Alaska Aspen Workshop
July 13, 2017 • Full Article
September 12-14, 2017 starting in Fairbanks, traveling to Delta and Tok
The registration form is available here. Registration due date is August 25.
2017 Alaska Tree Seedling Sale
March 21, 2017 • Full Article
The Cook Inlet Chapter 2017 tree seedling sale is currently underway and we are taking orders. Please visit our tree sale page for more information and tree seedling availability.
State Forester: Feds should ease certification for fire aircraft
November 20, 2015 • Full Article
"After Alaska's second worst fire season on record, The state forester told a U.S. Senate committee the government should stop practices that he says needlessly sideline firefighting aircraft."
Predictive Analytics and the Battle Against Wildfires
November 20, 2015 • Full Article
photo from USDA/flickr
Good article on using predictive modeling for fighting wildfire with data input from satellites, aircraft, ground observations plus data on weather, climate, fuels, vegetation, lightning strikes, and past fire patterns, (and more) all combined to create a clearer picture of wildfire vulnerability and a sense of where fire is most likely to strike.