Wildfire

Prescribed Burning and Smoke Management Planning

Virtual

Prescribed burning is the deliberate and careful control of fires to help prevent more destructive fires or to kill off unwanted plants that compete with commercial species for plant nutrients. This webinar will focus on a prescribed burning case study in Flint Hills, Kansas.

Wildfire Impacts on Water Infrastructure

Virtual

This presentation will discuss EPA’s emergency response efforts to the Maui wildfires and ongoing research to further understand contamination of water infrastructure. Research topics include uptake and release of contaminants in hot and cold pipes commonly used in premise plumbing and the effects of hot gasses and smoke on drinking water pipes.