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May 21 2024
Presenters:
Lars Pomara, Ph.D., Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service
Nick Gould, Ph.D., ORISE Postdoctoral Scholar, USDA Forest Service
Sandhya Nepal, Ph.D., ORISE Postdoctoral Scholar, USDA Forest Service
The Southern Region Fire Adaptation…
May 16 2024
In a nutshell: This panel discussion reflects on fire management decisions made – and opportunities missed – during the San Juan National Forest’s 2023 fire season, and how those decisions represent an organizational evolution toward more nuanced and…
May 2 2024
Speaker: Trevor Roper
The increasing abundance and range of tick populations and tick-borne pathogens pose a growing public health threat. This highlights the need for sustainable land management techniques near human settlements to control tick…
Feb 20 2024
In a nutshell: Following a severe wildfire, recovery efforts can benefit from using "Engineering With Nature" principles to utilize existing materials on the landscape for slope stabilization, erosion control, and stream restoration. Learn about the…
Jan 30 - Feb 1 2024
Day One - New Mexico Tribal Rx Fire Planning Workshop: The purpose of the workshop is to equip tribal or tribal-affiliated natural resource managers and practitioners with an understanding of the burn planning process to work towards good and thorough…
Dec 19 2023
Abstract: Central Arkansas Water’s (CAW) Watershed Protection Program (Program) has received international recognition as a leader of innovative approaches to managing natural resources for the purpose of drinking water protection. The Program’s goals…
Nov 29 2023
Collaboratives fill the unique space of connecting partners across federal, state, tribal, and private jurisdictions. Yet, we don’t often hear much about the USFS State, Private, and Tribal Forestry branch. In this session, we’ll meet Matt Tuten (…
Nov 17 2023
Presenter: Savannah M D’Evelyn, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Washington
Increasing wildfire size and severity across the western United States has created an environmental and social crisis that must be approached from a transdisciplinary…
Nov 9 2023
Land manager-focused session, hosted by the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Join us for a live virtual session focused on prioritizing landscape treatments. Our presenters will share an overall framework, analysis considerations plus…
Oct 11 2023
In a nutshell: Can prescribed fire reduce future smoke impacts? Research on how targeted prescribed burn treatments in heavily forested Western states may have an outsized impact on improving air quality for the entire western U.S. by reducing the…