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The Southwest Fire Season - 2014 Overview and 2015 Outlook

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 for each of the 12 fires.

Understanding the Effects of Fire on Aquatic Ecosystems

Are wildland fires good or bad for fish and their aquatic habitat? What kinds of restoration are most beneficial? We'll take an in-depth look into the state of the science, research gaps, and opportunities for future management coordination & priority setting.

Co-sponsered by: Columbia Basin Federal Caucus, Ecotrust

SageSTEP six year update

Jim McIver, SageSTEP Coordinator and Senior Research Associate Professor at Oregon State University will discuss the latest SageSTEP projects results.

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Central Oregon Ecological Fire Training Exchange

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This Northwest FLN TREX, aimed at prescribed fire partners in the state, will focus on the ecological, social, communications, monitoring and operational dimensions of planning and implementing ecologically-based prescribed fire for restoration goals. (The application deadline has passed.)

Drivers of Wildfire Suppression Costs

Presented by: Cassandra Moseley, Director & Autumn Ellison, Research Assistant, Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon

Link to the webinar HERE

Past, present, and future in the forests of California's Sierra Nevada: variability in forest response to environmental change, and the role of management in promoting ecosystem resilience

During this Webinar, Dr. Safford will contrast the ecology and temporal trends (historical to current to projected future) of lower montane (oak woodland, yellow pine, mixed conifer) vs. upper montane (red fir) and subalpine forests in the Sierra Nevada, focusing on impacts of three classes of environmental stressors: climate change, wildfire, and invasive species.