Our mission in the fire and emergency services is "To Protect Lives and Property." However, our current fire service culture places more emphasis on what happens once 9-1-1 is activated and we are dispatched.
Please join the Office of Sustainability and Climate Change for a 2-hour introduction to upcoming opportunities related to drought and water challenges. We will engage Forest Service employees and partners in planning for and adapting to the impacts of drought and other water challenges in the face of a changing climate.
Join us in California for the 2016 Natural Areas Conference, Climate Change Adaptation and Natural Areas Management: Turning Words to Action. We will explore strategies and tactics that resource and natural areas managers can employ to prepare for and respond to climate change.
LANDFIRE launched the current BpS Review project to ask for expert assistance in bringing the models and descriptions up-to-date.
This webinar will include recent science findings and a case study. Dr. Molly Hunter will present results from an assessment of outcomes from research projects funded by the Joint Fire Science Program to determine whether or not science has been used to inform management and policy decisions. Surveys and interviews explored factors that facilitate use of fire science.
Presenter
Jim Brenner, Florida Forest Service
Matt Jolly, PhD, USDA Forest Service Missoula Fire Science Lab
Webinar Summary
Presenters
Justice Jones, Wildfire Mitigation Division Program Manager, Austin Fire Department, Austin, Texas
Mike Wharton, Operations Administrator, Athens-Clarke County Department of Leisure Services, Athens, Georgia
Webinar Presentation Abstract
The Forest Restoration Implementation Efficiencies Workshop is a multi-day workshop to facilitate peer-to-peer learning among land managers, forest restoration industry and contractors, and collaborative stakeholders.