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  • Selkirk TREX 2026

    Loon Lake, WA

    After taking a year off Selkirk TREX is back. Join us in Northeast Washington to develop your prescribed fire skills, knowledge, and qualifications. The Selkirk Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX)...

  • Wildland Fire Canada Conference

    Wildland Fire Canada Conference (WFCC) brings together wildland fire management agencies, partners, and collaborators in Canada and around the world. These biennial conferences focus on wildland fire management, ecology, and science in Canada. Canada has a diversity of fire-prone environments that bring a unique perspective to wildland fire challenges and opportunities. Full information: https://wildlandfirecanada.com

  • Drone Training Exchange

    The inaugural live-fire Drone Training Exchange, a pioneering event that we hope will be the first of many to come! This is made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission fire and conservation education teams. This training aims to allow participants to gain experience flying, mapping, and ignition with multiple...

  • Open Canopy Workshop: Exploring the Ecology, Management, and Public Understanding of Eastern Woodland Ecosystems

    The Open Canopy Workshop will highlight the historical extent, ecological value, and decline of open canopy forest systems in the Midwestern and eastern United States and elevate the urgent need for woodland ecosystem restoration and management to the forefront of the conservation community.  Emphasis will be placed on the structural diversity and biodiversity of open...

  • National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center Prescribed Fire Leadership Modules

    The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center will be hosting two sessions of the Prescribed Fire Leadership Modules training in Flagstaff, AZ. in October 2025. Session 1 (October 6th-22nd) will begin in Flagstaff, AZ. with an orientation focused on regional fire environment topics, partnerships, and research.  Participants will then travel to host sites where they...

  • Northern Forest Birds Network Conference 2025

    Register today October 7, 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at the Cloquet Forestry Center (CFC), 175 University Rd, Cloquet, MN 55720 October 8, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. carpooling from CFC for the day at Sax-Zim Bog (limited to 40 people). Draft agenda Forests across the Midwest are facing unprecedented threats from a rapidly changing...

  • 2025 Arizona Wildland Urban Fire Summit

    Held in Prescott on October 28-30, 2025, the Arizona Wildland Urban Interface Summit is a statewide event for wildfire preparedness, planning, and postfire recovery. Participants will discuss emergent strategies for landscape-scale wildfire planning and implementation, access professional networking opportunities, and leave with a renewed confidence on how to collaboratively address and manage wildfire concerns –...

  • RX-410 Smoke Management Techniques

    Course Dates: November 3-7, 2025 Course Location: 100% Virtual Instructor-Led Webinar (Zoom and WFLP) Tuition: $0 National Training Delivery Team (NDT) Program Manager: Liz Figgins; liz.figgins@nafri.gov Course Description: This course leads students through the ecological and historical role of fire, characteristics of smoke and the health, safety and visibility impacts of smoke. Other topics include...

  • 2025 Southern Area Engine Academy Training

    Location: Wekiwa Springs State Park, FL Course Dates: November 7-13th, 2025 Cost: $600 (registration fee) Nomination Deadline: September 11th, 2025 Course Description: Southern Area Engine Academy is an interagency course targeting supervisors and crew personnel responsible for initial attack and tactical decision-making in the suppression of wildfire and the management of prescribed fire. This course...

  • Montana Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting

    The Montana Prescribed Fire Council (MTPFC) is hosting its annual meeting in Miles City, MT from Tuesday, November 18 to Thursday, November 20. There is no registration cost to attend this event. Please complete this registration form for planning purposes by Friday, October 17th. The MTPFC meeting will kick off on Tuesday morning. Weather permitting, we intend...

  • Interagency Burn Plan Workshop

    Summary: This workshop will provide an opportunity to improve and refine burn plans. Through content delivery, practical exercise, small group activity; participants will write new or edit existing burn plans building on principles discussed. This will provide continuing education on burn plan preparation to improve collective understanding of prescribed fire plans, regardless of agency. Participants...

  • 2026 TN-KY Wildland Fire Academy

    Academy Location: Tennessee Fire Service & Codes Academy, 2161 Unionville Deason Rd., Bell Buckle, TN 37020 Important Dates (subject to change):  June 20, 2025: Course schedule postedJuly 7, 2025: Nominations openSeptember 12, 2025: Nominations closeOctober 10, 2025: Selection letters deliveredJanuary 9, 2026: Waitlists close/Lunch purchases end Questions? Send us an email at tnkywfa@gmail.com Full information...

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