'Era of Megafires' presentations coming to North Idaho

COEUR D’ALENE – The public is invited to attend the compelling multimedia presentation, “Era of Megafires,” at locations in North Idaho in May.

The number of large, severe wildfires has been increasing in the last decade. “Megafires” are wildfires that burn more than 100,000 acres and may be destructive to human communities, wildlife habitat, and natural resources.

Dr. Paul Hessburg, a research landscape ecologist with Pacific Northwest Research Station, partnered with North 40 Productions to produce the presentation. Dr. Hessburg has conducted fire and landscape ecology research for more than 27 years.

The 70-minute, live multimedia presentations are free to the public and designed to educate and inform audiences across the West so they may better discuss how to find solutions to the risks that wildfires pose to their communities.

Dates, times, and locations of the North Idaho events are shown below:

Coeur d’Alene – Monday, May 1, 2017

6 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)

Coeur d’Alene Public Library, Community Room, 702 E. Front St., Coeur d’Alene, ID

Sandpoint – Tuesday, May 2, 2017

6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.)

Columbia Bank, Community Room, 414 Church St., Sandpoint, ID

For more information on the events, contact Ivy Dickinson with Idaho Firewise by calling 208-310-7472 or e-mailing ivy@idahofirewise.org.