Every year, thousands of small fires and dozens of large ones break out somewhere in Canada. This has been the story for millenia and will continue as long as there are people and lightning to start fires in the boreal forest. Now more than ever, people work, build, live, and play in the boreal forest and disaster can occur when people and fire intersect.
USAA has been on a 10-year journey to find ways to underwrite homeowners insurance in the WUI.
The goal of the 4th Rustici Rangeland Science Symposium is to engage ranchers, land managers, researchers, and policymakers in co-developing actionable science, policy, and management to sustain rangelands.
What will you learn?
RFPAs are unique partnerships wherein ranchers and the Bureau of Land Management work together to suppress rangeland wildfires. Using four case studies in Oregon and Idaho, we discuss the value and outcomes of this approach, as well as challenges and future implications for fire adaptation on the range.
The 2017 annual meeting of the Oregon Prescribed Fire Council will be held April 18-19 in White City. This free event is open to anyone interested in prescribed fire and controlled burning.
On March 30-31, 2017, Sustainable Northwest will host the Pacific Northwest Forest Collaboratives Workshop in Hood River, Oregon. The workshop will bring together forest collaborative members, state and federal land management agencies, policy makers, and leading scientists and practitioners to network, share success stories, and develop solutions to forest management challenges.
As part of our effort to advance policies and practices that sustain working lands, connected landscapes, and native species, WLA is offering this interactive practitioner exchange focused on prescribed fire on private land. We are enlisting a panel of experts from across the West with experience in various aspects of prescribed fire in diverse settings.
The Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drone) Resource Management Technologies – Fuel Load and Noxious Weeds Program can map, identify, treat, quantify and measure fuel loads and noxious weeds utilizing hyperspectral and LiDAR sensors combined with UAS (Drone) technologies. Chris Wilson of Wilson Herbicide, partnered with Maser Consulting, presents.