11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress
2025-12-02 08:00 - 2025-12-06 17:00 (America/New_York)
11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress
When: Tuesday, December 2nd through Saturday, December 6, 2025.
Where: Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana.
Hosted by: Association for Fire Ecology.
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The 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana from December 2-6, 2025. This event will include workshops, field trips, and 3 full days of presentations, discussion groups, and networking opportunities.

Partner Webinar: The effect of fire management and habitat characteristics on butterfly community composition in the Southern Great Plains
2025-12-16 14:00 - 15:00
When: December 16th, 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Hosted by: Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium
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Presenters:

Dr. Emily Geest, Oklahoma City Zoo

Fueling Collaboration Webinar:Storms and Strategy - Understanding the Impacts of Hurricanes on Wildfire and Prescribed Fire in the Southeast
2026-01-15 11:00 - 12:30
When: January 15th, 11:00 – 12:30 PM ET
Hosted by: Fueling Collaboration Partners from the Eastern Fire Science Exchange Networks
Description: Hurricanes and tropical systems are powerful forces that continue to shape the landscape of the U.S. While much attention has been given to the immediate post-storm impacts, the influence of these large-scale weather events on prescribed fire and wildfire management remains underexplored. From altering fuel loads and fuel arrangement, to reshaping access and burn windows, tropical systems introduce both short-term and long-term challenges to regional fire managers.
In this Fueling Collaboration panel discussion, we’ll dive into the complex relationship between hurricanes and wildland fire. Join scientists, land managers, and fire practitioners as they share insights on how storm events affect prescribed fire planning, post-storm fire behavior, and ecosystems. We’ll explore case studies from the coastal and southern Appalachians, and discuss strategies for adapting fire management in a dynamic region.
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Partner Webinar: Developing new fuel models for fire modeling of novel ecosystems in the Cross Timbers ecoregion
2026-01-16 14:00 - 15:00
When: January 16th, 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Hosted by: Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium
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In the forests of the Cross Timbers ecoregion, an increase in eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana; ERC) has resulted in a novel fuel type with higher fuel load, different fuel architecture, and potentially increased fire risk. As a novel fuel type, ERC has not been modeled in common fire modeling programs like FlamMap or BehavePlus. This webinar explores the work of DeSantis and colleagues where they modeled test burns in mechanically treated and untreated ERC-encroached Cross Timbers forests to assess common fire modeling program capability to match observed fire behavior using a commonly used regional fuel model, best match fuel model, custom fuel model, and plant canopy inputs.
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Presenters:

Dr. Ryan DeSantis, Oklahoma State University

2026 Red Hills Fire and Nature Festival
2026-02-07 11:00 - 15:00 | Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States
The Red Hills Fire & Nature Festival, hosted at Tall Timbers, returns on February 7, 2026 from 11:00 to 3:00. This all-ages fun educational event about prescribed fire and its benefits is hosted in the Red Hills on even years.
The Fire & Nature Festival is free and open to the public. It’s an all-ages good time with live music, prescribed fire demonstration, live wildlife, wagon ride tours of healthy, fire-maintained forests, kids’ activities, and food vendors. The Red Hills Fire & Nature Festival happens through the collaborative effort of over 30 organizations pulling together around the central understanding that fire is a critical part of land stewardship in our region.
For more information, visit the Facebook Event page.

SFE Pine Rocklands Fire Science Workshop
2026-02-18 08:30 - 2026-02-19 16:00 | UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County Office, 18710 SW 288th Street, Homestead, FL, 33030, United States
Pine Rocklands Fire Science Workshop
Lessons from Fire Science Research and Adaptive Management
February 18-19, 2026, 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County Office, Homestead, FL
Optional field trip on February 20th, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., to the Richmond Tract of pine rocklands belonging to Zoo Miami.
Description:
Pine rocklands are a critically-endangered tropical ecosystem with dozens of rare and endangered species, many of which are endemic to the ecosystem itself. This ecosystem and its denizens are fire-maintained and adapted, but due to historical fire suppression and development, many of the remaining fragments of pine rockland are degraded and surrounded entirely by urbanization. In response to needs expressed by the pine rockland community in Miami-Dade County, FL, Southern Fire Exchange has created its inaugural Pine Rockland Fire Science Workshop to help address some of the unique challenges of prescribed burning in urban, pine rockland fragments. Some of the topics covered include the reintroduction of fire in long-unburned systems, smoke management in the wildland-urban interface, and the science of public communication. See the agenda for more information about workshop content.
Purpose:
Connect wildland fire practitioners, natural resource managers, and conservationists with the tools, resources, and knowledge to reintroduce fire into long-unburned pine rockland fragments with consideration for the wildland-urban interface.
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SFE and CAFMS Duff in the Mountains Fire Science Workshop
2026-02-24 09:00 - 16:00
Duff in the Mountains Fire Science Workshop
Lessons from Fire Science Research and Adaptive Management
February 24, 2026
Henderson County Center, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Afternoon field trip at the Green River Game Lands
The Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists and the Southern Fire Exchange will be hosting a Duff in the Mountains workshop on February 24, 2026. The workshop will be hosted in Hendersonville, North Carolina at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension’s Henderson County Center. There will be a field trip portion at Green River Game Lands.
Description:
Reintroducing fire into long-unburned forests has led to unexpected tree mortality. In many cases, valuable overstory trees, important for wildlife habitat and cultural history, have died following prescribed burns due to large accumulations of soil organic horizons, often referred to as duff. Sites with heavy duff loads continue to present persistent and pressing challenges for prescribed fire managers in the montane region of North Carolina. Research funded by the Joint Fire Science Program has revealed that thick layers of dry duff around tree bases ignite and burn slowly, damaging roots, causing stress, and resulting in tree death. These findings shifted fire management strategies toward gradually reducing duff layers rather than immediately restoring open forest structure. This workshop, hosted by Southern Fire Exchange and the Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists, will support this approach by providing scientific presentations, field demonstrations, and planning tools to help land managers assess duff conditions, plan effective burns, and protect legacy and economically important trees. Emphasis will be placed on practical, low-cost techniques, like duff moisture testing and multi-stage burns, making fire science accessible and actionable for a wide range of landowners and fire practitioners.
Purpose:
Connect landowners and fire professionals with the tools, resources, and knowledge to reintroduce prescribed fire to long-unburned areas with significant duff layers.Desired Outcomes

Increase understanding of duff fire science, including the science that links duff and tree mortality.
Facilitate conversations between researchers and fire practitioners to inform smoke management in high-duff areas.
Increase understanding of duff fire management and mitigation practices
Evaluate specific duff management practices for the montane region

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Partner Webinar: The Hot-Dry-Windy Index (HDWI)
2026-02-25 14:00 - 15:00
“The Hot-Dry-Windy-Index: Background, History, and Application to Fire Weather Forecasting in the Lake States and Northeast United States”

When: February 25th, 2026, 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Hosted by: North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange
Presenters: Dr. Jay Charney, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
Description: Atmospheric conditions can have a wide range of impacts on wildfire and prescribed fire. The key is recognizing when atmospheric conditions are such that management of the fire on the landscape could be difficult or nearly impossible to perform. This webinar will revisit and showcase the Hot-Dry-Windy Index, a tool developed to assist both meteorologists and fire operations in recognizing adverse atmosphere conditions that could have an impact. Dr. Jay Charney will provide relevant background information related to the tool, how to utilize it, and share examples that highlight its value for operations.​
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SFE and CAFMS Duff in the Sandhills Fire Science Workshop
2026-03-10 09:00 - 16:00
Duff in the Sandhills Fire Science Workshop
Lessons from Fire Science Research and Adaptive Management
March 10, 2026
Weymouth Woods Nature Preserve
The Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists and the Southern Fire Exchange will be hosting a Duff in the Mountains workshop on February 24, 2026. The workshop will be hosted at Weymouth Woods Nature Preserve near Southern Pines, North Carolina. After the morning presentations and discussions, there will be a field tour of several sites at Weymouth Woods.
Description:
Reintroducing fire into long-unburned forests has led to unexpected tree mortality. In many cases, valuable overstory trees, important for wildlife habitat and cultural history, have died following prescribed burns due to large accumulations of soil organic horizons, often referred to as duff. Sites with heavy duff loads continue to present persistent and pressing challenges for prescribed fire managers in the sand hills region of North Carolina. Research funded by the Joint Fire Science Program has revealed that thick layers of dry duff around tree bases ignite and burn slowly, damaging roots, causing stress, and resulting in tree death. These findings shifted fire management strategies toward gradually reducing duff layers rather than immediately restoring open forest structure. This workshop, hosted by Southern Fire Exchange and the Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists, will support this approach by providing scientific presentations, field demonstrations, and planning tools to help land managers assess duff conditions, plan effective burns, and protect legacy and economically important trees. Emphasis will be placed on practical, low-cost techniques, like duff moisture testing and multi-stage burns, making fire science accessible and actionable for a wide range of landowners and fire practitioners.
Purpose:
Connect landowners and fire professionals with the tools, resources, and knowledge to reintroduce prescribed fire to long-unburned areas with significant duff layers.Desired Outcomes

Increase understanding of duff fire science, including the science that links duff and tree mortality.
Facilitate conversations between researchers and fire practitioners to inform smoke management in high-duff areas.
Increase understanding of duff fire management and mitigation practices
Evaluate specific duff management practices for the montane region

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Agenda

SFE Webinar: A Story of Fire and Fuels in Southwest Georgia
2026-03-13 13:00 - 14:00
When: March 13th, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
Hosted by: Tall Timbers, Southern Fire Exchange, University of Florida IFAS
Speaker: George Jensen, Southwest Georgia PBA Coordinator, Tall Timbers
Description: Southwest Georgia and Northwest Florida represent the rekindling of prescribed fire culture in America, cast back on the landscape by Herbert Stoddard and the newly fledged field of wildlife biology. These new managers, researchers, and conservation advocates sought to restore a natural and essential process in an almost wholly anthropogenically changed landscape. These changes impacted how we approach restoring the most common disturbance in our ecosystems, tune in to hear the abridged tale of fire’s return to the landscape and how we fuel both the application and culture of prescribed fire in the present day.
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4th International Smoke Symposium
2026-03-23 08:00 - 2026-03-27 17:00 | Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States
4th International Smoke Symposium
When: Tuesday, December 2nd through Saturday, December 6, 2025.
Where: Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida
Hosted by: International Association for Wildland Fire
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The 4th International Smoke Symposium (ISS4) will be held at the Leigh Perkins Conservation Education Center in Tallahassee, Florida, March 23-27, 2026. ISS4 will bring together researchers from the atmospheric sciences, the ecological sciences, health sciences, mathematicians, computer sciences, climatologists, social scientists, and others to discuss the complex issues of smoke and identify knowledge gaps and opportunities for innovation and development.

JFSP FSEN Webinar - Fire and Fire Surrogate Studies and SageSTEP: The Benefits of Long-Term Fire Research
2026-04-02 13:00 - 14:30
Fire and Fire Surrogate Studies and SageSTEP: The Benefits of Long-Term Fire Research Webinar
When: April 2nd, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET
Collaboratively hosted by:
Great Basin Fire Science Exchange
Southern Fire Exchange
California Fire Science Consortium
Joint Fire Science Program
Northern Rockies Fire Science Network
North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange
Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists
Description: The goal of this webinar is to take an in‑depth look at two of the most influential long‑term fire research efforts supported by the Joint Fire Science Program: the Fire and Fire Surrogate (FFS) Study and the Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (SageSTEP). These landmark studies provide rare, decades‑long insights into how different fuel treatments and fire management strategies shape ecosystem resilience, fuel dynamics, vegetation structure, and wildlife habitat.
In this webinar, we​ will highlight why long-term research sites are ​integral in understanding ecosystem response and for informing ​management decisions today. ​
We will explore key findings from several FFS locations—including Blodgett Forest Research Station (CA), Lubrecht Experimental Forest (MT), Green River Game Land (NC), and Ohio Hills (OH)—as well as the network of SageSTEP sites across the sagebrush biome.
Guest speakers:

Molly Hunter, Joint Fire Science Program
Don Hagan, Clemson University
Sharon Hood, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service
Scott Stephens, University of California – Berkeley
Lisa Ellsworth, Oregon State University and Beth Newingham, Agricultural Research Service
Alexis Bernal, University of California – Berkeley

More information and webinar registration: North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange website

SFE Webinar: Burning For Birds - A Manual for the Application of Prescribed Fire in High Marshes on the Northern Gulf Coast
2026-04-10 13:00 - 14:00
“SFE Webinar: Burning For Birds – A Manual for the Application of Prescribed Fire in High Marshes on the Northern Gulf Coast”

When: April 10th, 2026, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Hosted by:University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Tall Timbers, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida IFAS.
Presenters:Auriel Fournier, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Description: The NOAA Firebird project (https://noaworkingrd.home.blogtogether) has been working together since 2019 to study the impacts of prescribed fire in gulf coastal high marshes on three birds, the mottled duck, eastern black rail and yellow rail. This webinar will focus on our newly published prescribed fire manual, which contains our results to date on the application of fire, as well as several case studies.
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SFE Webinar: Plan, Predict, & Burn - The New Prescribed Burn Planner (PBP v2)
2026-04-28 13:00 - 14:00
“Plan, Predict, & Burn – The New Prescribed Burn Planner (PBP v2)”

When: April 28th, 2026, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Hosted by: Southern Fire Exchange
Presenters: Dr. Holly Nowell and Karen Cummins, Tall Timbers Research Station
Description: Prescribed fire is one of the most effective tools land managers and landowners have for maintaining fire-dependent ecosystems, improving habitat, and reducing hazardous fuel buildup that increases wildfire risk. Yet, coordinating multiple burns while waiting for the right weather conditions can be challenging. The Prescribed Burn Planner (PBP) was originally developed to help users plan and prioritize prescribed burns by providing weather forecasts for individual burn units, thus hopefully reducing the number of missed burn windows. After receiving funding support from USDA Forest Service, Southern Region (R8), PBP version 2 was created to take prescribed burn planning to the next level. Join Karen Cummins and Dr. Holly Nowell from Tall Timbers as they demonstrate PBP v2’s new capabilities.
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Association for Natural Resources Extension Professionals Conference
2026-05-12 08:00 - 2026-05-15 17:00 | Wilmington, North Carolina, 301 North Water Street, Wilmington, NC, 28401, United States
Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals 15th Biennial Conference
“Confluence of Knowledge: Charting the Future of Natural Resource Extension”
May 12-15, 2026
Wilmington, NC
Join ANREP in Wilmington, North Carolina to learn from experts from across the nation as we explore innovative Extension educational programs in natural resources. The event offers educational sessions and tours, inspiring keynote address, annual awards and achievements, and networking and entertainment activities spread across multiple days of fellowship, fun, and growth.
This event is your chance to …

Connect with Extension professionals across multiple program areas
Expand your knowledge in Extension programming
Pursue partnerships and collaborations
Enjoy time together with hundreds of Extension professionals across the nation

More information here.

SFE Webinar: "The Integrated Research Management Team: A Novel Framework for Integrating Wildland Fire Research & Management"
2026-05-19 13:00 - 14:00
“The Integrated Research Management Team: A Novel Framework for Integrating Wildland Fire Research & Management”

When: May 19th, 2026, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Hosted by: Southern Fire Exchange, US Forest Service, The Ember Alliance
Presenters: James Furman, US Forest Service; Dan Gualtieri, The Ember Alliance
Description: Our landscapes face increasingly complex fire management challenges including fire exclusion, changing fire seasons, invasive species, and growing wildland-urban interface. To better address these challenges, timely and relevant fire science is needed to develop new knowledge, tools, and practices. Research has demonstrated that knowledge attained through coproduction is more readily applied by practitioners and research co-production is a pathway towards tackling ‘wicked problems.’ In wildland fire contexts, accomplishing co-produced science is often difficult, as hosting research on active incidents and operations presents many safety and logistical challenges. The Integrated Research Management Team (IRMT) is a framework modeled after the Incident Command System and developed collaboratively among the USDA Forest Service, US Department of War, and others. The IRMT bridges the gap between fire science researchers and wildland fire managers and practitioners, facilitating research campaigns on active, operational, prescribed fires. This webinar features James Furman, USFS Fire Management Specialist, exploring the IRMT’s origin, solving real challenges faced by wildland fire researchers and managers. Dan Gualtieri, Wildland Fire Science Coordinator for The Ember Alliance, dives deeper into the framework’s current IRMT structure.
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8th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference
2026-06-02 08:00 - 2026-06-06 17:00 | Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32312, United States
8th Fire in Eastern Oak Forest Conference
When: June 2-4, 2026
Where: Monroe Convention Center, Bloomington, Indiana
Hosted by: Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium, Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists, Joint Fire Science Program, Sam Shine Foundation, Purdue University, The Indiana Prescribed Fire Council
More Information: Available HERE

The Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference is an important conference focused on fire science and management in oak forests, woodlands, and savannas where noted experts in research and management gather to present state-of-the-art information, perspectives, and syntheses on key issues. This conference will emphasize topics relevant to management of oak-dominated forests, woodlands, and savannas and will be of interest to managers, scientists, landowners, consultants, and students.
Especially tailored to land managers and applications, this conference will feature invited presentations, open poster and flash talks sessions, management focused interactive sessions, exhibits, and professional networking opportunities. The schedule will include a day of speakers and panel discussions, a field trip day, followed by a final day of speakers and special sessions. Continuing education credits will be offered through the Society of American Foresters and The Wildlife Society.
Call for research and management posters and flash talks
We anticipate inviting poster and flash-talk (5 min.) presentation submissions on any aspect of fire in eastern North American oak ecosystems. Research posters or flash talks may relate to any aspect of fire science such as fire regimes, fire effects, fuels, GIS/remote sensing, hydrology, soils, wildlife, or human dimensions. Management posters or flash talks may highlight specific fire-related projects and / or programs.
Key sponsors and supporters of this conference include:

Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium
Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists
Joint Fire Science Program
Sam Shine Foundation
Purdue University
The Indiana Prescribed Fire Council
