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.
This webinar (recorded May 22, 2025) discusses how Behave v7 differs from BehavePlus v6 by highlighting the Surface, Surface/Crown, Surface/Mortality, and Surface/Contain modules, and enhancements that will be included in the next few releases in 2025-2026. This webinar will be useful for both… read more
This webinar (recorded May 20, 2025) covers how Behave v7 differs from BehavePlus v6 by highlighting the Surface and Surface/Crown modules, and enhancements that will be included in the next few releases in 2025-2026. This webinar will be most useful for fire analysts, S-390 cadres, and S-490… read more
Learn about the connections between freshwater ecosystems (including beaver dam or beaver dam analog (BDAs)-created wetlands) and wildfire. Recorded on: April 15, 2025 Description: Given the increasing severity of wildfires and their associated impacts across the country, there is significant… read more
We know surprisingly little about how burning impacts the health of trees that survive fire. Can fire increase water availability and growth for surviving trees by reducing forest density? Or do the fire injuries that a tree sustains override any potential benefit? Answering these questions can… read more
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, the hazards to which they were exposed during that activity that caused the injury, and the… read more
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 necessitate the implementation of active forest management practices that reduce wildfire hazard. One such… read more
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 methodology largely used in the creation of LF National (circa 2001) and LF 2016 Remap was rooted in… read more
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. The Lahaina wildfire was associated with strong, dry downslope winds gusting to 31-41 ms-1 (60-80 kt)… read more
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 Science Network and the Northwest Fire Science Consortium.
Fire plays a critical role in… read more
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, the cold front passage that killed 14 on the South Canyon Fire, and the wind shift that killed 3 on… read more