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Webinar Series: Human Causes and Human Consequences of Wildfires in the Western United States
Jan 28
Webinar Series: Human Causes and Human Consequences of Wildfires in the Western United States

Join us for an engaging three-day webinar series titled Human Causes and Human Consequences of Wildfires in the Western United States. This event is organized by the six regional exchanges of the Joint Fire Science Program's Fire Science Exchange Network: the Northwest Fire Science Consortium, Great Basin Fire Science Exchange, California Fire Science Consortium, Northern Rockies Fire Science Network, Southern Rockies Fire Science Network, and Southwest Fire Science Consortium.

Mojave Desert Native Plant Materials Development and Restoration Workshop
Oct 8
Mojave Desert Native Plant Materials Development and Restoration Workshop

The Mojave Desert Native Plant Materials Development and Restoration Workshop will be held on October 8th through the 10th in Victorville, CA. This event is hybrid, with both a zoom and in-person option. The workshop is free and open to the public.

The Canoe Fire: Recovery and Resilience after 20 years
Aug 16
The Canoe Fire: Recovery and Resilience after 20 years

The 2003 Canoe Fire burned through nearly 10,000 acres of old-growth redwood forest in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, making it one of the largest fires to affect these iconic forests in recent history. While the fire had mostly low severity effects, some areas burned at moderate and high severity. Now, after 20 years of regrowth, some of the beneficial effects have dwindled, while overs have been maintained through prescribed fire and other management activities. Join the park managers and researchers that were involved in the suppression, management and monitoring efforts for a discussion about the Canoe Fire’s lasting effects, and the past and future of fire use in redwood forests. *Tour sites may require up to 1mi of hiking on uneven single track trails*

A Deep History of Fire in the Old Growth
Aug 9
A Deep History of Fire in the Old Growth

This tour will explore the extensive and diverse fire histories of old-growth redwood forests. We’ll tour groves that have burned under various fire return intervals and burn severities over the last few centuries, and discuss the implications for forest management and ecology in the context of cultural fire, forest ecology, and nearby fire history research. Participants will also learn to tune their eyes to the widespread evidence of fire in these ancient forests. *The final tour site will require up to .5mi of hiking on uneven single track trails.*  

Establishing Directions in Postfire Debris Flow Science Conference
May 20
Establishing Directions in Postfire Debris Flow Science Conference

Researchers and practitioners from all disciplines related to post-fire debris flow hazards are invited to attend a 2.5-day conference to synthesize recent research and plan for the future of science in this field. To find out more information or to register, visit: https://www.cafirescience.org/establishing-directions-in-postfire-debris-flow-science-conference

California Chaparral Symposium IV: Integrating science and stewardship to promote human and ecosystem resilience
May 7
Central & Southern California, Fire Ecology & Effects, Fire & Traditional Knowledge, Restoration
California Chaparral Symposium IV: Integrating science and stewardship to promote human and ecosystem resilience
Central & Southern California, Fire Ecology & Effects, Fire & Traditional Knowledge, Restoration

The fourth California Chaparral Symposium (Cal Poly SLO; May 7-9, 2024) will focus on science, management, and conservation of chaparral ecosystems.

Central & Southern California, Fire Ecology & Effects, Fire & Traditional Knowledge, Restoration
Fire Use Around the World: Purposes, Principles, Policies, and Practices
Apr 23
Fire Communication & Education
Fire Use Around the World: Purposes, Principles, Policies, and Practices
Fire Communication & Education
Fire Communication & Education
2024 FFERAL Lecture Series: Western Forest Resilience: Which Way Forward?
Mar 14
Restoration, Sierra Nevada, Fire Ecology & Effects
2024 FFERAL Lecture Series: Western Forest Resilience: Which Way Forward?
Restoration, Sierra Nevada, Fire Ecology & Effects

For the second talk of the 2024 FFERAL lecture series, Dr. Malcolm North will discuss tree spatial patterns and linkages to forest resilience.

Restoration, Sierra Nevada, Fire Ecology & Effects
2024 FFERAL Lecture Series: Forest restoration and fuels reduction work: Different pathway for achieving success in the Sierra Nevada
Feb 29
Restoration, Sierra Nevada
2024 FFERAL Lecture Series: Forest restoration and fuels reduction work: Different pathway for achieving success in the Sierra Nevada
Restoration, Sierra Nevada

For the second talk of the 2024 FFERAL lecture series, Dr. Scott Stephens will share results from a 20-year forest restoration study of prescribed fire and mechanical treatments in the northern Sierra Nevada.

Restoration, Sierra Nevada
Quantifying burn severity: when do our measurements work? Lessons from field and remote-sensing based inquiries
Feb 28
Sierra Nevada, Fire Ecology & Effects, Northern California
Quantifying burn severity: when do our measurements work? Lessons from field and remote-sensing based inquiries
Sierra Nevada, Fire Ecology & Effects, Northern California

This webinar will focus on satellite-based and field-based fire severity metrics: which ones work best, where, and when?

Sierra Nevada, Fire Ecology & Effects, Northern California
2024 FFERAL Lecture Series: Increasing the odds of (forest) success: persistence potential via learning while doing
Feb 8
Restoration, Sierra Nevada
2024 FFERAL Lecture Series: Increasing the odds of (forest) success: persistence potential via learning while doing
Restoration, Sierra Nevada

For the inaugural talk of the 2024 FFERAL lecture series, Dr. Sarah Bisbing will present the experimental design and initial post-treatment results from the Adaptive Management Experiment (AMEX), a multi-year, multi-location empirical test of silvicultural approaches to forest resilience in a changing climate.

Restoration, Sierra Nevada
The 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress
Dec 4
The 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress

This event 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.”

For more information and to register, visit https://afefirecongress.org/

6th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop
Nov 6
6th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop

The International Association of Wildland Fire is presenting the workshop in partnership with the Wildfire Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) and the Western, Southeast, and Northeast Regional Strategy Committees.

The Cohesive Strategy remains the solid framework by which to address and identify solutions for today’s complex wildland fire issues. In providing the pathway to change the negative trajectory of wildland fire, the Cohesive Strategy continues to evolve to meet the current and future challenges facing federal, tribal, state, local, and nongovernmental stakeholders.

The National Workshops were conceived to help stakeholders understand the Cohesive Strategy and see themselves as part of the solutions to wildland fire issues across the nation. The Workshops helped to build and strengthen relationships, support Cohesive Strategy activities, and facilitate Cohesive Strategy implementation.

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California Wildfire Conference
Oct 24
California Wildfire Conference

Coastal Quest, in partnership with Ventura County Wildfire Collaborative, is proud to present the first California Wildfire Conference. This three-day exchange will bring together a diverse community of wildfire practitioners to focus on understanding, preventing, and recovering from wildfires.

For more information and to register, visit:

https://coastal-quest.idloom.events/californiawildfireconference

Forest Stewardship Workshop: San Bernardino County
Sep 6
Forest Stewardship Workshop: San Bernardino County

This workshop series will help landowners develop plans to improve and protect their forest lands in an ecologically and economically sustainable manner. The workshops will address management objectives and planning, forest restoration, fuels reduction, project development, permitting, and cost-share opportunities. Participants will connect with other landowners and learn how to collect information to develop their own management plans.

Why do houses burn in wildfires and what can we do about it?
Aug 4
Why do houses burn in wildfires and what can we do about it?

Recent destructive wildfires in northern California provide an opportunity to investigate how different factors influence home survival. We conducted an analysis of the 2018 Camp Fire, obtaining measurements from a randomly selected subset of homes in Paradise, to determine if nearby burning structures and/or nearby vegetation contributed to home survival, and whether new building codes in place since 2008 helped. The findings, corroborated by photographs taken of damaged but not destroyed homes, point to changes that could substantially improve outcomes.

Forest Stewardship Workshop: Sacramento and Solano Counties
Jul 18
Forest Stewardship Workshop: Sacramento and Solano Counties

This workshop series will help landowners develop plans to improve and protect their forest lands in an ecologically and economically sustainable manner. The workshops will address management objectives and planning, forest restoration, fuels reduction, project development, permitting, and cost-share opportunities. Participants will connect with other landowners and learn how to collect information to develop their own management plans.

2023 FFERAL Lecture series - FRID
Mar 20
Fire Ecology & Effects
2023 FFERAL Lecture series - FRID
Fire Ecology & Effects

Part of the Fire and Forest Ecology Random Lectures, open to the public

Fire Ecology & Effects
Range Management Advisory Committee Educational Series 2023
Feb 24
Range Management Advisory Committee Educational Series 2023

Save the dates for the 2023 Range Management Advisory Committee Educational Series in Feb and March.

More information at https://spranch.calpoly.edu/RMAC

Rangeland Summit: Save the Date!
Feb 24
Rangeland Summit: Save the Date!

Save the date and more information to come!

2023 FFERAL Lecture series - adaptation-oriented laws
Feb 22
Fire Ecology & Effects
2023 FFERAL Lecture series - adaptation-oriented laws
Fire Ecology & Effects

Part of the Fire and Forest Ecology Random Lectures, open to the public

Fire Ecology & Effects
Wildfire Resilient Structures (WiReS) Conference
Feb 7
Wildfire Resilient Structures (WiReS) Conference

The Wildfire Resilient Structures (WiReS) conference addresses the WUI fire risk problems inherent to the built environment to support resilient and equitable communities.

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2022 FERAL Lecture series-
Nov 30
Fire Ecology & Effects
2022 FERAL Lecture series-
Fire Ecology & Effects

Part of the Forest Ecology Random Lectures, open to the public

Next webinar with Dr. Phil McCormack has been postponed

Fire Ecology & Effects
5th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Hybrid Workshop
Nov 14
5th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Hybrid Workshop

This interactive workshop will provide practitioners and decision-makers with tools and ideas that support positive fire outcomes and identify opportunities for accelerated Cohesive Strategy implementation. Our program will focus on our theme of the hard truths of risk that are inherent in implementing cross-boundary, large landscape, and community-wide implementation.

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POSTPONNED! Post Caldor Fire Restoration
Nov 10
Fire Ecology & Effects, Fuels & Fuel Treatments, Post-fire Environment & Management
POSTPONNED! Post Caldor Fire Restoration
Fire Ecology & Effects, Fuels & Fuel Treatments, Post-fire Environment & Management

This trip has been postponned due to weather!

Description: The ACCG Monitoring workgroup and the SOFAR Landscape Design Team will host a one day field tour that will highlight ongoing restoration planning efforts in the Caldor Fire building upon an earlier field tour which highlighted ongoing monitoring and research in the Power Fire. We hope this field tour will provide on-the-ground examples and the opportunity to discuss past and future management plans for wildfire recovery in mixed-conifer forests and riparian areas.

Sign up for tour at https://forms.gle/qnAXghqaPxWWVSko8

Fire Ecology & Effects, Fuels & Fuel Treatments, Post-fire Environment & Management
8th California Oak Symposium
Oct 31
8th California Oak Symposium

Presented by the University of California's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the 8th California Oak Symposium is intended for anyone involved in research, education, management, and conservation of California’s oak woodlands. This includes foresters, range managers, tribes, arborists, landowners, community groups, land trusts and policy makers.

More information and registration at https://ucanr.edu/sites/oaksymposium/

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Yosemite Hydroclimate Meeting 2022
Oct 13
Fire Behavior & Weather
Yosemite Hydroclimate Meeting 2022
Fire Behavior & Weather

The annual Yosemite Hydroclimate Meeting is scheduled for Oct. 13 - 14, 2022. We are planning of an in-person meeting in the Yosemite Auditorium, but there is always a chance of virtual....hoping not. This workshop is an excellent opportunity to describe your work in Yosemite National Park as well as the greater Sierra Nevada region.

Fire Behavior & Weather
Forest Health Research Program Grantee Webinar: Climate change and wildfires in western North American forests: a review of ecological departures and adaptation strategies
Sep 9
Climate & Fire, Fuels & Fuel Treatments
Forest Health Research Program Grantee Webinar: Climate change and wildfires in western North American forests: a review of ecological departures and adaptation strategies
Climate & Fire, Fuels & Fuel Treatments

This presentation will summarize a literature review conducted by a team of scientists from across western North America on the topic of climate change and western wildfires. Rapid climate change is bringing warmer, drier, longer wildfire seasons to our region. In fire-dependent forests, these wildfires are burning in fuels that built up during more than a century of policies that favored fire exclusion. Consequently, wildfires have been increasing in severity and area-burned. We focused our review around ten common questions about adaptive forest management and how it can be used to assist climate and wildfire adaptation. The first of these questions addressed how fire exclusion transformed western forests and left them more vulnerable to drought, insects and disease agents, and wildfires.

Register here >

Climate & Fire, Fuels & Fuel Treatments
California Fire Science Seminar Series Continued
Aug 16
Fire Communication & Education
California Fire Science Seminar Series Continued
Fire Communication & Education

The CA Fire Science Seminar will be a monthly presentation and discussion on emerging fire science topics from a diverse range of topics and speakers. Our next seminar will be August 16 on “Wildfire impacts on water infrastructure”

Fire Communication & Education
San Gabriel Valley Wildfire Adaptation Summit
Jul 14
Fire Ecology & Effects, Fuels & Fuel Treatments, Post-fire Environment & Management
San Gabriel Valley Wildfire Adaptation Summit
Fire Ecology & Effects, Fuels & Fuel Treatments, Post-fire Environment & Management

Following the 2020 Bobcat Fire in the San Gabriel Mountains, the SGVCOG identified a need for a regional program to provide wildfire adaptation and prevention resources to cities and residents. To mark the launch of this program, the SGVCOG is bringing together expert panelists to discuss how cities and communities can help support successful wildfire programs and prevent future wildfires.

Recordings are available at: sgvcog.org/wildfiresummit

Fire Ecology & Effects, Fuels & Fuel Treatments, Post-fire Environment & Management