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March 2021
Partner Webinar: Ecological Drought: Drought, Wildfire, and Recovery
Drought can exacerbate wildfire frequency, intensity, and severity. This webinar will explore wildfire management approaches based on ecological principles, including those that embed traditional ecological knowledge. Speakers: • Dr. Jeremy Littell, Research Ecologist, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, USGS • Bill Tripp, Deputy Director of Eco-Cultural Revitalization, Department of Natural Resources, Karuk Tribe This webinar is the third in a four-part series that seeks to raise awareness of ecological drought, share actions that strengthen ecosystems resilience and mitigate the impacts…
Find out more »Partner Webinar: Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar + Spring Flood Outlook
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Find out more »Partner Webinar: Invasive grasses in the southeastern United States
This webinar will discuss a variety of invasive grasses throughout the southeastern United States. Invasive grasses rapidly invade disturbed areas, including pastures, fallow fields, forests, and highway and powerline rights-of-way. Infestations can impact the diversity of native species, reduce wildlife habitat, and disrupt important ecosystem functions. Seeds are typically wind-dispersed, but the plant can spread vegetatively through rhizomes (roots); these rhizomes can be spread to new places on vehicles and equipment. Seeds of many invasive grasses can remain viable in…
Find out more »21st Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference
The Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference provides a forum for scientists and practitioners actively engaged in the broad field of silviculture to report their study results, to present new concepts and techniques, to discuss topics of mutual interest, to coordinate cooperative efforts, and to stay current on developments in the field. Scientists, foresters, landowners, and others interested in forest management have found the conferences and their proceedings to be valuable sources of information on current and developing trends in southern…
Find out more »21st Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference
The 21st Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference (BSSRC) has gone virtual! Register for this exciting virtual workshop here! This two day conference will be held March 16-17, 2021. Registration fee is $75.00 for professionals and $25.00 for Students This conference includes 6 concurrent sessions, a poster session and continuing education credits! Register here.
Find out more »Partner Webinar: Ecological Drought: Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems
This webinar will share recent research on drought impacts to coastal ecosystems and services. Speakers: • Dr. Kirsten Lackstrom, Research Associate, Carolinas Integrated Sciences & Assessments (a NOAA RISA) • Dr. Beth Middleton, Research Ecologist, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, USGS • Dr. Michael Osland, Research Ecologist, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, USGS This webinar is the fourth in a four-part series that seeks to raise awareness of ecological drought, share actions that strengthen ecosystems resilience and mitigate the impacts…
Find out more »Partner Webinar: Air Sensor Performance Testing Protocols, Metrics, and Target Values for PM2.5 and Ozone
Lower cost air sensor technologies have flooded the marketplace and are being rapidly adopted by state, tribal and local agencies, community scientists, researchers, health professionals, schools, and many others to measure air quality conditions. Common applications for air sensors include understanding air quality trends, supplemental monitoring, monitor siting, identifying hot spots, monitoring in remote locations, personal monitoring, and educational and environmental awareness. While air sensors have become more widespread, it is commonly known that the data quality from these technologies…
Find out more »Partner Webinar: Managing a nuisance native species, titi (Cyrilla racemiflora),in restoration activities
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Find out more »April 2021
Partner Webinar: Building effective partnerships with indigenous communities
The webinar will outline recommendations for working with Indigenous communities based on the knowledge that long term relationship building with these communities is the foundation upon which educational programs, research collaborations, and other initiatives must be co-created. This presentation seeks to define best practices in approach and process for establishing and maintaining effective collaborations with Indigenous communities that respect sovereignty and self-determination and which have application across many types of efforts. These practices will have a lasting impact on Equity,…
Find out more »Partner Webinar: Fire Environment Continuing Education Spring Webinar
The Fire Environment Continuing Education Subcommittee (FCESC) will host the annual spring pre-season webinar April 7, 2021 at 10:00 MDT. Topics will include: Fire Environment Poster/Fire Behavior Pocket Guide Fire in the 3rd dimension Risk Management Assistance Smoke Management Next Generation of WFDSS Additional details will follow.
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