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  • Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan (CWPP) Development

    Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

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  • Diversity in the Woods – A Conversation with LGBTQIA+ Forest Stewards

    Join the Forest Stewards Guild as we meet with Seeing the Forest for the Queers, the US Forest Service GIVER (Gender Inclusivity, Visibility and Employee Resource) Group, and the Wildlife Society’s Out in the Field to discuss the importance of supporting LGBTQIA+ forest stewards in the workplace. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodumtqD8tHteubJatPwZL6LJGfIS4DzLi#/registration The objective of this discussion...

  • Fueling Collaboration: The Future is Smoky

    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 in the eastern U.S. to its worst levels in recorded history. As the climate heats up and creates drier conditions, smoky skies...

  • Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan (CWPP) Development

    Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

  • Forests, Fires, and Faucets: How a drinking water utility uses forest management as a key source water protection strategy

    Presenters: Raven Lawson (Watershed Protection Manager) and Bryan Rupar (Land Conservation Coordinator), Central Arkansas Water Date: December 19, 2023, 1:00 – 2:00 PM (central time) Register here (required): https://umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElf-CqqzkiE9GJ16wfsUapL49i4Sa3JPQg  Central Arkansas Water’s (CAW) Watershed Protection Program (Program) has received international recognition as a leader of innovative approaches to managing natural resources for the purpose of drinking...

  • Communicating Forestry – Give Me That Old Growth Religion: Understanding the Cultural Diversity of Forest Cultures

    In this seminar, interdisciplinary scholar and former forester Jason M. Brown will explore the ways that trees and forests have shaped myth, religion, and spirituality throughout history. In addition, he will discuss how the various cultures that form around trees and forests inform the ongoing conflicts over forestry and forest management. Discussion will explore how...

  • Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan/Incendios Forestales Comunitario (CWPP) Development

    Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

  • EPA Webinar on Exceptional Events Tools

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing newly developed draft tools designed to streamline implementation of the Exceptional Events Rule and the development of exceptional events demonstrations focused on fires. Please join EPA for an informational webinar, which will provide an overview of three new products: (1) a suite of data visualization tools to...

  • Understanding Social Vulnerability Models

    This webinar from the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network will feature presentations from Professor Christopher Emrich and Professor Ronald Schumann who have worked extensively on social vulnerability definitions and modeling for a variety of natural hazards, including wildfire. Together, we'll discuss: what does social vulnerability mean? How are vulnerability models built, and what data is...

  • Field Inclusive Week 2024

    Join Field Inclusive for a week of virtual celebration of all Field Biologists featuring panel discussions with experts, talks, daily giveaways, photo contests, and more! View the full lineup of events and speakers here: https://www.fieldinclusive.org/field-inclusive-week-2024/

  • Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan (CWPP) Development

    Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

  • Diversity in the Woods – A Conversation with LGBTQIA+ Forest Stewards

    Join the Forest Stewards Guild as we meet with Seeing the Forest for the Queers, the US Forest Service GIVER (Gender Inclusivity, Visibility and Employee Resource) Group, and the Wildlife Society’s Out in the Field to discuss the importance of supporting LGBTQIA+ forest stewards in the workplace. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodumtqD8tHteubJatPwZL6LJGfIS4DzLi#/registration The objective of this discussion...

  • Fueling Collaboration: The Future is Smoky

    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 in the eastern U.S. to its worst levels in recorded history. As the climate heats up and creates drier conditions, smoky skies...

  • Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan (CWPP) Development

    Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

  • Forests, Fires, and Faucets: How a drinking water utility uses forest management as a key source water protection strategy

    Presenters: Raven Lawson (Watershed Protection Manager) and Bryan Rupar (Land Conservation Coordinator), Central Arkansas Water Date: December 19, 2023, 1:00 – 2:00 PM (central time) Register here (required): https://umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElf-CqqzkiE9GJ16wfsUapL49i4Sa3JPQg  Central Arkansas Water’s (CAW) Watershed Protection Program (Program) has received international recognition as a leader of innovative approaches to managing natural resources for the purpose of drinking...

  • Communicating Forestry – Give Me That Old Growth Religion: Understanding the Cultural Diversity of Forest Cultures

    In this seminar, interdisciplinary scholar and former forester Jason M. Brown will explore the ways that trees and forests have shaped myth, religion, and spirituality throughout history. In addition, he will discuss how the various cultures that form around trees and forests inform the ongoing conflicts over forestry and forest management. Discussion will explore how...

  • Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan/Incendios Forestales Comunitario (CWPP) Development

    Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

  • EPA Webinar on Exceptional Events Tools

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing newly developed draft tools designed to streamline implementation of the Exceptional Events Rule and the development of exceptional events demonstrations focused on fires. Please join EPA for an informational webinar, which will provide an overview of three new products: (1) a suite of data visualization tools to...

  • Understanding Social Vulnerability Models

    This webinar from the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network will feature presentations from Professor Christopher Emrich and Professor Ronald Schumann who have worked extensively on social vulnerability definitions and modeling for a variety of natural hazards, including wildfire. Together, we'll discuss: what does social vulnerability mean? How are vulnerability models built, and what data is...

  • Field Inclusive Week 2024

    Join Field Inclusive for a week of virtual celebration of all Field Biologists featuring panel discussions with experts, talks, daily giveaways, photo contests, and more! View the full lineup of events and speakers here: https://www.fieldinclusive.org/field-inclusive-week-2024/

  • Fueling Collaboration: Phenology of Fire: Listening to the Plants and Animals

    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 can cause a site or landscape to respond very differently than when burned repeatedly across all flammable seasons. Summer burns can produce...

  • RX-310—Introduction to Fire Effects

    Online

    This course is offered by the University of Idaho as a combination of self-paced study and live virtual sessions. See the announcement for details.

  • S-290 – Intermediate Fire Behavior

    This course is offered by the University of Idaho as a combination of self-paced study and live virtual sessions. See the announcement for details.

  • Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan (CWPP) Development

    Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

  • 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress

    Monterey, CA

    The 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress will include workshops, field trips, and 3 full days of presentations, discussion groups, and networking opportunities around the theme, Igniting Connections: Celebrating our fire family across generations, cultures, and disciplines.  Additional details can be found on the conference website: https://afefirecongress.org/

  • Diversity in the Woods – A Conversation with LGBTQIA+ Forest Stewards

    Join the Forest Stewards Guild as we meet with Seeing the Forest for the Queers, the US Forest Service GIVER (Gender Inclusivity, Visibility and Employee Resource) Group, and the Wildlife Society’s Out in the Field to discuss the importance of supporting LGBTQIA+ forest stewards in the workplace. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodumtqD8tHteubJatPwZL6LJGfIS4DzLi#/registration The objective of this discussion...

  • Fueling Collaboration: The Future is Smoky

    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 in the eastern U.S. to its worst levels in recorded history. As the climate heats up and creates drier conditions, smoky skies...

  • Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan (CWPP) Development

    Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

  • Forests, Fires, and Faucets: How a drinking water utility uses forest management as a key source water protection strategy

    Presenters: Raven Lawson (Watershed Protection Manager) and Bryan Rupar (Land Conservation Coordinator), Central Arkansas Water Date: December 19, 2023, 1:00 – 2:00 PM (central time) Register here (required): https://umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElf-CqqzkiE9GJ16wfsUapL49i4Sa3JPQg  Central Arkansas Water’s (CAW) Watershed Protection Program (Program) has received international recognition as a leader of innovative approaches to managing natural resources for the purpose of drinking...

  • Communicating Forestry – Give Me That Old Growth Religion: Understanding the Cultural Diversity of Forest Cultures

    In this seminar, interdisciplinary scholar and former forester Jason M. Brown will explore the ways that trees and forests have shaped myth, religion, and spirituality throughout history. In addition, he will discuss how the various cultures that form around trees and forests inform the ongoing conflicts over forestry and forest management. Discussion will explore how...

  • Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan/Incendios Forestales Comunitario (CWPP) Development

    Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

  • EPA Webinar on Exceptional Events Tools

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing newly developed draft tools designed to streamline implementation of the Exceptional Events Rule and the development of exceptional events demonstrations focused on fires. Please join EPA for an informational webinar, which will provide an overview of three new products: (1) a suite of data visualization tools to...

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