social science
Partner Webinar: Fighting Fire with Fire: Rx Fire Toolbox to Combat Identified Social Barriers
Elevated fuel loads together with projected hotter and drier climatic conditions will likely lead to more frequent erratic wildfires in the western USA. Recognition that changing climate and decades of fuel accumulation are increasing the risks of wildfire has led to calls for fire management reform, including the widespread use of prescribed fire to reduce […]
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, […]
Partner Webinar: Reflections from 20 Years of Examining the Social Dynamics of Fire Management
5:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 22, 2024 Sarah McCaffrey, Ph.D., Retired Social Scientist, USDA Forest Service Hosted by the International Association of Wildland Fire, Association for Fire Ecology, and Pau Costa Foundation Description: Sarah McCaffrey, PhD, retired in 2022 after 20 years as a fire social scientist with the US Forest Service where her research […]