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The Fire Effects Information System is an online collection of reviews of the scientific literature about fire effects on plants and animals and about fire regimes of plant communities in the United States.
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This position will expand the West Region Wildfire Council (WRWC)’s capacity to convene, facilitate and foster collaborative communication and coordination services for numerous partners and stakeholders to achieve mutually desired outcomes. This includes individuals, community organizations, industry representatives, NGO’s, local governments, special districts, state and federal agencies,...
Assistant Forest Resources Manager - University of California, Berkeley, College of Natural Resources - El Dorado County, CA Responsibilities: Assist with determination of field allocations of silvicultural activities. Provides daily supervision of seasonal, volunteer, student workers and support staff, with responsibility for quality and quantity of work primarily at Blodgett Forest, with...
Description: 12-month, full time, professional staff, Extension associate position in prescribed fire and fire science. The successful candidate will have a combination of knowledge, skills and experience that will allow them to work in areas relevant to prescribed fire and fire science. Responsibilities include providing leadership for the development, delivery, and evaluation of educational...
These positions are located on a Forest Service unit, where the incumbent serves as an Biological Science Technician (Natural Resources). Incumbent is responsible for performing a variety of complex and recurring duties in support natural resource programs in Region 3. Duties (responsibilities listed are at the full performance level): Collect samples to test in order to conduct natural resources...
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Morning session: Biochar in the Community, Butte College Skyway Center, Chico, CA
- Steve Feher, Sustainable Community Development Institute
- Wolfgang Rougle, Butte County Resource Conservation District
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Ryer Becker, PhD Student in the College of Natural Resources at the University of Idaho, will present his defense.
Major Professor: Robert F. Keefe
Washington State University Extension and University of Idaho Extension bring you the 30th Annual Family Foresters Workshop. This yearly event is for consulting foresters, forestry practitioners, and forest managers looking to continue education in...
A free one hour webinar from Tall Timbers Research Station, the Southern Fire Exchange, NC State University, and the University of Florida.
Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected.
Presenter:
Jim Cox, Tall Timbers Research...
In this 1-hour webinar, Jane Mangold, professor and Extension specialist at Montana State University, discusses how fire affects plant communities, including weeds, based on fire severity and how prevalent weeds were prior to the fire. It will also...
Given the ongoing drought and dangerous wildfire conditions in California and throughout the west, we see an urgent need to train more people on clean techniques to convert problem forest vegetation into biochar onsite. Biochar helps mitigate the...
Speaker: Jewell Parker Rhodes
This lecture is part of the 11-week "Lookout: Envisioning Futures with Wildfire" lecture series exploring how we are shaping this era of megafires and how it is shaping us. The series features speakers from across...
Host: Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium
Presenter: Dr. Joseph Veldman, Texas A&M University
Abstract: Old-growth grasslands are ecosystems of high conservation value that form over long periods of time through interactions...
Washington State University Extension and University of Idaho Extension bring you the 30th Annual Family Foresters Workshop. This yearly event is for consulting foresters, forestry practitioners, and forest managers looking to continue education in...
The Roundtable is an information exchange for consulting foresters, forestry contractors, service agency foresters and program managers in Washington and Idaho (such as DNR, IDL, CDs, WDFW, Revenue, Commerce, Ecology, NRCS, USFS), forestry associations...