2017 TWS Conference Symposium- Wildfire and spotted owls: It’s a burning issue (co-host)

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Symposium September 25th: “Wildfire and spotted owls: It’s a burning issue” Study results suggest that wildfires in the western U.S. have increased in size and severity over the past several decades. This increase has raised concern over the effects of fire, particularly high-severity fire, on threatened and endangered species, including the spotted owl (Strix occidentalis). These …

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May 17, 2017: Getting ahead of the wildfire problem: Linking operational fire response to landscape planning objectives

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Getting ahead of the wildfire problem: Linking operational fire response to landscape planning objectives Date: May 17, 2017 11am AZ/12pm MDT Presenter: Christopher O’Connor, US Forest Service RMRS Human Dimension Program, Wildfire Risk Management Team Part of the solution to dealing with the increasing complexity of wildfire management is to reduce uncertainties inherent within active fire …

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What is a forest fuel treatment?

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Forest fuel treatments are used by managers for ecological restoration and reducing fire hazard. Due to past management decisions and long-term fire exclusion, forests are more dense and are susceptible to severe wildfires. Fuel treatments aim to reduce the intensity and size of wildfires, increase species diversity, and restore forests to their historical condition. Read …

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April 20, 2016: Simple Steps to Wildland Fire Communication

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Presenter: Cathie Schmidlin, Type 1 PIO, retired USFS Region 3 Media Officer This webinar will cover the basic steps of public information when interacting with communities, general public and media. Click here to register for this webinar now! Cathie has been a public Information officer with a Type 1, Southwest Incident Management Team, off and on …

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World of Wildland Fire – Intro to Wildland Fire Videos

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This series of videos serves as an introduction to wildland fire and has been produced through the Wildfire Education & Training Collaborative (WETC). More in-depth videos will be added as they become available. WETC Mission Statement: To develop multiple sources of media, including but not limited to books, videos and classroom exercises, for the purpose …

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May 12, 2015: The Southwest Fire Season: 2014 Overview and 2015 Outlook

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Presenter: Zander Evans, Forest Guild and Chuck Maxwell, Predictive Services Please join us for a webinar to review last year’s fires and look ahead toward conditions for this year. Dr. Zander Evans will present an overview of the 12 largest fires in the Southwest during 2014. He will share summaries of forest types and burn severities …

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April 2015: Planning for the Next Big One: Managing the Post-fire Environment in a Time of Change

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The Burned Area Learning Network Workshop Together with the Fire Learning Network, the SWFSC hosted a collaborative workshop to improve advance planning for post wildfire impacts April 16-17, 2015 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Materials and Notes from the workshop can be downloaded below. If you have further questions, contact Anne Bradley with The Nature …

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January 21, 2015: The Ability of Wildfire to Act as a Fuel Treatment

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Presenter: Sean Parks, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service In partnership with the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network, Sean will present the results from a JSFP-funded study that highlights the ability of wildfire to act as a fuel treatment. This study evaluated whether or not wildfires limited the occurrence, …

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