It’s that time of year again to reset from the busy summer and catch up on the latest news in fire science and management planning. Webinars are becoming the fastest and easiest way to communicate from afar. Here’s just a glimpse of some free webinars coming your way (shown in Alaska Time):
September:
September 21st (10:00-11:00 am)
Title: Discussion of Objective–Setting for Resumption of Grazing Following Wildfire and Rehab Activities
Hosted by: Great Basin Science Delivery Project
Webinar Recording: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/793274153
September 26th (10:00-11:00 am)
Title: A holistic framework to sustainably manage the wildland-urban interface
Hosted by: California Fire Science Consortium
Webinar Recording: Currently Not Available
September 27th (11:00 am-12:00 pm)
Title: The ‘pyrogeography’ of western North America: How climate has affected fire regimes across the West, and what future may hold
Hosted by: Wildland Lessons Learned Center, Joint Fire Science Program, and International Association of Wildland Fire
Webinar Recording: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/477695361
October:
October 5th (9:00-10:00 am)
Title: Material and Design Considerations for Building in Wildfire Prone Areas
Hosted by: California Fire Science Consortium
Webinar Recording: http://www.cafiresci.org/webinar-recordings/
October 6th (1:00-2:00 pm)
Title: Simulating Fire and Forest Dynamics for a Landscape Fuel Treatment Project in the Sierra Nevada
Hosted by: California Fire Science Consortium
Webinar Recording: http://www.cafiresci.org/webinar-recordings/
October 18th (8:00-9:45am)
Title: Future Forests Webinar Series: Post-outbreak Fire Risk & Behavior
Hosted by: US Forest Service & Southern Rockies Fire Science Network
Registration: http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs/events/
October 19th (8:00-9:00 am)
Title: Using Smoke Prediction Models for Prescribed Burning Planning
Hosted by: Southern Fire Exchange and Southern Regional Extension Forestry
October 19th (9:00-10:00 am)
Title: Fuel Treatment Effectiveness on the Wallow Fire
Hosted by: Southwest Fire Science Consortium
Registration: http://www.forestguild.org/component/option,com_chronocontact/chronoformname,SW_webinar/
October 20th (6:30-8:30 am)
Title: LANDFIRE in the Lake States
Hosted by: Lake States Fire Science Consortium
Registration: http://lakestatesfiresci.net/learning.htm
October 20th (1:00-2:00 pm)
Title: What are the characteristics of resilient forests? A discussion of the mixed conifer forests of the Sierra San Pedro Martir in northern Baja California
Hosted by: California Fire Science Consortium
Registration: http://www.cafiresci.org/webinar-registration-fall2011/
October 21st (2:30-3:30pm)
Title: Classifying and Mapping Forest Disturbance Regimes
Hosted by: University of Northern British Columbia
More Information: http://www.unbc.ca/nres/seminar/
October 26th (10:30-11:30am)
Title: Climate Change, Climate Variability, and Ecosystem Response in the Great Basin
Hosted by: Great Basin Science Delivery Project
Registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/122147657
October 27th (1:00-2:00pm)
Title: GTR 220: Integrating wildlife habitat and forest resilience with fuels reduction – Ecosystem management concepts for mixed-conifer forests
Hosted by: California Fire Science Consortium
Registration: http://www.cafiresci.org/webinar-registration-fall2011/
November:
November 7th-10th
Alaska LANDFIRE Calibration Workshop
More information: 2011 Calibration Workshop Announcement
November 10th (1:00-2:00pm)
Title: Using the California Fire Interval Return Departure (FRID) map metadata: An introduction and demonstration, including challenges to determining reasonable baseline conditions
Hosted by: California Fire Science Consortium
Registration: http://www.cafiresci.org/webinar-registration-fall2011/
November 16th (8:00-9:00 am)
Title: Prescribed Fire and the Public: Myths and Realities
Hosted by: Southern Fire Exchange and Southern Regional Extension Forestry
Registration: http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/prescribed-fire-and-the-public-myths-and-realities
November 17th (6:30-8:30 am)
Title: Fire Effects Monitoring with FFI
Hosted by: Lake States Fire Science Consortium
Registration: http://lakestatesfiresci.net/learning.htm
December:
December 14th (8:00-9:00 am)
Title: Introduction to the Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System – IFTDSS
Hosted by: Southern Fire Exchange and Southern Regional Extension Forestry
Registration: http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/ntroduction-to-the-interagency-fuels-treatment-decision-support-system-2013-iftdss
December 14th (?)
Title: Carbon and water balances of southwestern ponderosa pine forest
Hosted by: Southwest Fire Science Consortium
Registration: http://www.forestguild.org/SWconsortium_upcoming.html
December 15th (6:30-8:30am)
Title: A 350 Year Fire Record in Northern Wisconsin Woodlands
Hosted by: Lake States Fire Science Consortium
Registration: http://lakestatesfiresci.net/learning.htm
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