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: Dr. Brian Harvey, University of Washington 

About this presentation: Fire is an essential force in shaping ecosystems throughout the Pacific Northwest— however, the ecological role and societal context of fire across the region is extraordinarily diverse. From the wet coastal temperate rainforests to the interior warm and dry woodlands, the historical, contemporary, and future relationship between forests and fire varies widely over time and space. In this talk, I will synthesize insights from the lineup of speakers in this series as well as present context about some of the key emergent fire ecology and management challenges and opportunities across the diversity of fire-prone forest ecosystems in the region. Some of these challenges and opportunities are shared with other ecosystems across western North America, while others are relatively unique to the Pacific Northwest.