Events
May 18, 2013 18 May, 8:00-3:00
Minden, NV
Sponsored by the Nevada Department of Agriculture, the Forest Service, and the Nature Conservancy. Registration is $10. Details here.
May 21, 2013 21-24 May 2013
Reno, NV
Participants in this 3.5 day course will learn how to apply the “Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health” qualitative evaluation protocol and learn how to quantify (measure) selected indicators.
This course is being held tuition free for the purpose of encouraging the use of this Rangeland Health Assessment tool by federal, state agencies, and others. Participants are responsible for their travel expenses, including transportation to the classroom, meals and lodging. We will carpool to field sites.
Details and registration information can be found here.
May 22, 2013 22 May 2013, 8:00-5:30
Elko, NV
This symposium is full day of talks on strategic and targeted grazing presented by researchers from both federal agencies and universities. The symposium concludes with a panel discussion on the opportunities and constraints for using strategic and targeted grazing as vegetation management tools on public lands.
This event is free to the public, but please register. The agenda and registration information can be found here.
Jun 5, 2013 5 June 2013, 9-10:30 Pacific/10-11:30 Mountain
Webinar
Hosted by the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network and US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, this webinar discussion is the last of a four-part series from the authors of the synthesis, A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States (Jain et al. 2010). The authors will share and discuss key findings from selected chapters in order to promote dialogue, mentoring, and increased understanding of the challenges, opportunities, and techniques for incorporating fuel treatments that promote resilient dry mixed conifer forests in the western U.S.
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Jun 13, 2013 13-14 June 2013
Priest River Experimental Forest, ID
The Northern Rockies Fire Science Network and the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station invite managers and scientists to an integrated fuel treatment field trip at the Priest River Experimental Forest in North Idaho. The field trip will focus on multidisciplinary research to help develop and evaluate alternative restoration/fuel treatments that are ecologically sound, socially acceptable, and economically viable. Scientists and managers will discuss these approaches and determine how they may meet some of the challenges managers face. The field trip will be led by Terrie Jain, Russell Graham, and Andrew Hudak, all who are Research Foresters with the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station in Moscow, Idaho.
For more information and to register, click here.
Jul 21, 2013 21-24 July 2013
Peppermill, Reno, NV
The Call for Presentations and Symposia Sessions has been released for the 68th Annual International Conference of the Soil and Water Conservation Society. The deadline for submitting a presentation or proposal is December 17, 2012.
View the conference website: www.swcs.org/13ac.