Oct 28, 2026 Exploring the LANDFIRE Dependency Web
Webinar
Speaker: Dr. Inga La Puma, LANDFIRE Program Lead, Fire Modeling Institute, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel & Smoke Science Program
Inga will walk through the new LANDFIRE Dependency Web, which shows how data flow into, through, and out of LANDFIRE, including the datasets LANDFIRE depends on and the many applications that rely on LANDFIRE products.
Oct 29, 2026 Urban Prescribed Fire Working Group Kick-Off Webinar
Webinar
The inaugural meeting of the Urban Prescribed Fire Working Group for the North America Great Plains. Featuring Lori (Moderator)and guest speakers Renny Grilz PAg, Aaron Druery and Tyler Baird.
Oct 29, 2026 Innovations in Forest and Landscape Restoration
Webinar
Part of Yale Forest Forum's "Unlocking Forest Sector Innovation: The Practice and Potential Pathways to Scaling Up" series.
Speaker Adam Wei is a Professor of forest hydrology and watershed management in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. He also serves as Coordinator of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Task Force on Forests and Water Interactions in a Changing Environment and is an…
Oct 29, 2026 A 20-Year Climatology of Critical Fire Weather in the Northern Rockies
Webinar
This presentation is based on a study that constructed a 20-year (2005–2025) climatology of critical fire weather across the NWS Missoula Fire Service Area, establishing quantitative baselines to differentiate standard Red Flag Warning (RFW) events from extreme events. We obtained and normalized historical observations into hourly distributions to identify historical RFW events. The intersection of extreme weather (95th percentile of RFW days) and critically dry wildland fuels (ERC-G ≥ 97th…
Oct 27 - 29, 2026 Washington DNR Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Course
Training Course
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources offers three-day, in-person courses several times each year as part of the Certified Prescribed Burn Manager program. Coursework includes four hours of prep work before the class, two days of classroom instruction, a site visit, and a final exam. Topics include fire behavior, smoke management, safety, and more. Participants must have experience leading either pile or broadcast burns. Access to property suitable for prescribed fire is required…
Nov 2, 2026 Fire and ice: nutrient impacts in aquatic ecosystems of the mountain West in a changing climate
Presentation
Jim Elser from the University of Montana will discuss the nutrient impacts in aquatic ecosystems of the mountain West.
Nov 4, 2026 Use of LANDFIRE Data in Fire Management Planning and Analysis for the NPS
Webinar
Speaker: Patricia Johnson, Fire Management Specialist/Fire Planner, Pacific West Region, National Park Service
Patricia will discuss how LANDFIRE data are being used in analysis that supports the development of Fire Management Plans.
Nov 4, 2026 What Is Pyrosilviculture?
Webinar
Part of the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point "Prescribed Fire for Forest Management" series.
Presenters:
Rob York, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Cooperative Extension, University of California Berkeley
Dr. York is an Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension at UC Berkeley. I serve as Co-Director of Berkeley Forests, focusing on providing leadership to a network of research forests in Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forests. He hold the Dickinson Chair in Wood Science. Rob’s research and…
Nov 5 - 6, 2026 Montana Forest Collaboration Network 11th Annual Workshop
Workshop
The Montana Forest Collaboration Network is pleased to offer dynamic speakers and discussions on the theme, "Collaborative Pathways to Results."
With so much change, and the continuing wildfire and forest health crisis, focusing on how collaboration can best bring results on-the-ground is a timely topic. We hope you'll join them in November for these discussions side-by-side with the agencies and partners we all work with.
Because of the generosity of sponsors, MFCN is able to…
Nov 1 - 7, 2026 Wildland Firefighter Wellness Retreat - Wellspring
Workshop
FUSEE, in collaboration with Wellspring Spa and FireUp, are offering this mindfulness-based retreat for wildland firefighters as a way to give back to these communities and to support our first responders. This 7-day retreat is intended to help provide refuge, rest and renewal as well as trauma-sensitive training in mindfulness, meditation, mental health, and Sensory Awareness. There will be some time volunteering to care for the land (which may include controlled burning), and to…
Nov 9, 2026 Development of a drought, flood, and fire early warning system across Montana's forests and rangelands
Presentation
Kelsey Jensco from the University of Montana and the Montana Climate Office will discuss the development of a drought, flood, and fire early warning system in Montana.
Oct 28 - Nov 9, 2026 Wildland Urban Interface TREX 2026
Training Course
The application period for this event is closed.
The Wildland–Urban Interface Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WUI TREX) will be held in Kelowna BC, delivered in partnership between the BC Wildfire Service and the Kelowna Fire Department, with support from the Canadian Prescribed Fire Training Program.
WUI TREX will bring together fire departments, wildfire management professionals, prescribed fire practitioners, Indigenous fire stewards, and agency partners to strengthen skills,…
Nov 12, 2026 Storm Prediction Center’s Fire Research and Development
Webinar
The NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has had a fire weather program for more than 25 years. In addition to issuing fire weather outlooks, SPC also conducts fire-related research and development. Recently, we focused those efforts on evaluating weather inputs necessary to create gridded analyzed and forecast National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRSv4) output. We completed detailed evaluations of surface stations compared to gridded analysis and forecast data for fire weather and fire…
Nov 16, 2026 What's going on in America's forests?
Webinar
What's going on in American forests? Conditions are changing in forests across the country, and trees and other plant life are dying because of it. Innovative research can inform management practices that can address changing conditions.
Presenters:
Grant M. Domke, PhD, Team Leader, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service
Melissa A. Pastore, PhD, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service
Claire O'Dea, PhD, RPA Assessment National Program Leader, USDA Forest Service
Sara A. Goeking, PhD,…
Nov 16, 2026 Investigating fine-scale forest growth and water stress across semi-arid mountain topography
Presentation
Fin Malone from the University of Montana will discuss fine-scale forest growth and water stress across semi-arid mountain topography.
Nov 17, 2026 What's stressing our forests out? Insects, disease, and other factors
Webinar
Native or endemic insects and diseases thin out unhealthy trees and maintain appropriate forest density. However, shifts to this careful balance—be they introduced species, changing weather, fire, and drought patterns, or other factors—can result in levels of mortality exceeding the norm. Under these conditions, forests and grasslands may be unable to keep up the pace needed to regenerate and convert to other, less productive types of landscape. Scientists are helping managers track and respond…
Nov 18, 2026 Forest resilience to fire, drought, and other stressors
Webinar
Fires, hurricanes, drought, storms, and other environmental factors have always shaped landscapes. The trees and plants that grow in different places are often resilient to regular, routine weather events. However, the growing frequency and intensity of once-monumental events has stressed their ability to regenerate themselves. Compounded with insects and diseases, extreme weather requires managers and scientists to work together to forecast future conditions and plan accordingly.
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Nov 18, 2026 From Risk to Recovery: GIS and Wildfire
Conference
GIS Day @ University of Idaho is a free event made possible by the U of I Library, with support from our sponsors, that brings together scholars, students, professionals, businesses, and the public to discuss geospatial technologies and demonstrate their many uses. This year's theme is From Risk to Recovery: GIS and Wildfire, exploring the ways GIS is helping us navigate increasing fire impacts across our region.
Registration is required for both the in-person and Zoom options.
Nov 17 - 18, 2026 Water Doesn’t Burn: Integrating River Restoration and Fire Management for a Fire-Resilient West
Workshop
Trout Unlimited and the Keystone Policy Center invite practitioners, researchers, land and water managers, and funders from across the western U.S. to two mornings of exchange on the fire-water nexus: the science, the on-the-ground implementation, and the cross-sector partnerships that make integrated restoration possible. This convening is hosted as part of the Healthy Rivers for Wildfire Resilience Community of Practice. Registration covers both days, but you are welcome to attend as much as…
Convective weather cells and associated outflow winds, such as gust fronts, can rapidly alter a fire’s propagation speed and direction, leading to firefighter entrapment. One well-documented disaster occurred during the Yarnell Hill Fire on June 30, 2013, when a gust front from a nearby thunderstorm reversed a fire’s direction and dramatically increased its propagation speed, causing 19 firefighters to become entrapped and perish. While the Yarnell Hill incident was an extreme case, sudden wind…
Nov 19, 2026 Boosting forests' ability to bounce back
Webinar
Given all that forests are facing, scientists and managers are working together to boost forest's abilities to grow back and thrive in future conditions. We will discuss forests of the future, learning from novel forests, cone collection, and regeneration.
Presenters:
Michael A. Battaglia, PhD, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service
Ariel E. Lugo, PhD, Retired Scientist from the International Institute of Tropical Forestry, President of HANAEL Associates, Inc.
Katherine Nigro, PhD…
Nov 20, 2026 Managing in the face of change: Conserving important forest values
Webinar
When we work together to support and bolster forests during widespread mortality events, we also conserve the benefits that forests provide: clean air and water, forest products and carbon storage, and the places we love to recreate and sightsee on.
Presenters:
Nathaniel Anderson, PhD, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service
Peter V. Caldwell, PhD, Research Hydrologist, USDA Forest Service
Prakash Nepal, PhD, Research Economist, USDA Forest Service
Society of American Foresters (…
Nov 9 - 20, 2026 S-290 – Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
Training Course
The Student of Fire Initiative at the University of Idaho is offering this course for Fall '26. All courses areadministered virtually through the Wildland Fire Learning Portal with a combination of self-paced lessonsand exercises and live-online meetings.
Cost: $300
A skills focused course designed to prepare the developing fireline supervisor to undertake safe and effective fire management operations.
Total Course Hours: 40 hours (24 hours of interactive self-paced lessons, 16 hours of…
Nov 30, 2026 Snow, Forests, Water, and Fires
Presentation
Jessica Lundquist from the University of Washington will be the concluding speaker of the Plum Creek Lecture Series.
Dec 2, 2026 LANDFIRE Fuels Process
Webinar
Speaker: Ryan McCliment, LANDFIRE Fire Behavior Specialist, TSSC