Join the Rocky Mountain Research Station for the annual Science You Can Use webinar series taking place on Wednesdays this spring. This series will focus our newest science about aspects of land management with land managers being our key audience. Each presentation, beginning at 10:00 a.m. MST, will be 30 minutes long, followed by a 30-minute Q&A and discussion. All presenters are Rocky Mountain Research Station scientists unless otherwise noted. Please see the flyer below for connection information.

*Registration is required, register here.

Events will include:

• February 14 – Wildfire and resilient landscapes: New tools for detailed analyses

  • John Hogland, research forester

• February 21 – Streams, springs, and fens! Assessing riparian and groundwater-dependent ecosystems for forest plan revision

  • Katey Driscoll, research ecologist

  • Max Smith, research ecologist

• February 28 – Pinyon-juniper treatments optimized: With considerations for sagebrush conservation, pinyon jays, and songbirds

  • Jason Reinhardt, research forester

• March 6 – Biochar production, benefits, and barriers in forested lands

  • Derek Pierson, research soil scientist

• March 13 – Prescribed fire and wilderness: Barriers and opportunities in a time of change

  • Sean Parks, research ecologist

• March 20 – The effects of timber harvest on grizzly bear habitat use and diet

  • Tavis Forrester, research wildlife biologist

  • Dan Tyers, USDA Forest Service grizzly bear habitat coordinator Region 1 supervisors office, Custer Gallatin National Forest

• March 27 – TreeMap is a tree-level model of U.S. forests. New data delivery and visualization improvements make it easier to use

  • Karin Riley, research ecologist

  • A representative from Geospatial Technology and Applications Center

• April 10 – Quantifying old-growth forest of United States Forest Service public lands

  • Kristen Pelz, ecologist 

The webinars will be hosted on Zoom with a maximum of 500 attendees. Those interested in attending can register for individual events here. Recordings of each presentation will be available on the RMRS webinar webpage. Questions about this webinar series can be directed to Jessica Brewen.