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SCIENCEx Fire: Fuels Management in Mature and Old Growth Forests

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February 27th, 2025 from 1pm to 2:30pm CST


The USDA Forest Service Research and Development is proud to host a series of SCIENCEx Fire panel discussions intended for fire, fuels and land managers on topics associated with the Wildfire Crisis Strategy and beyond. The SCIENCEx Fire panel discussions will provide big picture and synthetic looks at the current state of knowledge and management considerations for each topic. Each panel is comprised of expert practitioners and researchers from the Forest Service, universities, other land management organizations, industry and non-governmental organizations. Pre-registration is required, and each recorded session will be 90-minutes in length.

Panelists

  • Brandon Collins Regional Ecologist, USDA FS Pacific Southwest Region 

  • Sharon Hood Research Forester, Rocky Mountain Research Station 

  • Lane Johnson Research Forester, University of Minnesota 

  • Gavin Jones Research Ecologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station 

  • Andrew Merschel ORISE Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pacific Northwest Research Station 

  • Kristen Shive University of California at Berkley 

  • Zach Steel Research Scientist, Rocky Mountain Research Station 

  • Harold Zald Research Forester, Pacific Northwest Research Station