February 27 – March 3, 2023 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
Starting on February 27th and running through March 3rd, the USDA Forest Service Research and Development SCIENCEx webinar series will bring together scientists and land management experts to explore the latest in fire science. Registration is required. Individual program speakers and information provided below. For more information, visit the SCIENCEx webinar page
Monday, February 27
Fire history and fire ecology
Introduction to SCIENCEx Fire Week, brief overview | Jens Stevens
Indigenous fire stewardship and cultural burning | Frank Lake
Fire exclusion and western forest change | Eric Knapp
A history of fire in the eastern US: How humans modified fire regimes through the Holocene | Dan Dey
Tuesday, February 28
Fire weather and smoke
Fire weather forecasting | Brian Potter
New technologies for monitoring smoke impacts | Shawn Urbanski
Smoke plume dynamics | Scott Goodrick
Wednesday, March 1
Fire behavior
Wildland fire behavior and ignition | Sara McAllister
3D, time dependent, fire behavior models: What they do and the need for observational datasets | Ruddy Mell
Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) and wildfire monitoring | Matt Dickinson
Thursday, March 2
Modeling risks and trade-offs
Delivering wildfire risk information targeted to the community level | Greg Dillon
Juggling risks and trade offs toward a more resilient future: The known, unknown, unknowable, and the unpleasant | Pat Manley and Nick Povak
Southern Research Station firesheds (eastern US) | Lars Pomara
Friday, March 3
Looking toward the future
Historical and future fire in temperate rainforest of the Pacific Northwest | Matt Reilly
Southern forest outlook: Fire chapter highlights | Danny Lee
Geographically & topically integrated wrap-up | Jens Stevens
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Join early to secure a spot. Each session will contain three short thematic presentations followed by Q&A and discussion.
ScienceX Webinars are eligible for the following continuing education credits:
Society of American Foresters – Certified Forester Education (SAF-CFE)
The Wildlife Society (TWS) Continuing Education Credits.
Recordings will be posted on the SCIENCEx webinar page.