Date & Time: Tuesday, June 21st 9 am-5 pm & Wednesday, June 22nd 9 am- 3 pm

Format & Length: In-person, 2 consecutive days

Participants should plan to attend both days

Location: Southern Oregon (Rogue River/Gold Hill area)

Audience: High School Natural Resources and Environmental Science Educators. 

Curriculum: FireBright (Modules include: Living in the Era of Megafire, Forests in a Wildfire Prone Environment, Exploring Wildfire, Wildland Firefighting, and Protecting your Community from Fire)

Description: Would you like to know more about wildfire ecology, fire resiliency, and natural resource careers? Tour Southern Oregon fire sites and learn how to incorporate and apply knowledge of fire related to Oregon forests, forest practices and community resources in your classroom. Connections will be made to the FireBright curriculum modules and other resources through hands-on field activities. 

• Lodging and mileage costs will be reimbursed, meals (light breakfast, lunch and snacks) during the professional development will be provided. 
• Participants must be comfortable with uneven terrain, stairs, porta-potties, and light hiking. 
• Due to parking limitations, participants will not be allowed to drive private vehicles to field lab sites and will be transported in vans. 

Sponsors include Oregon Department of Forestry, OSU Forestry and Natural Resources Extension, Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative, Keep Oregon Green, Oregon Forest Resources Institute, and Oregon Natural Resources Education Program. 

Closer to the workshop, participants will receive a more comprehensive email that will include accommodations information and preferences, meals, and other information after initial registration.

Registration required. Space is limited to 20 participants. Offered at no cost to formal and nonformal Oregon educators. PDUs available. 

Registration for this workshop has closed.

COVID-19 Information for in-person Workshops

*Oregon Natural Resources Education Program’s (ONREP’s) primary goal is the health and wellbeing of all facilitators, participants, and guests.  All in-person ONREP professional development events will comply with federal, state, Oregon State University, county, and local regulations as well as the policies of the facility where the workshop is being held. More detailed information will be shared in the workshop confirmation which is sent to registrants prior to the workshop. 

 Due to the nature of COVID-19 regulations, in-person workshops are subject to change.