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Protecting Denver’s Water Supply

Presenter: Dr. Kelly Jones, Associate Professor of Ecological Economics with Colorado State University, Human Dimensions of Natural ResourcesDate: June 22, 2022 11am AZ/12pm MDT Collaboratively-funded fuel treatments are becoming more common in the western U.S. to proactively address wildfire impacts. Water utilities often play an important role in these collaborations and are motivated by the …

March 29-30, 2017: Arizona WUI & Firewise Summit- Flagstaff, AZ

Date: March 29-30, 2017 Location: Doubletree by Hilton Flagstaff This 2-day summit will equip the homeowner as well as fire departments and wildland firefighters with information and actions they can take to reduce loss and increase safety in their community. Topics include fire ecology, hazard fuel reduction grants, insurance issues, risk assessments, Fire Adapted Communities, Ready, Set, …

September 19, 2012: Social Network Analysis

Presenter: Vita Wright (Northern Rockies Fire Science Network) Recent science communication studies of the federal fire management community suggest managers access research via informal information networks, and that these networks vary by both agency and position. We used a phone survey to understand the informal science communication networks of fire professionals in two of the …

BALN Workshop Notes

BALN Workshop Notes Notes: Planning for the next big one: managing the post-fire environment in a time of change; April 16-17, 2015 Notes and questions on each presentation from the Burned Area Learning Network workshop.

May 9, 2018: BehavePlus updates and changes

Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 12pm MDT (11am AZ) Presenters: Faith Ann Heinsch, S&K Global Solutions, RMRS Missoula Fire Lab In the webinar, Faith Ann… briefly described major changes from version 5 to version 6 showed sample Runs demonstrating these changes provided suggestions for calculating surface fire behavior using BehavePlus v6 described how changes in BehavePlus affect …