Don't miss the Northwest Fire Science Consortium's first webinar of the fall series, all on insects and wildfire, tomorrow 11/4 from 11a-12p PST.
This webinar asks: *"**Does wildfire likelihood or severity increase following insect outbreaks in conifer forests of the Pacific Northwest?"* and is presented by Dr. Garrett Meigs, Department of Forestry at the University of Vermont. Register at: http://www.nwfirescience.org/events/does-wildfire-likelihood-or-severity-increase-following-insect-outbreaks-conifer-forests You can also register for the second webinar,* "Influence of recent bark beetle outbreaks on wildfire,"* by Dr. Sarah Hart, Department of Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder on 11/13 here: http://www.nwfirescience.org/events/influence-recent-bark-beetle-outbreaks-wildfire -- *Autumn Ellison* Faculty Research Assistant Ecosystem Workforce Program/Institute for a Sustainable Environment University of Oregon http://ewp.uoregon.edu/