Fireshed Webinar Series – Webinar #2: The Interaction of 2020 Wildfires & Forest Treatments

Join us for an informative and interactive webinar series introducing the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative (NCFC) and our work to make Northern Colorado forests resilient, protect communities and keep our water supplies reliable.

This webinar series is free and open to anyone interested in the health of their forested watersheds and communities – no prior knowledge required.

Webinar #1: Intro to the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative – April 21 at 5:30pm
Panelists: Tony Cheng, Director – Colorado Forest Restoration Institute & Monte Williams, Forest Supervisor – U.S. Forest Service

What is a “fireshed”? Learn more about how landscape-scale collaboration around forest health is happening on the northern Front Range.

Webinar #2: The Interaction of 2020 Wildfires & Forest Treatments – May 19 at 5:30pm
Panelists: Tony Vorster & Brian Woodward – Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado State University and Katie Donahue, District Ranger – U.S. Forest Service

Agencies have been implementing forest mitigation and restoration work in the Poudre and Big Thompson watersheds for years. Join us to learn what initial satellite observations suggest about how these treatments influenced burn severity.

Webinar #3: Prescribed Fire 101 – June 16 at 5:30pm
Panelists: Daniel Godwin – Director of Programs & Partnerships – The Ember Alliance & James White, Forest Prescribed Fire and Fuels Specialist – U.S. Forest Service

Have you ever wondered what goes into making a prescribed fire happen? Learn about prescribed fire treatments on public and private lands from two local wildland fire experts.

Registration for the Series: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J_FiJ3EpT5eJ7MCd7hLnKw