Recordings
Past Webinar Recordings
Past webinars are recorded and select ones are listed here, starting with the most recent. Are you searching for one that's not listed? Webinars hosted by other agencies or organizations such as the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance, Partnership for the National Trail System, and Society for Outdoor Recreation Professionals are archived online by those organizations.
Fire Management in Wilderness (2026)
Host: Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
This webinar will be divided into two distinct, short sessions. In the first part of the webinar, you will be introduced to fire management in wilderness, discuss the necessity of taking management action in wilderness, and how that may impact stewardship goals. In the second half of the session, Carhart staff will briefly explain a new Wilderness Fire toolbox and participants will break into smaller groups and brainstorm what resources, training, and information is needed by field staff in order to respond to and manage fires in wilderness. This information will then be used by the Carhart staff to build a future Wilderness Fire Resource Page and Community of Practice.
By the end of this session, participants should be able to (1) Identify the types of wildfire interventions in wilderness and the associated reasons and impacts of intervention. (2) Recognize the necessity of the MRA and MRAF process for emergencies, including fire. (3) Know how to find resources related to wilderness fires.
Webinar 4: Fire Management in Wilderness recording
The Minimum Requirements Analysis: How to Use the Minimum Requirements Analysis Framework to Complete the MRA (2026)
Host: Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
In this workshop session, you will be provided with a case study of a proposed action in designated wilderness. Building on Webinar # 2 (The Minimum Requirements Analysis Basics. What is it and Why do we do it?), you will review what the MRAF is, the parts that make up the MRAF, and how the MRAF is used to complete a Minimum Requirements Analysis for a management action proposed in wilderness. Participants will then break into groups and use the MRAF (a shortened version) to analyze the necessity of the action and how to minimize effects of the action. Participants will then walk through the case study and MRAF "answers" with the Carhart staff back in the main webinar space. This will be a very interactive session and participants must be willing to speak both within their smaller MRAF groups and with the larger webinar group at times. The goal of this workshop-style session is to ensure participants can use the MRAF to properly complete a Minimum Requirements Analysis.
By the end of this session, participants should be able to (1) Use the two-step MRAF to assess a proposed action in wilderness. (2) Recognize the necessity of preservation of wilderness character as a main driver of MRA and MRAF process. (3) Identify the parts of the MRAF and how they relate to the statutory requirements of the Wilderness Act.
Webinar 3: The Minimum Requirements Analysis recording
The Minimum Requirements Analysis Basics: What Is It & Why Do It? (2026)
Host: Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
In this webinar, you will be provided with an explanation of how the MRA process should be applied. Using the Minimum Requirements Analysis Framework (MRAF), the session will describe the two step process of determining necessity, and then identifying the minimum activity if it is necessary to consider action in wilderness. By the end of this session, participants should be able to (1) identify the basis in law for a minimum requirements analysis, (2) recognize the two-step process of an MRA and how that relates to the Minimum Requirements Analysis Framework (MRAF), and (3) recognize the necessity of an MRA in emergencies.
Webinar 2: The Minimimum Requirements Analysis Basics recording
Wilderness Character: What Distinguishes Wilderness from Other Public Lands? (2025)
Host: Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
In this webinar you'll learn about the importance of the mandate in the Wilderness Act of 1964 to preserve wilderness character. You'll explore the definitions and relationships of these tangible qualities that link on-the-ground conditions in wilderness and outcomes of wilderness stewardship to the statutory definition of wilderness. Attention to preserving these tangible qualities ensures protection of the intangible values related to wilderness that include traditionally held American values. This webinar will provide a fundamental understanding of wilderness character that is necessary to get the most out of the following minimum requirements analysis webinars.
By the end of this session, participants should be able to (1) Identify the basis in law for preserving wilderness character. (2) Recognize wilderness character as a single resource with component parts. (3) Explain the definitions of each quality of wilderness character and apply them to wilderness values and benefits. (4) Describe the value that wilderness holds for you and other people. (5) Relate how the benefits of wilderness are realized through the preservation of wilderness character.
Webinar 1: Wilderness Character recording
Incorporating Indigenous Perspectives into Wilderness Stewardship (2025)
Host: Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
The presentation will be centered on how the National Park Service and the Hoonah Indian Association worked together on the planning effort for Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve's recent Backcountry and Wilderness Management Plan.
Recording from January 14, 2025
Climate Change and Wilderness: A Gnarly Issue (2021)
Host: Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
Wilderness areas are not immune to the changing climate. As stewards of our most enduring resource, managers must understand the effects of climate change and the long-lasting impacts of decisions and actions they may take. This webinar explored the challenges of managing wilderness in a changing climate and the RAD (Resist-Accept-Direct) decision framework as a tool to assist in making informed, purposeful choices about responding to conditions of continuous change.
Recording from December 7, 2021
Are we losing quiet spaces and natural places? (2021)
Host: Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
Wilderness areas are the most protected public lands in America, and offer numerous benefits for the land, the species that exist there, and people who visit. Though wilderness is managed in such a way to maintain wilderness character, modern intrusions in wilderness are a growing problem. Many contemporary wilderness visitors use technology such as Bluetooth speakers to enhance their own wilderness experience. Others build structures such as cairns either as art or for wayfinding. However, such intrusions are counter to the ideal of wilderness. This webinar featured Ben Lawhon, Senior Director of Research and Consulting with Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics.
Recording from November 4, 2021
Wilderness and Traditional Indigenous Beliefs (2021)
Host: National Park Service Alaska Region
This webinar highlights some of the intersecting perspectives on the human nature relationship. Three panelists from three different cultures and perspectives share why they value the homeland of the Gwich'in and Cup'ik people, a place that is also known as a wilderness area within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This webinar features Roger Kaye, Polly Napiryuk Andrews, and Bernadette Dimientieff.
Recording from October 26, 2021
National Park Service—An Introduction to Wilderness Character (2020)
Host: National Park Service
Preserving wilderness character is mandated by the Wilderness Act of 1964 and agency policy. This webinar provided the basics of why we preserve wilderness character, the definition of wilderness character, including the qualities and what degrades them, and how to integrate wilderness character into National Park Service planning, monitoring and operations. Presenters included Roger Semler, NPS Wilderness Stewardship Division Chief, Tim Devine, Wilderness Stewardship Branch Chief for Training and Development and NPS Representative at the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center, and Erin Drake, NPS Wilderness Stewardship Communications and Outreach Specialist.
Recording from May 5, 2020
Wilderness in the NPS—An Exploration of the Wilderness Stewardship Division (2020)
Host: National Park Service
This webinar focused on the role and function of the National Park Service's (NPS) Wilderness Stewardship Division, and highlighted key partners and resources critical to successful wilderness stewardship. Presenters included Roger Semler, NPS Wilderness Stewardship Division Chief, Tim Devine, Wilderness Stewardship Branch Chief for Training and Development and NPS Representative at the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center, and Erin Drake, NPS Wilderness Stewardship Communications and Outreach Specialist.
Recording from April 9, 2020