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Stop, Drop, and Roll Out the Biocrust Sods: Targeting the Grass-Fire Cycle Through Soil-Surface Rehabilitation

Learn about the potential uses of biological soil crust sods (biocrust sods) for degraded soils restoration and as fire and fuel breaks in desert environments. Recorded on: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Description: Biocrust sods (portable islands of lichens, mosses, cyanobacteria, and other organisms that form the cohesive soil communities known as biological soil crusts) are …

Webinar announcement on Behave7 training

The Behave7 Fire Modeling System is here!

Recorded on: May 20, 2025 at 11:00-12:30 (fire analysts) and May 22, 2025 (prescribed fire planning) Description: These webinars are a two part series of trainings for the Behave Fire Modeling System. These webinars go over changes in version 7 from the RMRS Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program, and look forward at future releases. …

Smoke from Freeman Fire in Webinar: Fire in the Southwest: Fire Season 2024 Overview and 2025 Outlook

Fire in the Southwest: Fire season 2024 overview and 2025 outlook

In a nutshell: Learn about commonalities and unique events within the 10 largest Southwestern fires of 2024 and hear a meteorologist explore the fire season outlook and expectations for fire weather behavior in 2025. Recorded on: Thursday, May 1, 2025 Description: Most frequent-fire forests throughout the Intermountain West have been degraded during the last 150 …