by WFC Comms | Aug 26, 2021 | News, Wildfire
In Spring 2021, World Forestry Center launched a virtual, public summit on wildfire. Titled “Adapting to the Era of Megafires: A Community and Expert Summit on Catastrophic Wildfire in Oregon and Beyond,” the series featured the broadening group of...
by WFC Comms | Jul 22, 2021 | Education, Wildfire
Wildfires are natural. Megafires are not. In 2020, large and severe wildfires ravaged much of the western United States. While still early, it is already clear the 2021 fire season will also be marked by catastrophic wildfires. In Oregon, everyone is impacted by...
by WFC Comms | May 12, 2021 | News, Wildfire
“Inaction on fire is not an option,” Governor declares. Governor Brown—at a Wildfire Summit today with Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, as well as State Senator Lew Frederick—declared her commitment to passing meaningful wildfire legislation this session, and...
by WFC Comms | Apr 15, 2021 | Events, Wildfire
Community Leaders and Experts Talk Full Impacts, Real Solutions An emerging coalition of community leaders and experts gathered on Wednesday, April 14 for the first panel of “Adapting to the Era of Megafires: A Community & Expert Summit on Catastrophic Wildfire in...
by WFC Comms | Sep 11, 2020 | News, Wildfire
As part of our Hagenstein Lecture Series, we featured Amanda Rau and Anjel Tomayko as two of our 2019 Emerging Voices in Forestry. In their talk, Women on Fire, they discussed their work preventing and managing wildfire. We checked back in with Amanda and Anjel...
