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RX-310—Introduction to Fire Effects

Online

This course is offered by the University of Idaho as a combination of self-paced study and live virtual sessions. See the announcement for details.

10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress

Monterey, CA

The 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress will include workshops, field trips, and 3 full days of presentations, discussion groups, and networking opportunities around the theme, Igniting Connections: Celebrating our fire family across generations, cultures, and disciplines.  Additional details can be found on the conference website: https://afefirecongress.org/

Diversity in the Woods – A Conversation with LGBTQIA+ Forest Stewards

Join the Forest Stewards Guild as we meet with Seeing the Forest for the Queers, the US Forest Service GIVER (Gender Inclusivity, Visibility and Employee Resource) Group, and the Wildlife Society’s Out in the Field to discuss the importance of supporting LGBTQIA+ forest stewards in the workplace. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodumtqD8tHteubJatPwZL6LJGfIS4DzLi#/registration The objective of this discussion...

Fueling Collaboration: The Future is Smoky

With increasing wildfire activity due to changes in climate, smoke will likely become more prevalent and continue to have an effect on society. Earlier this year, smoke from Canada wildfires lowered air quality in the eastern U.S. to its worst levels in recorded history. As the climate heats up and creates drier conditions, smoky skies...

Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan (CWPP) Development

Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

Forests, Fires, and Faucets: How a drinking water utility uses forest management as a key source water protection strategy

Presenters: Raven Lawson (Watershed Protection Manager) and Bryan Rupar (Land Conservation Coordinator), Central Arkansas Water Date: December 19, 2023, 1:00 – 2:00 PM (central time) Register here (required): https://umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElf-CqqzkiE9GJ16wfsUapL49i4Sa3JPQg  Central Arkansas Water’s (CAW) Watershed Protection Program (Program) has received international recognition as a leader of innovative approaches to managing natural resources for the purpose of drinking...

Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan/Incendios Forestales Comunitario (CWPP) Development

Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

Fueling Collaboration: Phenology of Fire: Listening to the Plants and Animals

Season of fire. Opening the burn window. Both of these focus on one of the elements that make up a fire regime – frequency, intensity/severity, extent/scale, and seasonality. Decades of spring-and/or autumn-centric fire can cause a site or landscape to respond very differently than when burned repeatedly across all flammable seasons. Summer burns can produce...

Alto Minho Trex

Applications are open through December 6 for the European TREX event, taking place from 20 to 26 January 2024, in Paredes de Coura - Alto Minho, Portugal. This is the first European-wide TREX for sharing knowledge related to prescribed fire and where we will develop ancestral fire use practices. Like other TREX, European TREX develops...

M-580—Fire in Ecosystem Management

Tucson, AZ

Nominations are being accepted for this National Advanced Fire & Resource Institute (NAFRI) course through October 31. More information can be found on the NAFRI Course Catalog Page on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal.

RX-510—Advanced Fire Effects

Tucson, AZ

Nominations are being accepted for this National Advanced Fire & Resource Institute (NAFRI) course through October 31. More information can be found on the NAFRI Course Catalog Page on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal.

RX-300 – Prescribed Fire Burn Boss

This course is offered by the University of Idaho as a combination of self-paced study and live virtual sessions. See the announcement for details.

Prescribed Fire and Timber Quality

Presenter: Dr. Michael Saunders, Purdue University Date: January 23, 2024, 1:00 – 2:00 PM (central time) Register here (required): https://umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ocOGrpj0vHNbO-DFGXzqk5ciWYRNF3OQj

WTREX Women’s Traditional Fire Training Exchange

Portugal

Applications for this WTREX will be accepted through November 15. Organizers invite participants of all genders, from any background, discipline and origin, to join in the first European WTREX (Women’s Traditional Fire Training Exchange), taking place in Portugal, February 1-10, 2024. This WTREX aims to explore the growing role of women in fire management, while...

Fueling Collaboration: Successfully Bridging the Gap: Eastern US Models of Fire Science and Management Collaboration

Land management programs are frequently confronted with the imperative of incorporating the most advanced scientific knowledge into their decision-making processes along with filling voids in research needed to move along effective management. Nevertheless, the persistent disparities between the realms of science and management often impede effective collaboration. In this panel, we will draw inspiration from...

Loup TREX

Loup River Valley, Nebraska

The Loup TREX is accepting registrations through January 31, 2024. The Loup TREX is an intensive two-week, community-based live fire training event held in central Nebraska. This event draws in fire practitioners representing many agencies and organizations. Since the initial planning steps of the first Loup TREX back in 2009, participants have come to train...

After the Flames Conference

Estes Park, CO

After the Flames will explore strategies, tools, and collaborative approaches that contribute to effective post-fire recovery. Submissions for presentations are due December 15, 2023. More information can be found on the event website: https://aftertheflames.com/after-the-flames-conference-workshop.

7th International Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference

Boise, ID

The 7th International Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference offers a forum where past Fire Management experience and lessons learned are documented, current work showcased, and emerging research, innovation and techniques on fire management shared, towards developing integrated solutions to these challenges. The conference will be held in Boise, Idaho with additional locations in Tralee, Ireland and...

Women-in-Fire Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WTREX)

Niobrara Valley Preserve Nebraska

Join us for twelve days of hands-on burning and learning at The Nature Conservancy's Niobrara Valley Preserve! We will explore the growing role of women in fire management, conduct prescribed fire operations designed to advance formal qualifications, and engage in workshops and dialogue on fire ecology and effects, communications and outreach, prescribed fire policy and...

Central Oregon TREX

Bend, OR

Full information and application materials will be released in January 2024. A flier for the event can be found here. The objective of the two-week TRE program in Central Oregon is to facilitate peer-to-peer, experiential learning for prescribed fire professionals and others interested in advancing innovative tools to restore fire-adapted ecosystems. Participants will engage in...

Southern Michigan TREX

Fort Custer, Michigan

The Southern Michigan TREX is accepting applications through January 30th. This TREX will provide prescribed fire training opportunities to local and regional fire practitioners while supporting management of natural resources on state, federal, and private lands. Target Group: Prescribed fire and wildfire personnel, including Department of Defense, National Guard, federal, state, tribal, and non-governmental agencies,...

2024 NE-MW Regional Prescribed Fire Workshop

Albany, NY

20 States; One Shared Mission August 19 -22, 2024 A workshop for all wildland fire management partners across the 20 state NE-MW region to share region-wide, science-based, fire ecology information oriented toward expanding and maintaining the use of prescribed fire across all landscapes, jurisdictions, and fire-dependent ecosystems. More information: northeasternwildfire.net/resilient-landscapes/2024-ne-mw-regional-prescribed-fire-workshop

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Alto Minho Trex

Applications are open through December 6 for the European TREX event, taking place from 20 to 26 January 2024, in Paredes de Coura - Alto Minho, Portugal. This is the first European-wide TREX for sharing knowledge related to prescribed fire and where we will develop ancestral fire use practices. Like other TREX, European TREX develops...

WTREX Women’s Traditional Fire Training Exchange

Portugal

Applications for this WTREX will be accepted through November 15. Organizers invite participants of all genders, from any background, discipline and origin, to join in the first European WTREX (Women’s Traditional Fire Training Exchange), taking place in Portugal, February 1-10, 2024. This WTREX aims to explore the growing role of women in fire management, while...

Loup TREX

Loup River Valley, Nebraska

The Loup TREX is accepting registrations through January 31, 2024. The Loup TREX is an intensive two-week, community-based live fire training event held in central Nebraska. This event draws in fire practitioners representing many agencies and organizations. Since the initial planning steps of the first Loup TREX back in 2009, participants have come to train...

Women-in-Fire Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WTREX)

Niobrara Valley Preserve Nebraska

Join us for twelve days of hands-on burning and learning at The Nature Conservancy's Niobrara Valley Preserve! We will explore the growing role of women in fire management, conduct prescribed fire operations designed to advance formal qualifications, and engage in workshops and dialogue on fire ecology and effects, communications and outreach, prescribed fire policy and...

Central Oregon TREX

Bend, OR

Full information and application materials will be released in January 2024. A flier for the event can be found here. The objective of the two-week TRE program in Central Oregon is to facilitate peer-to-peer, experiential learning for prescribed fire professionals and others interested in advancing innovative tools to restore fire-adapted ecosystems. Participants will engage in...

Southern Michigan TREX

Fort Custer, Michigan

The Southern Michigan TREX is accepting applications through January 30th. This TREX will provide prescribed fire training opportunities to local and regional fire practitioners while supporting management of natural resources on state, federal, and private lands. Target Group: Prescribed fire and wildfire personnel, including Department of Defense, National Guard, federal, state, tribal, and non-governmental agencies,...

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Diversity in the Woods – A Conversation with LGBTQIA+ Forest Stewards

Join the Forest Stewards Guild as we meet with Seeing the Forest for the Queers, the US Forest Service GIVER (Gender Inclusivity, Visibility and Employee Resource) Group, and the Wildlife Society’s Out in the Field to discuss the importance of supporting LGBTQIA+ forest stewards in the workplace. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodumtqD8tHteubJatPwZL6LJGfIS4DzLi#/registration The objective of this discussion...

Fueling Collaboration: The Future is Smoky

With increasing wildfire activity due to changes in climate, smoke will likely become more prevalent and continue to have an effect on society. Earlier this year, smoke from Canada wildfires lowered air quality in the eastern U.S. to its worst levels in recorded history. As the climate heats up and creates drier conditions, smoky skies...

Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan (CWPP) Development

Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

Forests, Fires, and Faucets: How a drinking water utility uses forest management as a key source water protection strategy

Presenters: Raven Lawson (Watershed Protection Manager) and Bryan Rupar (Land Conservation Coordinator), Central Arkansas Water Date: December 19, 2023, 1:00 – 2:00 PM (central time) Register here (required): https://umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElf-CqqzkiE9GJ16wfsUapL49i4Sa3JPQg  Central Arkansas Water’s (CAW) Watershed Protection Program (Program) has received international recognition as a leader of innovative approaches to managing natural resources for the purpose of drinking...

Community Wildfire Preparedness Plan/Incendios Forestales Comunitario (CWPP) Development

Come learn about developing CWPPs with The Ember Alliance! Hosted by The Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of a partnership with the USDA Forest Service Community Navigators Program. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community...

Fueling Collaboration: Phenology of Fire: Listening to the Plants and Animals

Season of fire. Opening the burn window. Both of these focus on one of the elements that make up a fire regime – frequency, intensity/severity, extent/scale, and seasonality. Decades of spring-and/or autumn-centric fire can cause a site or landscape to respond very differently than when burned repeatedly across all flammable seasons. Summer burns can produce...

Prescribed Fire and Timber Quality

Presenter: Dr. Michael Saunders, Purdue University Date: January 23, 2024, 1:00 – 2:00 PM (central time) Register here (required): https://umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ocOGrpj0vHNbO-DFGXzqk5ciWYRNF3OQj

Fueling Collaboration: Successfully Bridging the Gap: Eastern US Models of Fire Science and Management Collaboration

Land management programs are frequently confronted with the imperative of incorporating the most advanced scientific knowledge into their decision-making processes along with filling voids in research needed to move along effective management. Nevertheless, the persistent disparities between the realms of science and management often impede effective collaboration. In this panel, we will draw inspiration from...

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RX-310—Introduction to Fire Effects

Online

This course is offered by the University of Idaho as a combination of self-paced study and live virtual sessions. See the announcement for details.

10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress

Monterey, CA

The 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress will include workshops, field trips, and 3 full days of presentations, discussion groups, and networking opportunities around the theme, Igniting Connections: Celebrating our fire family across generations, cultures, and disciplines.  Additional details can be found on the conference website: https://afefirecongress.org/

M-580—Fire in Ecosystem Management

Tucson, AZ

Nominations are being accepted for this National Advanced Fire & Resource Institute (NAFRI) course through October 31. More information can be found on the NAFRI Course Catalog Page on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal.

RX-510—Advanced Fire Effects

Tucson, AZ

Nominations are being accepted for this National Advanced Fire & Resource Institute (NAFRI) course through October 31. More information can be found on the NAFRI Course Catalog Page on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal.

RX-300 – Prescribed Fire Burn Boss

This course is offered by the University of Idaho as a combination of self-paced study and live virtual sessions. See the announcement for details.

After the Flames Conference

Estes Park, CO

After the Flames will explore strategies, tools, and collaborative approaches that contribute to effective post-fire recovery. Submissions for presentations are due December 15, 2023. More information can be found on the event website: https://aftertheflames.com/after-the-flames-conference-workshop.

7th International Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference

Boise, ID

The 7th International Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference offers a forum where past Fire Management experience and lessons learned are documented, current work showcased, and emerging research, innovation and techniques on fire management shared, towards developing integrated solutions to these challenges. The conference will be held in Boise, Idaho with additional locations in Tralee, Ireland and...

2024 NE-MW Regional Prescribed Fire Workshop

Albany, NY

20 States; One Shared Mission August 19 -22, 2024 A workshop for all wildland fire management partners across the 20 state NE-MW region to share region-wide, science-based, fire ecology information oriented toward expanding and maintaining the use of prescribed fire across all landscapes, jurisdictions, and fire-dependent ecosystems. More information: northeasternwildfire.net/resilient-landscapes/2024-ne-mw-regional-prescribed-fire-workshop