Apr 6 - 9, 2026 2026 After the Flames Conference
The After the Flames Conference and Workshop is a dynamic, solutions-driven event focused on post-fire recovery. It brings together wildfire-impacted communities, response agencies, and recovery experts to share practical tools, build partnerships, and drive real progress in restoring landscapes and building resilience.
Apr 9 - 11, 2026 2026 MT SAF Annual Meeting
For this year’s Montana State SAF Meeting, they are facilitating a weekend for foresters, landowners, students, academics, and the general public to exchange ideas and network. Spend a day or two at Lubrecht Experimental Forest and share experiences, learn from each other, and talk about where land management is headed. The meeting is for those interested in:
Refreshing and updating your field skills
Engaging with Forestry students… let’s welcome the next generation of foresters!
Practical…
Certified Prescribed Burn Manager (CPBM) programs provide accessible and structured prescribed fire training in 24 states. This webinar from the Southwest Fire Science Consortium will provide an assessment of CPBM programs across the country based on interviews with representatives from 43 states. Those 43 states include states with existing CPBM programs, developing programs, and no programs. Please join us to examine national trends, highlight shared challenges and innovative approaches, and…
Fuel moisture content (FMC) is a critical driver of wildfire ignition and spread, yet spatially continuous, timely estimates remain elusive. This talk presents a machine learning framework for estimating FMC across the contiguous United States using gradient-boosted trees (XGBoost) trained on field observations and multi-source remote sensing data. We begin with dead fuel moisture, where VIIRS and GOES-ABI satellite retrievals provide strong predictive signal — this work establishes the…
Apr 22, 2026 Collaboration Summit 2026: Fire Knows No Boundaries
The Andrus Center for Public Policy at Boise State University and the James A. and Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research and Rangeland Center at the University of Idaho are hosting a one-day Collaboration Summit to highlight Idaho partnerships formed around responses to wildland fire, across boundaries and dynamic landscapes, both human and natural.
The Summit will be interactive; collaboration practitioners will set the stage for engagement, connecting participants with…
With the growing frequency and intensity of ‘megafires’ worldwide, wildfire researchers are increasingly called on to document and better understand the impacts of these and other climate-related hazards on communities and ecosystems. However, there is limited awareness or action regarding the psychological risks and mental health impacts associated with this work, and how these can be compounded by feelings of climate anxiety and ecological grief. This webinar aims to bring together…
Apr 29, 2026 The precariousness of fire-prone ecosystems: Fire severity surpluses and deficits in the conterminous United States
Ecosystems that experience fire activity within their natural range of variability tend to be resilient and persist in the long run, while departures from that natural range are associated with ecosystem loss and type conversion. Here, we harmonize multiple data sources, including several from LANDFIRE, to report a CONUS-wide assessment of fire regime departure based on fire frequency (in grass and shrublands) and fire severity frequency (in forests). By using a standardized metric of departure…
Apr 21 - 29, 2026 Course: S-215 Fire Operations in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Offered through the Student of Fire initiative out of the University of Idaho.
This virtual, instructor-led course combines the power of online learning, expert coaching, and field exercises located in the places in which you are already invested and familiar with.You will learn the following:
The fundamentals of assessing both the fire environment and the WUI.
Planning and conducting operations in the wildland urban interface.
The human factors that influence our perceptions and decisions in…
Apr 28 - May 1, 2026 International Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference
Join the International Association of Wildland Fire in Hobart, Tasmania:
"The 8th 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."
Apr 21 - May 1, 2026 2026 Blackfoot TREX
The Blackfoot Prescribed Fire TRaining EXchange seeks to build community as participants take part in peer-to-peer experiential learning focused on prescribed fire and restoring fire adapted ecosystems, with the goal that "everyone will be trainer and trainee" and get ink in task books! See "registration" link in the sidebar to apply, space is limited and applications close March 6th.
The Fueling Adaptation: Leveraging Community Capacity to Reduce Wildfire Risk team is wrapping up their research examining how communities in areas of high wildfire risk in Southwest Idaho are adapting to mitigate that risk, and how federal investments made by the U.S. Forest Service leverage existing capacities, networks, and adaptations in fire-prone landscapes.
This webinar will share share results for Southwest Idaho from:
Wildfire governance survey: Survey…
May 11 - 22, 2026 Columbia Gorge TREX 2026
During CGTREX, participants will learn, practice, and share knowledge, skills, and experience in a hands-on training environment. Topics covered include fire management, ecology, outreach, monitoring, and operational dimensions of planning and implementing prescribed fire. Participants will serve in qualified and trainee positions on a burn team that will support burns on private, state, tribal, and/or federal lands. Participants should expect to have trainee opportunities, and be asked to be…
In 2025, the USDA Forest Service updated the EcoMap data products as part of a larger effort to map ecological units and encourage their use in ecosystem-based approaches to natural resource and land management. This presentation will provide an overview of the ecological mapping system employed by the Forest Service, information on the updated layers, and how these ecological units can be used at different scales for analysis.
Jun 2 - 4, 2026 WA DNR Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Course
Offered as part of Washington State Department of Natural Resources' "certified burner" program that educates professionals and private citizens in the skills and knowledge needed to implement prescribed fire on their landscapes. This three day course is one of the steps to completing the certified burner program, along with required pre- and post-course work. Advance enrollment is required and space is limited, participants must have experience leading either pile or broadcast burns.
Jun 16 - 17, 2026 Idaho Falls Invasive Annual Grasses Field Workshop
Join IMAGINE (Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems), a collaborative out of the University of Wyoming, for this field-based workshop.
This two-day workshop is designed to take an in depth look at how you can apply a set of principles and tools to strategically manage invasive annual grasses (IAGs) in Eastern Idaho. Our target audience includes both land managers and producers. Whether you are from the area or from the greater western US, this workshop is…
Jun 23 - 26, 2026 2026 North American Forest Ecology Workshop
"Our theme is Growing resilient forests and communities.
This conference will host plenary talks, scientific presentations, and field trips exploring the science and management of how to create and maintain resilient forest ecosystems and the human communities embedded in them. Focusing on innovative science, partnerships, and creative management, the conference will host topics on ways to foster forest communities that are resilient to climate stress, disturbance, and societal change. All…
Jul 7 - 10, 2026 International Conference on Reforestation Under Drought
"Drought affects forests from the boreal to the tropics and is increasingly becoming a major concern for successfully establishing new trees through reforestation and afforestation as water limitations are the new normal. Ensuring success of new regeneration is critical for meeting forestry objectives, yet many of the areas committed to management are or have experienced recent droughts hindering regeneration and threatening forest sustainability.
The inaugural International Union of Forest…
Oct 6 - 9, 2026 Society of American Foresters National Convention
The 2026 SAF National Convention celebrates 125 years of forestry and natural resource stewardship while looking ahead to what’s next. This theme honors traditional practices and the generations of foresters who built the profession and recognizes the need to grow, adapt, and collaborate in a rapidly changing world.
Today’s forestry professionals are navigating changing landscapes, new technologies, evolving standards and expectations, and emerging opportunities, from artificial intelligence to…
Sep 28 - Oct 9, 2026 2026 Selkirk TREX
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) is a peer-to peer experiential learning based training with field trips, guest speakers, hands-on and live fire training. Learn about fire ecology, fire behavior, prescribed fire operations, burn planning, fire effects monitoring, and more.
Participants will be required to have…
Oct 15 - 16, 2026 2026 Rocky Mountain Wildfire Smoke Symposium
Save the date for this annual gathering that brings together researchers, public health professionals, community leaders, wildland firefighters, and government partners to explore the health impacts of wildfires and develop effective strategies for mitigating smoke exposure. Through a combination of expert-led sessions and collaborative discussions, the symposium aims to enhance wildfire resilience and foster community, state, and regional partnerships essential for adapting to a future with…
Oct 19 - 23, 2026 Wildland Fire Canada Conference + Canadian Smoke Forum
The Wildland Fire Canada Conference (WFCC) and Canadian Smoke Forum brings together wildland fire management agencies, Indigenous knowledge holders and experts, scientists, partners, and collaborators from across Canada and around the world. This biennial conference focuses on wildland fire management, science, and knowledge-sharing in Canada.
Presentation proposals are open until March 30th, with an option to accommodate remote presentations.
Dec 7 - 11, 2026 Beneficial Fire Summit
This event aims to bring practitioners, researchers, community members, Tribes, agencies, NGOs, PBAs, and everyone else together to celebrate all of our recent progress, share insights and ideas, and put our heads together about what the next phase of this work might look like, not only in California, but across the West. This won't be a typical conference—we hope to create an engaging, productive space, with workshops, field tours, focused sessions, and lots of time for networking and…