burn program for fire-dependent dry forest ecosyste
Effectiveness of Wildfire Mitigation in the WUI
Zander Evans will share findings from a new report on the Effectiveness of Wildfire Mitigation Activities in the Wildland-Urban Interface.
Smoke from a Distant Fire: Human-Wildfire Interactions in Prehistoric Forests of the Southwestern US
The southwest Jemez Mountains in central New Mexico have been utilized continuously for the past 2,000 years, and by circa 1300 CE a network of large village sites and fieldhouses created a significant human footprint on this fire-prone landscape.
Behave Plus 5.0.5 Training Online
This training, offered by the Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Fire Science Consortium and taught by Ray Guse (Smoked Goose Consulting), will be held as a series of interactive webinars; a fourth session will be added if needed.
Sessions will start at noon Pacific / 1:00 Mountain / 2:00 Central / 3:00 Eastern.
Priority topics in our region?
The NW Fire Science Consortium needs YOUR input. Please take our very short survey (4 questions!) to help us identify topics to include in our programming.
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5th Annual Washington Prescribed Fire Conference
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The 5th Annual WPFC Conference will be held this coming March 16-17th at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino near Spokane, WA. We will be joining with the Annual EPA Sponsored Smoke Management Meeting (March 14-16). Join us on the 16th for shared presentations and workshops.