Prescribed Fire for Forest Management Webinar Series: Workforce Development
Hosted by University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Forestry Center
Select Wednesdays in 2023-24
9:30am-11:00am (8:30-10 a.m. CT )
Online via Zoom
FREE
Foresters and land managers have many forest management tools at their disposal. One tool that's often overlooked is prescribed fire. Though underutilized, prescribed fire for forest management is important for ecosystem health, forest regeneration, wildlife habitat, forest health, and disease control.Join us for insightful discussions with national experts as we discuss forest management using prescribed fire. Learn some of the practical knowledge of where, when, why, and how to apply fire in forest ecosystems.
This webinar series will explore several facets of prescribed fire related to forests and forest management. We have invited speakers to provide their perspectives and offer advice on how we can advance prescribed fire as a forest management tool in the future.
DATES AND TOPICS
NOV 1, 2023: Oak and Fire in the Eastern US
DEC 6, 2023: Fire in Northern Pine Systems
JAN 3, 2024: Fire in Southern Pine Systems
FEB 7, 2024: Prescribed Fire as a Restoration Tool for Barrens
MAR 6, 2024: Fire and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Lake States
APR 3, 2024: Fire and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Beyond the Lake States
MAY 1, 2024: Fire and Game Species
JUNE 5, 2024: Prescribed Fire in Urban Landscapes
JULY 10, 2024: Fire and Climate Change
AUG 7, 2024: Case Studies - Prescribed Fire and Red Pine
SEPT 4, 2024: Case Studies - Prescribed Fire and Interfering Vegetation
OCT 2, 2024: Workforce Development
