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Feb 8 2024
Many firefighters have been injured or killed due to rapid changes in weather causing unexpected fire behavior. Examples include the thunderstorm outflow that killed 19 on the Yarnell Hill Fire, the cold front passage that killed 14 on the South Canyon…
Feb 8 2024
Land management-focused panel discussion hosted by the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Join us for a live virtual panel session with social scientists and communicators in a conversation about public perceptions and social…
Feb 7 2024
More than $3 million is available for Eastern Washington forest landowners to promote forest health, reduce impacts of wildfire.
The Southeast Region of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering two free workshops for…
Feb 5 2024
Smoke management and smoke hazards are one of the most important things to plan for and manage when doing a prescribed burn, or to consider during any wildfire suppression. This is an active participation "hands-on" workshop where we will work through…
Feb 1 - 6 2024
Agency Administrators and Line Officers are being tasked to aggressively implement fuels management programs. This consists of gaining additional skills to effectively manage evolving fuels management plans that may need to meet a variety of objectives.…
Jan 31 2024
SCIENCEx Genetics week will illuminate how Forest Service genetics research aids land managers as they protect threatened species, detect invasive species, revegetate landscapes marred by fire and climate change, counter crime—and more. The Forest…
Jan 24 2024
More than $3 million is available for Eastern Washington forest landowners to promote forest health, reduce impacts of wildfire.
The Southeast Region of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering two free workshops for…
Jan 22 2024
Presenter: Sarah McCaffrey
Sarah McCaffrey, PhD, retired in 2022 after 20 years as a fire social scientist with the US Forest Service where her research focused on understanding the social dynamics of fire management. This included research projects that…
Dec 14 2023
With increasing wildfire activity due to changes in climate, smoke will likely become more prevalent and continue to have an effect on society. Earlier this year, smoke from Canada wildfires lowered air quality in the eastern U.S. to its worst levels in…
Dec 8 2023
Presenter: Chris Stockdale
Join Chris to learn basic concepts of burn probability modelling, see a demonstration of the BurnP3+ software using a case study landscape, learn the differences between BurnP3+ and the original version, and learn the…