Events

PANEL DISCUSSION Fire, whether naturally ignited or culturally conveyed, did not spread across eastern North America frequently or evenly enough for fire-dependent grasslands to be as ubiquitous as the forested landscape. But in areas where it could, there were open grasslands and grassy savannas and woodlands composed of a rich diversity of unique species assemblages. […]

Speaker: Jamie Barbour Executive Order 14072, Strengthening the Nation’s Forests, Communities, and Local Economies, among other things, instructs the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to define mature and old growth forests, inventory them, conduct an analysis of threats to them, and develop a policy to conserve them. With considerable input from external stakeholders, […]

Connecticut Senator George P. McLean helped establish lasting legal protections for birds, overseeing passage of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act, landmark environmental protection legislation still in effect today. Author Will Greeley, McLean’s great-great nephew, puts McLean’s victory for birds in the context of his distinguished forty-five-year career marked by many acts of reform during […]

PANEL DISCUSSION Wetlands are the forgotten sibling of the prescribed fire world. While upland ecosystems across the Eastern U.S. have received significant attention for their fire-dependency, wetlands—characterized by their more episodic encounters with fire—rarely receive equitable fire management investments. Fire managers face unique challenges in these environments, where hydric soils, muck, and dense vegetation can […]

The Western Region COFE meeting will be held on Thursday, January 9, in Lebanon, OR. WR COFE is a regional chapter of the Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) for the western United States and British Columbia. COFE is an international professional organization formed to foster the development of forest engineering in industry, government, and education […]

PANEL DISCUSSION Wildland fire managers require an expanded toolbox for decision support in the context of an increasingly novel fuel and fire environment complicated by a changing climate, invasive species encroachment, and rapid increase in wildland-urban interface in many areas within the U.S.  Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) offers an efficient, cost-effective, and powerful tool for […]