
SPARCS: Suppression and Planning Actions for Restoring Communities and Species in the Southern California Ecoregion
Title: SPARCS: Suppression and Planning Actions for Restoring Communities and Species in the Southern California Ecoregion Date: February 14, 2025, at 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern/11:00 -11:30 am Pacific Speaker: Austin Parker, Biologist, USGS Western Ecological Science Center USGS Western Ecological Science Center biologists in Southern California can be found actively working the frontlines of wildfires as part of the SPARCS (Suppression & Planning Actions for Restoring Communities & Species) program. SPARCS creates proactive solutions by connecting local ecological and cultural resource experts with fire managers to identify concerns for active wildfire management in the Southern California ecoregion. With the increased risk