How will climate change affect fire regimes in the western US?
WHEN: September 2, 2016 at 9:00am MST
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Measuring, modeling and mapping patterns of water availability across landscapes in a time of increasing drought
WHEN: September 15, 2016 at 2:00pm MST
CONTACT: Webinar Information

Finding the Best Science Available on Fire Ecology and Fire Regimes in Great Plains Ecosystems
WHEN: September 21, 2016 at 10:00am MST
CONTACT: Webinar Information

Springs and Springs-dependent Species in the Southern Rockies LCC
WHEN: September 28, 2016 at 10:00am MST
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Predicting climate change impacts on big sagebrush populations: diverse models project similar response to rising temperatures
WHEN: November 4, 2016 at 12:00pm MST
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Technical Reference: Conservation and Management of Whitebark Pine Ecosystems presents general guidelines for planning, implementing, and evaluating whitebark pine conservation and management activities on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

Report: Homeowners' Wildland Fire Beliefs and Behaviors: Results from Seven Colorado Wildland Urban Interface Counties explores Colorado residents’ familiarity with defensible space and firewise construction, as well as the barriers or incentives for implementing these behaviors, and how agency attempts to change residents’ responses to wildland fire threat can be enhanced.

Report: Understanding Community Wildfire Protection Plans in Colorado discusses findings related to the overall status, effectiveness, and success of CWPPs in Colorado.

New Tool: Utah Department of Natural Resources Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal is comprised of a suite of applications, tailored to support both professional and public viewers, that will provide the baseline information needed to support mitigation and prevention efforts across the state.

Blog: Why Mesophication Matters discusses the conversion of fire-maintained open forests and prairies to closed-canopy forests and how that process can inhibit the success of fire-adapted species.

News Articles:

• How to reduce homeowner risk in the wildland-urban interface by creating a home ignition zone (Rocky Mountain Research Station)
• Forest fires may be natural, but that doesn’t make them popular (Grist)
• As Wildfire Season Continues to Heat up, Interior Partners with Industry to Eliminate Drone Intrusions (Press Release from the US Department of Interior)
• Forest Service Survey Finds Record 66 Million Dead Trees in Southern Sierra Nevada (News Release from the US Forest Service)