The Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory has been hosting an annual seminar series since 1998. Hour-long seminars are presented by Fire Lab employees and other researchers from throughout the world. Seminars cover current research and management about the natural world from a broad range of disciplines, but most seminars usually have a wildland fire theme. The Fire Lab Seminar Series provides a platform for researchers and managers to present their work in an environment that encourages critical thought, the free exchange of ideas, and knowledge discovery. For more information, visit the Fire Lab Seminar Series page.
Jan 12 2023, 11am - 12pm
In 2022, the Forest Service released a report titled “Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: A Strategy for Protecting Communities and Improving Resilience in America’s Forests”. The report laid the foundation for how the Forest Service intends to…
Jan 19 2023, 11am - 12pm
In 2022, the US Forest Service launched an ambitious 10-year strategy to address the escalating wildfire danger in the USA. “Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: A Strategy for Protecting Communities and Improving Resilience in America’s Forests”…
Jan 26 2023, 11am - 12pm
Wildfire analytics now used in the wildfire crisis strategy had beginnings in fire simulation research in the early 1990s. Data and models developed during this period enabled spatial analyses of fire growth and behavior and allowed examination of…
Feb 16 2023, 11am - 12pm
A critical challenge to implementing the Wildfire Crisis Strategy (WCS) -- and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation (BIL) funding that supports it -- is the persistent gap between science and practice. Among scientists the gap is typically…
Feb 23 2023, 11am - 12pm
Big data and the knowledge we glean from it are fundamentally changing the way in which resource management decisions are being made. While the use of remotely sensed data, spatial modeling, and newer processing techniques are helping to provide…
Mar 9 2023, 11am - 12pm
Much of the current dialogue around mitigating wildfire risk to people and property in the United States focuses on vegetation treatments to reduce fuel loads on public lands. There is good reason for that – responsible management of lands within…
Mar 16 2023, 11am - 12pm
This seminar builds of the March 9, 2023 “Community-focused programs, datasets, and planning resources for wildfire risk mitigation” seminar (presenters: Greg Dillon, Eva Karau, Kelly Pohl) by focusing on how to support creation of fire-resilient…
Mar 23 2023, 11am - 12pm
This talk will explore themes of slack and scarcity and how they relate to efficiency and risk in wildfire. The presenter will discuss slack and scarcity in the context of incident response and then scale up to the interagency system that…
Mar 30 2023, 11am - 12pm
The National Indian Forest Resource Management Act requires decadal assessments of the status of tribal forests and forest management in the United States. A team of independent experts, otherwise known as the Indian Forest Management Assessment…
Apr 20 2023, 11am - 12pm
In subalpine forests of the Northern Rockies, short-interval high-severity wildland fires are symptomatic of emerging changes in fire regimes. Evidence of forest conversion to non-forest and prolonged establishment windows is accumulating. However,…