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From Parallel Play to Co-Management: Conserving Landscapes at Risk of Wildfire in the American West Webinar

September 9, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Wildfire has fundamentally shaped the western landscapes we seek to conserve. It is a source of renewal and central to the functioning of many ecosystems; as well as a destructive force that threatens communities and conservation values across public and private lands. Wildfire epitomizes myriad connectivities that we cannot escape. Yet as the frequency of large, severe wildfires has greatly increased over the past 20 years, it has called to attention the fragmented, sometimes conflicting approaches to natural resource conservation across different jurisdictions and organizations. Reducing threats and enhancing conservation benefits from wildfire will require synergistic collaboration and coordination to span these disconnects. Our discussants will provide a range of perspectives from applied social science and policy action around wildfire to suggest bold new ideas about how people in the western U.S. may live with fire in the 21st century, and how conservation policy could spur more effective collective action to address wildfire risk across public and private lands.

Panelists:

Dr. Tony Cheng, 2017-2018 Colorado Water Center Research Team Grantee

Tony Cheng is Director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute and Professor with a partial Extension appointment in the Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship at Colorado State University.  His primary research and engagement interest is in forest governance, policy and administration, with a focus on multi-stakeholder collaborative approaches to promote resilient social-ecological systems linked to forested landscapes.  In his capacity as an extension specialist and director of CFRI, Tony oversees programs to develop, compile, and apply locally-relevant scientific information to achieve forest restoration and wildfire hazard reduction goals. Born and raised in eastern Washington’s Palouse country, Tony has a PhD in Forestry from Oregon State University, a MS in Forestry from the University of Minnesota, and a BA in Political Science from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA.

Details

Date:
September 9, 2020
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Website:
https://www.conservationconversations.org/webinar-wildfire-risk