WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bring your lunch and join us this winter for short presentations about Forest Service science supporting the Wildfire Crisis Strategy. Each Wednesday, you’ll hear about 3 new research projects currently underway, what has been learned so far and how managers and others might get involved. 

The kick-off event will be Wednesday, January 15th, and the series will continue from mid-January through mid-March. Each session will be recorded and 45 minutes in length.  See you there!

Hosted by Forest Service Research and Development
Wednesdays this Winter at 11am MT (10am PT, 12pm CT, 1pm ET)

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LUNCH & LEARN SCHEDULE

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

• Wildfire Treatment Outcomes: Jens Stevens, WO Research & Development

• Fire Remote Sensing: Matt Dickinson, Northern Research Station

• Fuels Treatment Effects in Mixed Conifer and Ponderosa Pine Forests: Harold Zald, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Chris Fettig, Pacific Southwest Research Station

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

• Wildland Fire Smoke and Emissions Decisions Support: Shawn Urbanski, Rocky Mountain Research Station

• Innovations and Organizational Barriers to Wildfire Risk Reduction: David Flores, Rocky Mountain Research Station; Dana Skelly, Innovation and Organizational Learning

• Biochar-based Panels for Fire-Resistant & Environmental Remediation: Zhen Cai

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

• Improving Post-Fire Management Decision-Making: Morris Johnson, Pacific Northwest Research Station

• Biorefinery to Renewable Packaging: Nicole Stark, Forest Products Laboratory

• Forest Monitoring with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Wade Tinkham, Rocky Mountain Research Station

Wednesday, February 5

• Tree Mortality from Prescribed Fire: Sharon Hood, Rocky Mountain Research Station

• Identifying Historical Forest Conditions: Paula Fornwalt, Rocky Mountain Research Station

• Impacts of Spatially Complex Forest Structure on Stand Dynamics: Mike Battaglia, Rocky Mountain Research Station   

Wednesday, February 12

• Using Social Data to Foster Community Engagement: Patty Champ, Rocky Mountain Research Station

• Forest Management and Fire Interactions with Carbon, Forest Resilience and Wildlife: David Bell, Pacific Northwest Research Station

• The Electric Forest: Modular Biomass Power Stations for Biomass Management: Nate Anderson, Rocky Mountain Research Station    

Wednesday, February 19

• New Science Supporting Prescribed Fire: Scott Goodrick, Southern Research Station

• Baseline Visitation to Wildfire Crisis Firesheds: Spencer Wood, University of Washington

• Effects of Forest Management on Pollinator Communities, Habitat and Plant-Pollinator Mutualisms: Kim Ballare, Rocky Mountain Research Station   

Wednesday, February 26

• Fostering Fire Resilience Across Dry to Moist Forests on the Mt. Hood Landscape: David Bell, Pacific Northwest Research Station

• Innovation Landscape Networks: Scott Goodrick, Southern Research Station

• Fueling Adaptation: Leveraging Community Capacity to Reduce Wildfire Risk: Miranda Mockrin, Northern Research Station; Lindsay Campbell, Northern Research Station   

Wednesday, March 5

• Tools to Address Market & Policy Challenges in Forest Management: Gregory Frey, Southern Research Station

• Additional presentations TBD 

Wednesday, March 12

• Forest Infrastructure Capacity: JeffVance Martin, Pacific Southwest Research Station

• Additional presentations TBD