Fire Networks

Southern Missouri Prescribed Fire Training Exchange
2024-03-04 - 2024-03-15 | Marshfield, Missouri
The nomination period for this TREX ended November 10.
See the announcement for details and nominate participants using this link.

2024 California Fire Science Seminar Series
2024-03-05 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-03-19 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-04-02 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-04-16 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
The California Fire Science Seminar Series will return on February 6, 2024, at 2 pm. Join us for the biweekly, virtual presentation and discussion on emerging fire science topics from a diverse range of topics and speakers.
Find more information about seminars and registration for each here: https://www.cafirescience.org/events-webinars-source/category/seminarseries2024
February 6th, 2024: Physics-Based Modeling of Fire Spread in Densely-Built Urban Areas – Some Implications to the Modeling of Fire Spread in WUI Fires
February 20th, 2024: AI-Enabled Wildfire Detection Using Satellite Imagery
March 5th, 2024: The Role of Economics in Wildfire Risk Management
March 19th, 2024: Reforestation for Resilience: Creating Fire-Adapted Forests for the Future
April 2nd, 2024: California’s Prescribed Fire (R)evolution: Changing Hearts, Minds, and Landscapes
April 16th, 2024: Victims or Survivors? The Cost of Culture in Fire Recovery

Rocky Mountain National Park's Biennial Research Conference
2024-03-06 - 2024-03-07 | Estes Park, CO
When: March 6-7, 2024, 8:00am – ~5:30pm
Where: The Ridgeline Hotel, 101 S Saint Vrain Ave, Estes Park, CO (Click here for venue information)
Theme: Challenges and Collaborations for Changing Landscapes
Sponsor: Rocky Mountain Conservancy
Additional Details: This conference is free and open to the public.
Reasonable Accommodations: Please direct all questions and requests for reasonable accommodations to Paige Lambert (Paige_Lambert@nps.gov)
Additional information and registration: https://www.nps.gov/rlc/continentaldivide/upcoming-conference-details.htm

Science You Can Use Webinar Series
2024-03-06 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-13 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-27 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-17 12:00 - 13:00
Join the Rocky Mountain Research Station for the Spring 2024 Science You Can Use webinar series featuring seven land-manager focused webinars. These one-hour sessions will begin with concise presentations followed by a question and answers segment. Webinars will be hosted on Zoom. Continuing credits for the Society of American Foresters and The Wildlife Society will be available.
Register here: https://usfs.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItceuhrDIsGf9G9EI8ZoMrXCPb-eG4Zuc#/registration
Webinar Schedule
February 14 – Wildfire and resilient landscapes: New tools for detailed analyses, John Hogland
February 21 – Streams, springs, and ferns! Assessing riparian and groundwater-dependent ecosystems for forest plan revision, Katey Driscoll and Max Smith
February 28 – Pinyon-juniper treatments optimized: With considerations for sagebrush conservation, pinyon jays, and songbirds, Jason Reinhardt
March 6 – Biochar production, benefits, and barriers in forested lands, Derek Pierson
March 13 – Prescribed fire and wilderness: Barriers and opportunities in a time of change, Sean Parks
March 20 – The effects of timber harvest on grizzly bear habitat use and diet, Tavis Forrester and Day Tyers
March 27 – TreeMap is a tree-level model of U.S. forests. New data delivery and visualization improvements make it easier to use, Karin Riley and a representative from GTAC

Yale Forest Forum - Tribal Forestry: Understanding Current Issues and Challenges in Contemporary and Traditional Management of Forested Landscapes
2024-03-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-11 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-18 12:00 - 13:00
The Yale Forest Forum is excited to announce the Spring 2024 speaker series on the topic of “Tribal Forestry: Understanding Current Issues & Challenges in Contemporary & Traditional Management of Forested Landscapes.” Webinars will take place on Thursdays, January 18 to April 25 from 12:00-12:55 pm U.S. ET.
Tribes and First Nations have been forest stewards since time immemorial on the land that is currently called North America. In the face of climate change, tribes and First Nations continue to work with institutions, NGOs, and federal and state agencies to support Indigenous sovereignty and resilient forested landscapes. This webinar will focus on the current state of tribal forest management and Indigenous stewardship with a series of speakers from different tribes, universities, non-profits, and agencies. Beginning with an introduction to tribal forestry and the trust responsibilities, topics will include the history of forest stewardship on tribal lands in North America, federal laws and tribal forestry, contemporary uses of plants and wildlife stewardship, fire, conclusions from the Indian Forest Management Assessment (IFMAT), tribal co-management, and the future of tribal forestry in the face of climate change.
This spring speaker series is co-developed and co-hosted by The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment, the Yale Center for Environmental Justice, and Salish Kootenai College.
Join us every Thursday from January 18 to April 25 from 12:00–12:55 pm U.S. ET. Note there will be no webinars on March 14 and 21.

Loup TREX
2024-03-17 - 2024-03-30 | 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 with from 19 states and 7 countries. In addition to the valuable training that the Loup TREX provides, it has also directly delivered 30,000 acres of good and meaningful fire to central Nebraska grasslands and provided a growing model that landscape scale fire does not have to be insurmountable.

Additional information can be found in the full announcement. Those wishing to register should fill out the registration form and submit it to Ben Wheeler at Ben.Wheeler@nebraska.gov by January 31, 2024.

If you have any questions about the Loup TREX and how it might fit your training objectives, contact Ben Wheeler, Ben.Wheeler@nebraska.gov.

RX-310 – Introduction to Fire Effects
2024-03-18 - 2024-04-12
The University of Idaho is offering RX-310 on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal. This includes interactive self-paced content plus required live online sessions where participants complete exercises and have discussions with experts. There are some scholarships available, email Ryan Arp (ryanarp@uidaho.edu) to get added to the list of potential scholarships for any of the courses. There is also the opportunity for university credit for each course, with additional work and cost, even if participants have already completed the NWCG course. Email Ryan Arp for more information on obtaining credit for Associates, Bachelor, or Masters degree programs in wildland fire.
RX-310 – Introduction to Fire Effects – Virtual – interactive self-paced lessons with live online discussions plus tasksheet.
a. Total course hours – 40 hours (with live sessions on interactive self-paced lessons)
b. LIVE Dates and times – March 18 to April 12 from 1000 to 1130 Pacific Time on Mondays
c. Cost – $300 Register here
d. University of Idaho course – FOR 410 Fire Effects and Management

Climate-Driven Changes in Land Management Practices and Wildland Fire Smoke in the Southeast
2024-03-21 13:00 - 14:00
Presenters examined the respective air quality impacts from prescribed fire and wildfire in the Southeastern US, the populations impacted, and how wildland fire smoke concentrations could change due to climate-driven changes in regional fire activity. They simulated current wildland fire smoke (PM2.5) concentrations and possible climate-driven changes over the span of a year with a chemical transport model using projected changes in wildfire burned area, projections of meteorological windows for prescribed burning, and survey responses from burners in the Southeast.
Researchers then simulated current wildland fire smoke (PM2.5) concentrations and possible climate-driven changes over the span of a year with a chemical transport model using projected changes in wildfire burned area, projections of meteorological windows for prescribed burning, and survey responses from burners in the Southeast.
Additional information and registration here: https://secasc.ncsu.edu/2024/01/26/seminar-smoke

Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils Coordinating Group
2024-03-27 13:00 - 14:30
Full information and Zoom link: Coalition Networking Forum flyerMarch27CPBM_20240229final

Increasing Large Wildfires in the Eastern United States
2024-03-28 13:00 - 14:00
This webinar provides an overview of changing large wildfire regimes in the eastern U.S., highlighting increasing wildfire number, size, and total area burned within regions of the southeast. In addition, the presentation will discuss how changing wildfire dynamics impact public wildfire risk in the wildland-urban interface. This presentation will summarize the findings from a recent publication (https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107051). Following the presentation, there will be time for audience Q/A with the speaker.

Register: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5Jldn-K4SCOJmgTaUP-yBQ#/registration

A free one-hour webinar from the University of Florida IFAS and the Southern Fire Exchange. Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected. Presenter: Victoria M Donovan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Forest Management, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida IFAS | West Florida Research and Education Center

If you can’t make the webinar, look for the recording to be posted on the Southern Fire Exchange YouTube Webinar Archive.

Questions? Contactus@southernfireexchange.org

Fire Use Around the World: Purposes, Principles, Policies, and Practices
2024-04-02 12:00 - 13:00
Presented by the California Fire Science Consortium, registration and full information can be found here: https://www.cafirescience.org/events-webinars-source/fire-use-worldwide
Webinar Schedule
February 27, 2024: Worldwide view on prescribed fire. Where are we?
April 2, 2024: Preparing for the “big one”: prescribed fire as a strategic fuel reduction tool
April 23, 2024: Traditional and long-time use of prescribed fire (Registration coming soon!)
Future dates to be announced

M-410– Facilitative Instruction
2024-04-04 - 2024-05-09
The University of Idaho is offering M-410 on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal. This includes interactive self-paced content plus required live online sessions where participants complete exercises and have discussions with experts. There are some scholarships available, email Ryan Arp (ryanarp@uidaho.edu) to get added to the list of potential scholarships for any of the courses. There is also the opportunity for university credit for each course, with additional work and cost, even if participants have already completed the NWCG course. Email Ryan Arp for more information on obtaining credit for Associates, Bachelor, or Masters degree programs in wildland fire.
M-410– Facilitative Instruction – Virtual – interactive self-paced lessons with live online discussions and presentations and in-person presentations that you set up in your area.
a. Total course hours – 38 hours (with live, online sessions, interactive self-paced lessons, and presentation opportunities)
b. LIVE Dates and times – April 4 to May 9 from 1600 to 1800 Pacific Time on Thursdays
c. Cost – $300 Register here
d. FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY AT NO EXTRA COST – The University of Idaho invites you to participate in an extended version of this course that discusses mentoring. This extended course is part of a groundbreaking research project focused on enhancing mentorship effectiveness. This research aims to explore how training can boost a mentor’s confidence in guiding mentees towards their professional goals. By participating, you contribute to advancing our understanding of mentorship’s impact on recruiting and retaining diverse talent, ultimately reducing turnover rates. No prior mentoring experience is required – we welcome participants from all backgrounds.
i. The added material is an extra 2 weeks, beginning on March 21 and will run through May 9. If you are interested in opting in to the mentoring section, please register for the class and
reach out to Ryan Arp at ryanarp@uidaho.edu.
e. University of Idaho course – FOR 504 Communication, Mentoring, and Facilitative Instruction in Fire Management

After the Flames Conference
2024-04-15 - 2024-04-17 | 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
2024-04-15 - 2024-04-19 | 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 Canberra, Australia. Full information can be found on the conference website: https://firebehaviorandfuelsconference.com

S-290 – Intermediate Fire Behavior
2024-04-15 - 2024-04-19
The University of Idaho is offering S-290 on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal. This includes interactive self-paced content plus required live online sessions where participants complete exercises and have discussions with experts. There are some scholarships available, email Ryan Arp (ryanarp@uidaho.edu) to get added to the list of potential scholarships for any of the courses. There is also the opportunity for university credit for each course, with additional work and cost, even if participants have already completed the NWCG course. Email Ryan Arp for more information on obtaining credit for Associates, Bachelor, or Masters degree programs in wildland fire.
S-290 – Intermediate Fire Behavior – Virtual – interactive self-paced lessons with live exercises and discussion – newly revised NWCG content
a. Prerequisites – S-190 – Introduction to Fire Behavior
b. Total course hours – 40 hours (25 hours of interactive self paced lessons, 15 hours of live sessions)
c. LIVE dates and times – April 15-19 from 1000 to 1300 Pacific Time every day of the week. Course
material will turn on 2 weeks before the first live session
d. Cost – $300 Register here
e. University of Idaho Course – FIRE 254 Fire Environment
