Intermountain West
Strategies to reduce wildfire smoke in frequently impacted communities in south-western Oregon
Register for this webinar March 21, 2023 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time/1:00 MT/2:00 CT/ 3:00 ET Presenter: Rick Graw, USDA Forest Service Smoke from wildfires is a well-recognized public health and safety issue. While there have been extensive efforts to help communities be “smoke ready”, most people would still prefer not to live with weeks of…
Cross-Boundary Landscape Restoration Workshop
Registration is open (early bird pricing ends March 1, 2023) May 2 at 8:30 a.m. - May 4 at 3:00 p.m. (Mountain time) Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Lodging block rates available at the Hilton. See the event webpage at the link below. Full event webpage and details Event agenda and flyer for download The…
Communicating Forestry Series: ways that work
Register July 11, 2023 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time Online webinar. Zoom link will be sent after registration. 1.5 Category 1 SAF CFE credits approved. This webinar is the first in a Communicating Forestry series by Guild members. Part of putting innovation into practice is knowing what's important to share about our vision, and…
Prescribed Fire for Forest Management: Fire in Northern Pine Systems
Register December 6, 2023 6:30 am Pacific / 7:30 Mountain / 8:30 Central / 9:30 Eastern 1.5 hours Brian Palik and Jed Meunier will be the presenters in this session of the year-long webinar series from the Wisconsin Forestry Center at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Dr. Palik will explore the ecological considerations of prescribed…
Diversity in the Woods – A Conversation with LGBTQIA+ Forest Stewards
Register December 12, 2023 9:00 am – 10:00 am PT/ 10:00 am – 11:00 am MT/ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CT/ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET Zoom Panel Discussion (Zoom meeting information will be sent after you register) Join the Forest Stewards Guild as we meet with Seeing the Forest for the Queers,…
Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series: The Future is Smoky
Register December 14, 2023 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters. 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…
Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series: Phenology of Fire: Listening to the Plants and Animals
Register January 18, 2024 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters. Season of fire. Opening the burn window. Both of these focus on one of the elements that make up a fire regime – frequency, intensity/severity, extent/scale, and seasonality. Decades of spring-and/or autumn-centric fire…
Family forest landowner preferences for managing invasive species
Register January 25, 2024 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time / 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time / 12:00 Noon Central Time / 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Presenter: Dr. Shady Atallah, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Family forest landowners own and manage much of the world's forests, but we know little about their willingness to control biological invasions on their…
Successfully Bridging the Gap: Eastern US Models of Fire Science and Management Collaboration
Register February 15, 2024 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters. Land management programs are frequently confronted with the imperative of incorporating the most advanced scientific knowledge into their decision-making processes along with filling voids in research needed to move along effective management. Nevertheless,…
Lunch and Learn: Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Report
Register Friday, February 23, 2024 12:00 - 1:30 Mountain Time (11:00 PT / 1:00 CT / 2:00 ET) Event flyer/post For decades, the wildland fire crisis has been growing. More severe catastrophic wildfires devastate communities and ecosystems and threaten lives and livelihoods across the country. In response, the federal Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission…