In partnership with scientists and managers, we develop and host webinars to provide a forum for sharing information about specific topics or scientific resources in support of fire and fuels management.
We also maintain a broad Northern Rockies-relevant Recorded Media Database that contains webinars and presentations from multiple sources and can be searched by presenter, date, topic, and ecosystem.
Lookouts, communications, escape routes, and safety zones (LCES) is a well-established protocol for keeping wildland firefighters safe. Typically, LCES is evaluated on the ground as part of daily…
Wildland firefighters are exposed to hazards when working; these hazards can result in serious injury or death. Understanding the activities in which firefighters are engaged when they are injured…
Across the western United States, wildfires are posing increasing costs to ecosystems and society. These trends present persistent challenges for managing community risk to wildfire and…
A New Foundation for LANDFIRE- Current and Future Innovations LANDFIRE has been a foundational dataset for countless applications within the Forest Service and beyond. The machine learning…
On 8 August 2023, a wind-driven wildfire pushed across the city of Lahaina, located in West Maui, Hawaii, resulting in at least 100 deaths and an estimated economic loss of 4-6 billion dollars.…
Recording of the research webinar presented by Spencer Vieira on his work examining the impacts of wildfire and climate on western larch regeneration. Jointly hosted by the Northern Rockies Fire…
Many firefighters have been injured or killed due to rapid changes in weather causing unexpected fire behavior. Examples include the thunderstorm outflow that killed 19 on the Yarnell Hill Fire,…
This webinar, recorded March 15, 2023, looks at how consecutive fires in a relatively-short time frame impact forest recovery. Join researchers Kristin Braziunas (Technical University of Munich,…
This is Part 3 of a joint webinar series brought to you by the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network and the Association of Fire Ecology that focuses on recent research of fire effects on wildlife…
This is Part 2 of a joint webinar series brought to you by the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network and the Association of Fire Ecology that focuses on recent research of fire effects on wildlife…