Great Plains Fire Science Exchange

Missouri PBA Spotfire Suppression Training
2024-01-20 | Collins, MO, Collins, MO, United States
What to expect:
When prescribed fire is planned and conducted responsibly, the chance of fire getting outside the designated burn unit (spotfire) is low, however, the chance is still present. In this training we will start off discussing the aspects of planning, preparing, and implementing prescribed burns that reduce the chance of spotfires. We will then take to the field in the to demonstrate the response to fire outside the burn unit and use prescribed burn equipment to suppress and extinguish the fire. Participants will have the opportunity to work with a crew to gain hands-on experience. The field exercise will be in a prepared and controlled location with participant and public safety the utmost priority. We’ll wrap the day up with lighting the rest of the unused area up as a prescribed burn so there will be opportunity to experience that as well.

Click the link here to register: https://form.jotform.com/233115771171147

Fire Summit & PBG 2024
2024-02-02 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX, United States

Missouri Prescribed Fire Council Spring Meeting
2024-02-06 - 2024-02-08
MPFC Spring Meeting at MNRC
Our Spring Meeting at MNRC which is Feb 6-8th 2024 at Margaritaville/Tan-Tar-A Estates at Lake of the Ozarks!

Physics-based modeling of fire spread in urban areas
2024-02-06 16:00 - 17:00
WEBINAR: California Fire Science Seminar Series
“Physics-based modeling of fire spread in densely-built urban areas – some implications to the modeling of fire spread in WUI fires” Presented by: Keisuke Himoto

Free Prescribed Burn Classroom Session: Huron Events Center
2024-02-08 17:30 - 20:30 | Huron, Huron Events Center
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AI-Enabled Wildfire Detection Using Satellite Imagery
2024-02-20 16:00 - 17:00
WEBINAR: California Fire Science Seminar Series
“AI-Enabled Wildfire Detection Using Satellite Imagery” Presented by Ali Moghimi

Webinar: Perspective of Southwest Tribal Forest & Fire Management
2024-02-21 17:00 - 18:00
A native perspective of the development, growth, and strength of New Mexico tribal programs and efforts to protect, preserve, and enhance tribal forest resources will be highlighted. This perspective is shared based on over 30 years of experience, working with tribal communities across the US, within the context of federal service with the Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and USDA Forest Service, and with recent facets of a non-governmental organization The Nature Conservancy. The evolution of tribal self-determination programs and tribally led conservation will be presented focusing on challenges of this journey, and emerging opportunities for integrating this Indigenous knowledge and experience beyond tribal lands.

Examining the Social Dynamics of Fire Management
2024-02-22 16:00 - 17:00
Reflections from 20 years- Examining the Social Dynamics of Fire Management

Sarah McCaffrey, PhD, retired in 2022 after 20 years as a fire social scientist with the US Forest Service where her research focused on understanding the social dynamics of fire management. This included research projects that examined the role of risk perception and risk attitudes, social acceptability of prescribed fire, homeowner mitigation decisions, evacuation decision making, risk communication, and agency-community interactions during fires. Since retirement she has been involved with a number of research and practitioner efforts to improve future fire outcomes including as an adviser to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Wildfire Resilience Initiative and Board member for Fire Adapted Colorado. She received her PhD in 2002 from the University of California at Berkeley where her dissertation examined Incline Village, Nevada homeowner views and actions in relation to defensible space and fuels management.

To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uf1j-BIxTHq2jL3IawWZ5w#/registration

Free Prescribed Burn Classroom Session: Milbank Fire Hall
2024-02-22 17:30 - 20:30

Joint-agency Burn Workshop
2024-02-26 09:30 - 15:00 | Neosho County Community College, 900 East Logan St, Ottawa, KS, United States
The K-State Research and Extension Frontier District will host a school to teach attendees how to plan and conduct a safe and effective prescribed burn of grasslands. Tools needed for burns will also be discussed. The school will be held 9:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 26 at the Neosho County Community College Ottawa Campus. A chili lunch will be available with a donation appreciated to cover costs. Registration is requested by Friday, Feb. 23 to Rod Schaub, K-State agricultural agent specializing in livestock, at 785.828.4438 or rschaub@ksu.edu

Presenters for the school will include Ethan Walker, NRCS range specialist; David Kraft, Kansas Grazing Land Coalition; Justin Harbit, KDWP; and Nathan Griesemer, National Weather Service. Topics these presenters will cover include reasons to burn, weather conditions for burning, equipment needed and planning for and conducting a burn, fire behavior, hazards and precautions, liability, and CRP rules.

Webinar: Fire Use Around the World: Purposes, Principles, Polices
2024-02-27 11:00 - 12:00
Session 1: A worldwide view of the roles, status, and future of prescribed fire
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Free Prescribed Burn Classroom Session: Redfield Fire Department
2024-02-27 18:00 - 21:00 | Redfield Fire Fall

TEST EVENT: TICKETING
2024-03-04 08:00 - 17:00
THIS IS A TEST EVENT. DO NOT REGISTER.
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Southern Missouri Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX)
2024-03-04 08:00 - 2024-03-15 17:00
We invite you to participate in the Southern Missouri TREX, where putting good fire on the ground will be just as important as providing quality training opportunities for participants. See attached flyer for more details.

The Role of Economics in Wildfire Risk Management
2024-03-05 16:00 - 17:00
WEBINAR: California Fire Science Seminar Series
“The Role of Economics in Wildfire Risk Management” Presented by Dave Calkin

FREE KS Winter Grazing Conference
2024-03-08 09:00 - 15:00 | Red Rock Ranch, 4340 270th Rd., Soldier, KS, United States
Steve believes it is important to provide an enjoyable, profitable and sustainable business for future generations. It is also a priority to maintain healthy soils and to build biodiversity in order to ensure that our agricultural businesses remain profitable and sustainable. Our passion for the land and the animals has also led to us teaching about regenerative agriculture all over the planet.
Steve has been writing articles in The Stockman Grass Farmer, the Canadian Cattlemen for almost 2 decades and teaches schools and seminars all over the world. Steve is passionate to share his knowledge and his mistakes to help other farmers enhance their current farm businesses.
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FREE KS Winter Grazing Conference
2024-03-09 09:00 - 15:00 | Knights of Columbus Hall, 212 Iowa St, Olpe, KS, United States

Loup TREX
2024-03-17 08:00 - 2024-03-30 17:00 | Loup River Valley, Nebraska
The Loup TREX is accepting registrations through January 31, 2024. The Loup TREX is an intensive two-week, community-based live fire training event held in central Nebraska. This event draws in fire practitioners representing many agencies and organizations.

South Dakota Grassland Summit
2024-03-18 - 2024-03-19

Reforestation for resilience: creating fire-adapted forests
2024-03-19 16:00 - 17:00
WEBINAR: California Fire Science Seminar Series
“Reforestation for resilience: creating fire-adapted forests for the future.” Presented by Mar Meyer and Malcom North

Free Prescribed Burn Classroom Session: Murdo
2024-03-19 17:00 - 20:30 | The Jones County Sportsman’s Club, Murdo

Bridging the Gap Conference
2024-04-01 08:00 - 2024-04-04 17:00 | Omni Hotel, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
This conference supported by the USDA Forest Service Tribal Relations Program is hosted in 2024 by the Caddo Nation. Abstracts for posters and for discussion tables at an Eco-Café session are being accepted through March 4. https://tnc.app.box.com/s/gsloxirb7zkee6vn5k1a099q10gg9yt5

Webinar: Fire Use Around the World: Purposes, Principles, Polices
2024-04-02 11:00 - 12:00
Session 2: Preparing for the “big one”:prescribed fore as a strategic fuel reduction tool.
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CA Prescribed Fire Revolution: Changing heart, mind, & landscape
2024-04-02 16:00 - 17:00
WEBINAR: California Fire Science Seminar Series
“California’s Prescribed Fire (R)evolution: Changing hearts, minds, and landscapes” Presented by Lenya Quinn-Davidson

Free IMAGINE Virtual Workshop: Defending & Growing the Core
2024-04-03 10:00 - 17:00
Free IMAGINE Virtual Workshop: Defending and Growing the Core by Breaking the Cycle of Annual Grass Invasion

Free Prescribed Burn Field Session: Lower Brule Fire School
2024-04-09 - 2024-04-10 | Lower Brule Fire School

Missouri Native Grasslands Summit
2024-04-09 - 2024-04-11 | Jefferson City, MO, Jefferson City, MO, United States

Reducing Woody Encroachment in Grasslands: A Vulnerability-Based Approach
2024-04-10 14:00 - 15:00
Did you know that woody encroachment is one of the top two drivers of grassland loss in the Great Plains? Encroachment by species like eastern redcedar reduces forage production by up to 75% in grasslands and can result in consequences to food production, freshwater supply, grassland biodiversity, ranching profitability, and the regulation of wildfire danger, human respiratory health, and vector-borne disease transmission. New rangeland monitoring data shows that woody encroachment is occurring in grasslands with no prior history of encroachment. Past management has followed a reactive approach and has been unable to halt large-scale grassland losses. In this presentation, Dr. Dillon Fogarty will present on new science-based guidance for reducing woody encroachment in grasslands. New guidelines are built around a framework for reducing grassland vulnerability to encroachment and have been adopted by local, state, and national conservation initiatives like the Great Plains Grassland Initiative (GPGI). In Nebraska, conservation practitioners estimate that new guidance saves between $25-500 per acre compared to past guidance for brush management.
Speakers:
Dr. Dillon Fogarty is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research and extension focus on the ecology and management of woody plant invasions. Dr. Fogarty coordinates the Great Plains Grasslands Extension Partnership, which is comprised of rangeland scientists from every land-grant university in the Great Plains. The Extension Partnership exists to develop and distribute the information, resources, and tools needed to improve grassland conservation and scale up the adoption of science-based solutions
Registration Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/urWTBhhLe02TQfMvQApUlA,YPdhC83nGUCaCNi65LbwSg,MHXDauczqEmK2zP_PI58xA,c_AQsKVhyUyY150_zrJ5Uw,JZQnXYZSbkmsg8M8yR_gMg,XD5R2vxX2UOaKa74h78QrA?mode=read&tenantId=0693b5ba-4b18-4d7b-9341-f32f400a5494&webinarRing=gcc

Victims or Survivors? The Cost of Culture in Fire Recovery
2024-04-16 16:00 - 17:00
WEBINAR: California Fire Science Seminar Series
“Victims or Survivors? The Cost of Culture in Fire Recovery” Presented by Rebecca Ewert

Women-in-Fire Prescribed Fire TREX
2024-04-22 08:00 - 2024-05-03 17:00 | Niobrara Valley Preserve, Johnstown, Nebraska
Join us for twelve days of hands-on burning and learning at The Nature Conservancy’s Niobrara Valley
Preserve! We will explore the growing role of women in fire management, conduct prescribed fire operations designed to advance formal qualifications, and engage in workshops and dialogue on fire ecology and effects, communications and outreach, prescribed fire policy and planning, and tools for empowering a more diverse and thoughtful fire workforce.

Deadline is January 19th
Link for more information and to apply:
Women-in-Fire Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WTREX)
