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Whitebark Event
Science On TAp
Join us at Mountain Rambler in Bishop for the first of our 2025 Science on Tap speaker series.
You’ll hear from Tracy Misiewicz, the Bi-State Sage-Grouse Communication & Data Coordinator, about the fantastic Bi-State sage-grouse, the threat that more frequent and large-scale wildfires pose to its existence, and the wildfire best management practices that are being implemented to protect this iconic animal and the ecosystem it inhabits.
The event opens at 6 p.m. and the talk begins at 6:30 p.m.
Funding for this project provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Fire Prevention Program as part of the California Climate Investments Program.
Tuesday, May 6
Whitebark Event
Science On TAp
Join us at T-Bar Social Club in June Lake for the second of our 2025 Science on Tap speaker series.
You’ll hear from Char Miller, W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis & History, about the history of fire suppression.
The event opens at 6 p.m. and the talk begins at 6:30 p.m.
Funding for this project provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Fire Prevention Program as part of the California Climate Investments Program.
Wednesday, June 11
Whitebark Event
Science On TAp
Join us at Main Street Pizza & Tap for the third of our 2025 Science on Tap speaker series.
You’ll hear from Marc Meyer, Forest Service Ecologist, about how forest-dependent wildlife is impacted by wildfires in the Sierra Nevada.
The event opens at 6 p.m. and the talk begins at 6:30 p.m.
Funding for this project provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Fire Prevention Program as part of the California Climate Investments Program.
Wednesday, July 16
FireWorks Educator Workshop
FREE classroom-ready resources & hands-on training on wildland fire science. Held at the Inyo County Office of Education.
RegisterEvent Details
The FireWorks Educational Program aims to positively impact wildland fire science education in the Eastern Sierra by providing a FREE hands-on training and classroom-ready resources to teachers, educators, community leaders and agency communicators in the region.
This program is highly interdisciplinary and aligned to the NGSS standards and CA curriculum. It provides interactive, hands-on activities for studying fire behavior, fire ecology, and human influences on different fire-dependent forest types in the Sierra Nevada region. It also promotes understanding and integration of numerous concepts: properties of matter, chemical and physical processes, ecosystem fluctuations and cycles, plant and animal habitat and survival, and human interactions with ecosystems.
The use of FireWorks will help each of the participants increase the understanding of wildland fire as well as learn how to share the information in a practical way in their communities which currently is a critical need since the declining forest health across the West, coupled with a rapidly intensifying wildfire trajectory fueled by a changing climate are making our landscapes primed for catastrophic wildfire.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Saturday November 2, 2024 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday November 3, 2024 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
* Coffee, snacks and lunch will be provided during each day.
MATERIAL PROVIDED
Each participant will receive a curriculum containing more than 40 hands-on activities applicable to the Sierra Nevada region and a trunk of materials for educators to share which includes laboratory equipment, specimens and posters.
For more information about the program visit www.frames.gov/fireworks
The FireWorks program is produced by the Fire Modeling Institute (FMI) of the US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program (FFS) and brought to you by Whitebark Institute. Funding for the workshop is provided by Mammoth Mountain Community Foundation.
FireWorks Educator Workshop
FREE classroom-ready resources & hands-on training on wildland fire science. Held at the Inyo County Office of Education.
RegisterEvent Details
The FireWorks Educational Program aims to positively impact wildland fire science education in the Eastern Sierra by providing a FREE hands-on training and classroom-ready resources to teachers, educators, community leaders and agency communicators in the region.
This program is highly interdisciplinary and aligned to the NGSS standards and CA curriculum. It provides interactive, hands-on activities for studying fire behavior, fire ecology, and human influences on different fire-dependent forest types in the Sierra Nevada region. It also promotes understanding and integration of numerous concepts: properties of matter, chemical and physical processes, ecosystem fluctuations and cycles, plant and animal habitat and survival, and human interactions with ecosystems.
The use of FireWorks will help each of the participants increase the understanding of wildland fire as well as learn how to share the information in a practical way in their communities which currently is a critical need since the declining forest health across the West, coupled with a rapidly intensifying wildfire trajectory fueled by a changing climate are making our landscapes primed for catastrophic wildfire.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Saturday November 2, 2024 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday November 3, 2024 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
* Coffee, snacks and lunch will be provided during each day.
MATERIAL PROVIDED
Each participant will receive a curriculum containing more than 40 hands-on activities applicable to the Sierra Nevada region and a trunk of materials for educators to share which includes laboratory equipment, specimens and posters.
For more information about the program visit www.frames.gov/fireworks
The FireWorks program is produced by the Fire Modeling Institute (FMI) of the US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program (FFS) and brought to you by Whitebark Institute. Funding for the workshop is provided by Mammoth Mountain Community Foundation.
FireWorks Educator Workshop
FREE classroom-ready resources & hands-on training on wildland fire science. Held at the Inyo County Office of Education.
RegisterEvent Details
The FireWorks Educational Program aims to positively impact wildland fire science education in the Eastern Sierra by providing a FREE hands-on training and classroom-ready resources to teachers, educators, community leaders and agency communicators in the region.
This program is highly interdisciplinary and aligned to the NGSS standards and CA curriculum. It provides interactive, hands-on activities for studying fire behavior, fire ecology, and human influences on different fire-dependent forest types in the Sierra Nevada region. It also promotes understanding and integration of numerous concepts: properties of matter, chemical and physical processes, ecosystem fluctuations and cycles, plant and animal habitat and survival, and human interactions with ecosystems.
The use of FireWorks will help each of the participants increase the understanding of wildland fire as well as learn how to share the information in a practical way in their communities which currently is a critical need since the declining forest health across the West, coupled with a rapidly intensifying wildfire trajectory fueled by a changing climate are making our landscapes primed for catastrophic wildfire.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Saturday November 2, 2024 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday November 3, 2024 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
* Coffee, snacks and lunch will be provided during each day.
MATERIAL PROVIDED
Each participant will receive a curriculum containing more than 40 hands-on activities applicable to the Sierra Nevada region and a trunk of materials for educators to share which includes laboratory equipment, specimens and posters.
For more information about the program visit www.frames.gov/fireworks
The FireWorks program is produced by the Fire Modeling Institute (FMI) of the US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program (FFS) and brought to you by Whitebark Institute. Funding for the workshop is provided by Mammoth Mountain Community Foundation.