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September 2021
Mitigation Best Practices Training
This national level training from Coalitions & Collaboratives, Inc. and the USDA Forest Service is designed for current or future mitigation specialists, wildfire program leads, and others who work with residents and their communities to reduce wildfire risk. The Mitigation Best Practices training concentrates on science, methods and tools that will help you engage communities/residents while also helping you to eliminate ineffective practices. Participants should come with a basic understanding of wildfire, how homes burn, and vegetation management practices. The course assumes you know how to mitigate, but…
Find out more »October 2021
Hybrid S-130/S-190/L-180: Basic Wildland Firefighter
The intent of this course is to train new firefighters in basic firefighting skills. It is often required for participation in prescribed burning activities. Participants who complete all course requirements will receive federally-recognized NWCG certificates for S-130, S-190, and L-180. **This training is presented in a hybrid format. Participants must complete 40 hours of training total, including online material via Canvas and attending an in-person field day in order to earn NWCG certificates for S-130, S-190, L-180.** Register for the…
Find out more »Life from the Ashes: Exploring the Impact of Prescribed & Natural Fire on Insects and Other Invertebrates
Ecosystems throughout North America evolved with wildfire. Today, prescribed fire is an important tool for managing habitat by maintaining open, early-seral landscapes. Fire can greatly improve the value of habitat for insects and other invertebrates, often increasing species abundance and diversity, however, fire (both natural and prescribed) in the wrong place, at the wrong scale, or at the wrong time can have the opposite effect—damaging native plant and invertebrate communities which may take decades to fully recover. Register here.
Find out more »Land Management After Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael hit Ichauway three years ago this month. Let's talk about the research and land management that followed. Make sure to ask questions during Q&A! Dr. Jeff Cannon will review some of our research on patterns of damage to the Ichauway forests and his ongoing work on wind as a disturbance in forests. Dr. Kier Klepzig will update us on his lab’s research on pine beetle responses to the hurricane damage. Our Natural Resource Manager, Scott Smith, will address…
Find out more »Zom-bees, Scare-ab Beetles, and Franken-stink Bugs: The Creepy Crawlies of Longleaf Pine
Relatively little work has been done on insect communities in longleaf pine ecosystems and the important functional roles insects can play. Along with a little flavor of Halloween, this Facebook Live will cover insect trapping techniques, bug sorting, and the unique and colorful insects that inhabit the longleaf pine forest of Ichauway. We will make sure to leave time for your questions! Join the Facebook Live here.
Find out more »Southern Blue Ridge TREX
The Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (SBR TREX) began in 2018. The objective of this two-week TREX program is to facilitate peer-to-peer, experiential learning for prescribed fire professionals and others interested in advancing their understanding of innovative tools to restore fire-adapted ecosystems. Participants learn, practice, and share knowledge, skills, and experience in a unique, hands-on training environment focused on the ecological, social, communications, monitoring, and operational dimensions of planning and implementing ecologically-based prescribed fire. https://www.sbrtrex.com/
Find out more »Partner Webinar: Winners of the Cleaner Indoor Air During Wildfires Challenge
Join the EPA on October 26 as we announce the winners of the Cleaner Indoor Air During Wildfires Challenge. Winners will share their innovative designs for low-cost solutions that quietly and safely reduce indoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5) during periods when outdoor PM2.5 concentrations are high. Register for the webinar here. EPA and its federal, state, local and tribal partners held a Challenge competition to encourage the development of detailed plans for novel, effective, low-cost technologies to reduce indoor PM2.5…
Find out more »Tall Timbers Fall Field Day
Join Tall Timbers on Friday, October 29 at Nilo Plantation for Fall Field Day! Enjoy a field tour around the property along with management discussions covering Wild Quail, Trophy Deer, Storm Clean-up and Reforestation, and Early Season Dove Fields. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Registration costs $50. Register here.
Find out more »November 2021
Natural and Prescribed Wildland Fire Impacts on Soil Health, National Academy of Sciences Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Fall Meeting
Climate change is increasing the odds of higher occurrence rates, intensity, and severity of wildland fires in drought-prone regions. High intensity wildfires not only denude the landscape and lower the resistance of soils to surface erosion, but they also change the physical properties of soils, alter the soil microbiome, and extend the recovery timescales relative to lower intensity fires. Rain-on-burn events can magnify multiple negative impacts, such as poor water quality and debris flows. Wildland management is at a critical…
Find out more »2021 Wildland Urban Interface Virtual Experience
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