Will Downing will present his thesis, “Fire refugia function and composition in dry mixed-conifer forests of Oregon’s Blue Mountains” on Friday, June 29th at 9:00am in Richardson 115. Josh is completing his M.S. under the guidance of major professor Dr. Meg Krawchuk. Free and open to the public.
This workshop will include emerging technologies such as using UAVs to support wildland fire operations and Simtable fire simulation exercises, as well as smoke modeling and fire effects monitoring. Participants will have opport
Cascadia Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX) is back!
We are excited to announce that our 15th Annual Meeting will be in Santa Fe, New Mexico next winter. As a Western coalition we are aiming to diversify participation and partners from different landscapes.
November 18-22, 2019 | Loews Ventana Canyon Resort | Tucson, Arizona
The Conference aims to provide an up to date on the developments in forest fire science and technology and an opportunity to meet persons and institutions, to promote international cooperation in this research and management area.
As wildfires increase in size and severity, the costs to protect homes and lives similarly rise. Yet protecting communities represents a relatively small portion of the total costs of a wildfire—other short- and long-term impacts yield a variety of costs that often go unrecognized.
There are three ingredients needed for fire: fuel to burn, hot & dry conditions, and an ignition source. People are changing all three. The area burned has increased over just the past several decades, in western U.S. forests by 1500%. Last year was the most expensive wildfire season ever in the U.S., costing $18 Billion. We need to learn to live with fire, again. But how?