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May 16 2024
Presenter: Maxwell Cook, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
Across the western United States, wildfires are posing increasing costs to ecosystems and society. These trends present persistent challenges for managing…
Apr 30 2024
Abstract: Wildfires are becoming an increasing issue, raising concern about direct infrastructure and property damage as well as indirect effects related to their emissions. In this context, a fundamental understanding of the burning processes of…
Apr 25 2024
Speaker: Matthew Wozniak
Bio: Matt is a PhD student in the department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University. Prior to this he obtained a master’s degree in computational biology from Rutgers University. His interests are in…
Apr 24 2024
Join us for an upcoming land manager-focused panel webinar virtual session about selective science use, impacts to land management, and methods for reducing misinformation in collaborative forest management. Hear from subject-matter experts who have…
Apr 23 2024
Controlling fire was the first major technological advance made by early humans. These days, fire is still used as a management tool, but (usually!) under more prescribed conditions than in the Paleolithic. Prescribed fire is carried out in many…
Apr 16 2024
Abstract: As fire disasters in California increase in severity and frequency, the costs accumulate for federal, state, and local governments, insurers, residents, and communities. While the costs of wildfires are difficult to quantify, the 2018 Carr fire…
Apr 11 2024
Speaker: Kathleen Stutzman
Bio: Kathleen is a graduate research assistant in the Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in forestry from the University of…
Apr 2 2024
Abstract: Prescribed fire has undergone major transformation in California over the last decade or two, evolving from a mostly agency-led practice with limited visibility to a statewide grassroots movement, engaging and being led by a diversity of…
Apr 2 2024
Wildfires are becoming bigger and more severe around the world, overwhelming firefighters’ capacity to control them. Prescribed fires can be used to safely introduce fire in the landscape and regulate fire regimes through fuel management and by…
Mar 26 2024
This webinar explores the role of wildland fire in whitebark pine ecosystems and the possibility of using fire to restore declining forests. Fire regimes are first discussed, both in the past and what is projected for the future. Then the characteristics…