Date: April 29, 2020 11am AZ/12pm MDT
Presenters: Michael Lynch and Zander Evans, Forest Stewards Guild and Rich Naden, Fire Weather Meteorologist, Southwest Coordination Center
The purpose of this webinar is to review 2019 fires and look ahead toward conditions for 2020. Dr. Zander Evans will present an overview of the largest fires in the Southwest during 2019. He will share summaries of forest types and burn severities for each of the fires. In addition, Rich Naden, Fire Weather Meteorologist with the Southwest Coordination Center, will discuss the fire season outlook for 2020 in the Southwest, and Terrance Gallegos and Brent Davidson of the US Forest Service will discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on the upcoming fire season. Click here to watch a recording of this webinar!