Events Calendar » July Fire Series: Fire, Beetles, and Forests

July Fire Series: Fire, Beetles, and Forests

Posted on: June 21st, 2011
Note New Date: Wednesday July 6

“Fire, Bark Beetles, and our Disturbance Driven Forests”
Wednesday, July 6
6:30 pm
at REI on 28th Street
 

Most people associate words like wildland fire, bark beetles, avalanches, and blow down with images of devastation and loss of our forest ecosystems. At this program, Ryan Ludlow will talk about our local forest ecology and explain why all of the forest ecosystems present in Boulder County actually depend on these periodic disturbances to keep the ecosystem healthy and in balance. You will leave the program with a better understanding about why these words should instead be associated with images of new life, forest renewal and transformation.

Ryan Ludlow, Boulder County Outreach Forester, coordinates the County’s Forestry Education and Outreach Program targeted towards private forest landowners. He works to arm local foothills landowners with the knowledge needed to be good stewards of their forested ecosystems.

 

_________________________________________________
Looking ahead: Monday August 1
Jim Webster presents on the County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), the product of thousands of hours of discussion with community volunteers and professional fire folks. Boulder County’s CWPP is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2011, so this presentation will revolve around the draft plan rather than the final version. Q and A and discussion. Same time and place.

Jim Webster, Boulder County CWPP Planner, has 20 years of experience in collaborative environmental and natural resource planningwith trees, water, and people. He has worked with organizations including the Western Center for Environmental Decision-making, the World Wildlife Fund, the USFS, and the Peace Corps.
Note New Date:   Wednesday September 7
Community Post-Fire Effect Stories
On this one-year Anniversary of the Four Mile Fire, a panel of speakers will start us off by sharing their post-fire-effect personal stories. We invite you to share your story in a 1 to 3-minute format (talk/music/poetry) so we can include everyone who would like contribute. Please let us know if you have artwork  you would like to stage in the room for this meeting.
Monday October 3 features Deborah Martin, research hydrologist with USGS working with the county on post-fire research; she will address “The Effects of Fire on Soils: Implications for Runoff and Erosion.”
On Monday  November 7, we look forward to hearing Mike Baker, meteorologist, on Climate and Fire.

On Monday December 5, Dr. Joyce Gellhorn will present on Aspens and Fire.