About the Fire Series: Fire Ecology and Forest Resilience in the Pacific Northwest A Webinar Series by the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement and Washington Chapter of The Wildlife Society 

You are invited to a Zoom webinar series.

When: Thursdays from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Pacific Time (US and Canada) March 7, 2024, through May 2, 2024 (excluding April 25). Please click on this link to register: https://ncasi.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SIr5Zc4iQxWt9E_rCgdLew 

When registering you will provide some basic contact information and be able to select the dates on which you plan to attend. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. 

If there are any questions, please contact Bill at william_o_vogel@yahoo.com or (360) 528-9145.  

Presentations are anticipated to last 35 to 40 minutes and be followed by about 20 minutes for questions. The presentations should be especially helpful to biologists and resource managers that are new to forest ecology in Pacific Northwest or western interior forests.

Presenter: Todd Rankin, USFWS 

About this presentation: As highlighted in many of the presentations thus far within this series, there are several challenges related to fire management and the ecological role of fire within many of the forest ecosystems in Western Washington. Large fire occurrence has been increasing in both frequency and magnitude within many of the wet, temperate forests on the west side. With over 20 years of experience as a fire manager for federal jurisdictions in Western Washington (NPS, USFS, USFWS), I will provide my perspective through personal observations related to changes occurring within the fire environment and implications to managing fires across the landscape. I’ll use case studies to highlight the ecological role of fire and observed fire effects on several fires within the Olympic Mountains as well as other fires I have supported through my work as a fire analyst. The intent will be to connect the various topics and conversation given actual fire events and outcomes that have taken place.