The Sagebrush Sea makes its broadcast premiere May 20, on NATURE at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time/7:00 p.m. Central on PBS. (Check local listings.)

Francis Kilkenny, Research Biologist, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID, will discuss seed zones and climate change. This is the last webinar in our seeding webinar series for the season. Register here.

Join us for a day of shared learning and interaction among Collaborative members, interested stakeholders, and the scientific community regarding the following forest and fire topics:

The forests of the Crown of the Continent are vital to health and quality of life of communities in the Crown and beyond. These forests form part of the headwaters of clean, flowing rivers that supply our drinking water, are essential for natural adaption to climate change, and support a diverse community of plants and animals while providing a multitude of recreational opportunities.

Overview: Rick Miller, Professor Emeritus of Range and Fire Ecology, OSU and Jennifer Moffitt, Soil Scientist, Prineville BLM will discuss tools to rapidly assess resilience to disturbance (ability of a treatment area to recover), resistance to invasive annuals, predict successional pathways, and determine the need and suitability for seeding on potential vegetation treatment areas and areas bu

This workshop and field tour will cover current science of the post-fire environment and provide discussion for possible management options. The speakers will present on the impacts fire have on the length of time snags persist on the landscape, the possible impacts to soil and what types of post-fire habit are preferred by different species of woodpeckers.

PhD Defense, Christopher J Dunn

Portland, Ore. (May 26, 2015) -- The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Oregon announces up to $2.5 million in funding available to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners to mitigate the effects of drought in counties that have secured drought declarations from the Governor’s Office.

MF candidate in Sustainable Forest Management

Post-fire environments are dynamic and complex and trends of recent fires within the Sierra mixed conifer type include uncharacteristically large areas of high vegetation burn severity.  These trends add to the complexity of opportunities and challenges for post-fire restoration efforts -  a key component of which is reforestation.