Session 7 – March 24, 2026

Winter Online Forest Stewardship Coached Planning Course

Agenda

Review and Intro

6:00 – 6:10 p.m.

Fire Risk Reduction

6:10 – 7:10 p.m.
Gretchen Happe (WA DNR)

Break

7:10 – 7:20 p.m.

Forest Inventory

7:20 – 8:25 p.m.
Kevin Zobrist (WSU Extension)

Wrap-Up

8:25 – 8:30 p.m.

Speaker Contact Info:

Gretchen Happe – WA DNR: gretchen.happe@dnr.wa.gov
Kevin Zobrist – WSU Extension: 425-231-4524, kevin.zobrist@wsu.edu

Learn More and Work on Your Plan

Recommended Activities

  1. If fire risk is an issue on your property, consider adding some mitigation activities to the forest health (Resource Category 1) section of your plan using the Forest Health Section Examples (PDF) to guide you. This should allow you to now finish that section.
  2. Watch the Forest Inventory Field Video.
  3. Plan and map out where you will put some inventory plots in your stand(s). Depending on your property conditions and objectives, you may not need to do a formal plot sampling inventory, but you will still need an inventory section in your plan. Wait until after the field trip to collect data and then use the Inventory Section Examples (PDF) as guidance to draft the inventory section of your plan.

Recommended publications for further learning

  1. Basic Forest Inventory Techniques for Family Forest Owners

Connect Online

Check out these additional resources that are available to you online:

  1. Review these wildfire videos
    1. IBHS Research Center Ember Storm Test Highlights (4:17)
    2. IBHS Wildfire Research: Why Only Half This Home Caught Fire (2:13)
    3. Radiant Heat Versus Firebrands (3:33)
    4. Ember Attack (2:54)