Making Sense of Alaska’s Changing Wildfire Environment

Speakers: Zav Grabinski (Alaska Fire Science Consortium and ACCAP), Sam Harrel (Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection) and Beth Ipsen (BLM Alaska Fire Service).

Wildfire activity in Alaska is increasing and becoming less predictable as rapidly warming temperatures and longer growing seasons alter the state’s environment. In this webinar, co-hosted by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and ACCAP, we will highlight information shared in the recently released Alaska’s Changing Wildfire Environment 2.0. This report provides timely, reliable and understandable information about wildfire trends in Alaska, their impacts to humans and wildlife, and how science can improve wildfire management. This webinar will showcase ways that wildfire managers and scientists work together to improve wildfire-related decision making and the public’s understanding of these topics.