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SFE Webinar: Potential Applications of Prescribed Burn Associations for Family Forest Landowners
Prescribed burn associations (PBAs) are cooperative units of private landowners that pool resources to achieve scale that allows them to overcome barriers to prescribed burning. PBAs are currently most common among ranchers in the Great Plains to manage grasslands, however there is growing interest in the replication of PBAs to the application of family forest […]
SFE Webinar: Introduction to the Southeast FireMap
The SE FireMap is a new fire mapping system for the Southeastern United States. Developed with funding provided by the USDA NRCS, SE FireMap uses a remote sensing based approach to track both prescribed fire and wildfire activity on public and private lands across the range of the longleaf pine. SE FireMap is being developed […]
SFE Webinar: Fire Suppression and Mesophication of Upland Oak Landscapes
Historically pyrophytic and open-canopied upland oak landscapes across the central and eastern U.S. are shifting to closed-canopied forests dominated by shade-tolerant, often fire-sensitive species. Mesophication, a hypothesized process initiated by intentional fire exclusion by which these encroaching species progressively create conditions favorable for their own persistence at the expense of pyrophytic species, is commonly cited […]
SFE Webinar: Potential Impacts of Prescribed Fire Smoke on Air Quality, Public Health, and Socially Vulnerable Populations in the Southeastern U.S.
A free one hour webinar from North Carolina State University, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida. Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected. Presenters: Sadia Afrin, Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University Fernando Garcia Menendez, Assistant Professor Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, […]
SFE Webinar: Early Implementation of the US Forest Service’s Shared Stewardship Strategy in the Eastern United States
Register here. Presenters: Destin Kee, University of Georgia Tyler Aldworth, Colorado State University Dr. Jesse Abrams, University of Georgia Webinar Description: The Shared Stewardship Strategy was launched by the U.S. Forest Service in 2018 as a means to promote management across ownerships and jurisdictions in pursuit of common goals regarding restoration, fire risk reduction, and […]
SFE Webinar: Tools for Hosting Online Wildland Fire Courses
Register here. A free one hour webinar from the US Forest Service, Tall Timbers Research Station, Southern Fire Exchange, NC State University, and University of Florida. Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected. Presenters: Lindsey Curtin, US Forest Service Zach Prusak, Tall Timbers Research Station Sean Flanagan, US Forest Service Webinar Description: Due to the […]
SFE Webinar: Results and Recommendations from the Southeast Prescribed Fire Training Needs Survey
Register here. A free 1.5 hour webinar from the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Strategy - Southeast Regional Strategy Committee, Southern Fire Exchange, NC State University, and University of Florida. Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected. Presenters: Jennifer Fawcett, North Carolina State University Laurel Kays, North Carolina State University Gary Wood, Southeast Regional Cohesive Wildland […]
SFE Webinar: UAS / Drones for Prescribed Fire Ignitions
VirtualSFE Webinar: UAS for Prescribed Fire Ignitions A free one hour webinar from Raven Environmental Services, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida. Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected. Presenter: Brett Lawrence, Project Manager – Drone and GIS Services, Raven Environmental Services Webinar Description: This webinar will share how the incorporation of […]