Webinar
Using the Wildfire Risk to Communities Website (webinar)
Register for the webinar May 21, 2020 11:00 a.m. PT, Noon MT, 1:00 p.m. CT, 2:00 ET Presenters: Greg Dillon, Frank Fay, Jim Menakis, Kelly Pohl, Joe Scott See a demonstration of the new Wildfire Risk to Communities website, including use of the interactive maps, charts, and resources available for every community, county, and state in the…
Ecological Forestry in Mountain Coves of the Appalachian Region – webinar
Recording of the webinar is here May 26, 2020 2: 00 -3:00 pm ET This webinar qualifies for .5 SAF Category 1 CFE credit. This webinar precedes a field workshop scheduled for August on the same topic. Register for one or both of these events! Welcome foresters, land managers, natural resource professionals, and private forest…
Southeast region Guild member call
The next Southeast Region Call is not yet scheduled. Until then, notes from the previous 2020 calls are available: February's call notes May's call notes This call is for members of the Forest Stewards Guild in states of the southeast region. If you are interested or engaged in projects in the Southeast and not yet…
LANDFIRE Remap in the North Central United States (webinar)
Connect to this webinar May 27, 2020. 8:00 a.m. PT, 9:00 MT, 10:00 CT, 11:00 ET Presenters: Randy Swaty, Ecologist, & Jim Smith, Ph.D., TNC LF Program Lead This webinar, presented by TNC-LF's Randy Swaty, ecologist, and Jim Smith, LF program lead, will inform participants about the new LF Remap products, what has changed from…
Woodland Owner Lunch and Learn – Managing Your Woodlands with Prescribed Fire
May 28, 2020. 10:00 a.m. PT, 11:00 a.m. MT, Noon, CT, 1:00 pm ET Sponsored by: North Carolina State Extension Forestry Full event website Approximately 30 minutes before this webinar's start time, the 'Join' button will be activated on the event webpage. Once the 'Join' button is available, you may click the 'Join' button and…
Data, Science, and Methods behind the Wildfire Risk to Communities Website (webinar)
Register for this webinar May 28, 2020. 11:00 a.m. PT, Noon MT, 1:00 p.m. CT, 2:00 ET Presenters: Greg Dillon, Frank Fay, Jim Menakis, Kelly Pohl, Joe Scott Learn about the science and data used to calculate and map wildfire risk nationwide in the new Wildfire Risk to Communities website. Hear from the project’s technical…
Webinar: Wood Utilization, Land Use and Global Outlook
Register today! June 3, 2020 Noon PT, 1:00 p.m. MT, 2:00 CT, 3:00 ET Join the last webinar in this spring's Forest Climate Working Group Learning Exchange Series! New wood products like mass timber offer the potential to dramatically reduce the emissions associated with core industrial activity while storing carbon in end-products. Under the right…
Burning in Hardwoods (webinar)
Register today. June 10 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET This free, two-hour webinar is hosted by the North Carolina Prescribed Fire Council, the Southern Fire Exchange, NC State University, and the University of Florida. Society of American Foresters CFE Credit is expected. There is increasing interest in using prescribed fire to restore and maintain…
Considerations for evaluating effects of wildfire to Northern spotted owls (NSO) and NSO habitat
Register today! June 16, 2020 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET Full event flyer for download Fire is a natural ecosystem process and forest dependent wildlife evolved with, and are well adapted to fire. Spotted owl responses to fire continue to be the topic of significant research, investigating changes in occupancy, foraging behavior, colonization and site…
LANDFIRE Remap in the Southeastern United States (webinar)
Register for this webinar June 17, 2020. 10:00 a.m. PT, 11:00 MT, Noon CT, 1:00 p.m. ET Presenter: Jim Smith, Ph.D., TNC LF Program Lead LANDFIRE Remap is a multi-year effort to improve the usability of the product suite by recreating base LANDFIRE products using new plot information, new imagery and production techniques. Presenter Jim…