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October 2021
Partner Webinar: Like Wildfire: How Climate Justice Should Change Disaster Response
As climate change advances, communities across the United States are adapting to the increased threat of wildfires. Such disasters are expected to become more frequent and severe. In this lecture, Dr. Michael A. Méndez explores why it is crucial to understand how these events amplify existing inequalities, and how to lessen the resulting harms, in particular for the most stigmatized populations, such as undocumented Latino/a and Indigenous migrants Register here.
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 »Ladies & Longleaf 101
Spend the morning virtually with Land & Ladies host, Danielle Atkins, learning from the best professional and experts on Longleaf pine reforestation and prescribed burning. Topics include: • Where longleaf pine grows and silviculture – Karen Brown, The Longleaf Alliance • How prescribed burn helps habitat – Danielle Atkins, Land & Ladies • Cost share opportunities for longleaf pine and prescribed burning – Susan French, The Longleaf Alliance • Prescribed burning strategies - Alexandra Ford, Georgia Forestry Commission Also network…
Find out more »November 2021
Partner Webinar: Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar
The Southeast Climate monthly webinar series is held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10:00 am ET. This series is hosted by the Southeast Regional Climate Center, in partnership with the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and the NOAA National Weather Service. These webinars will provide the region with timely information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may…
Find out more »Partner Webinar: NWCG Fire Environment Continuing Education Subcommittee Fall Webinar
Planned Topics: Risk Management Assistance – NMAC support (Rick Stratton and Benjamin Gannon) National Fire Decision Support Center (Mark Hale/Wes Hall) Infrared Products and Use on Wildfires (Zachary Holder and Tom Mellin) British Columbia Fire Season (Dana Hicks) California (FS R5) Season Synopsis (TBD) Register with the link below: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2910899178959153422
Find out more »Partner Webinar: Science in Practice: From the Mountains to the Coast: Fire Effects on the Soils of the South
Presented by Mac Callaham, SRS Research Ecologist Wednesday, November 17, 2021 • 9:00—9:30 a.m. ET You can connect to the webinar through Microsoft Teams. Some key messages from this webinar: For most of the last 10,000 years, the majority of the land area in the Southeastern US experienced frequent fires, which influenced forest composition and soil functions. During the most recent 100-200 years, fire has been excluded from a large portion of the landscape, with associated changes to forests and soils. What…
Find out more »SFE Webinar: Exploring Spatial Scale in Prescribed Fire Regimes with Examples from the Southeast
SFE Webinar: Exploring Spatial Scale in Prescribed Fire Regimes with Examples from the Southeast Description: Land managers often incorporate ecological principles into their planned fire regimes. One ecological principle that may affect the conservation outcome of prescribed fires is that ecological interactions are often spatial scale-dependent. While this principle is well researched in ecology, our review of the fire ecology literature indicated it is rarely studied in this context. Moreover, we analyzed trends in the size of prescribed fires over…
Find out more »Fueling Collaboration: Fire and the Carbon Cycle
This panel discussion will explore the dynamic role that fire plays in soil nutrient cycling, carbon dynamics, and other ecosystem processes. Register here.
Find out more »Partner Webinar: Don’t Let Perfection Be the Enemy of Good – Lessons from the Longleaf Pine Savanna Restoration
Join us on Friday, November 19 at 11:30 AM (EST) for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat: Don't Let Perfection Be the Enemy of Good – Lessons from Longleaf Pine Savanna Restoration. Presenters Zach Prusak (Tall Timbers Research Station), Chris Matson (Florida Park Service), and Walt Thomson and Chaz Oliver (The Nature Conservancy) will look at the Longleaf Pine Savanna restoration process as an analogy for American chestnut restoration. While this is not an apples-to-apples comparison, the Chat will focus on how we can…
Find out more »Partner Webinar: Comparing Air Quality and Public Health Impacts from Prescribed Fire and Wildfire Smoke
Join us for a conversation about the recent release of the EPA Report on Comparing Air Quality and Public Health Impacts from Prescribed Fire and Wildfire Smoke. Jason Sacks, with the Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be joining us for an overview of the studies that provided the information for this report aimed at helping federal, state, local and Tribal partners and fire organizations make risk…
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