The National Park Service has created a new ArcGIS StoryMap with maps, videos, and stories about wildland fire employment opportunities for veterans with the National Park Service. If you are
On February 27, 2024, wildfires across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles experienced explosive fire behavior and rapid rates of spread. This weather-driven blow-up (NWS summary) ultimately led to the Smokehouse
March 7, 2024 – A Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisory (pdf) was released by the Southern, Rocky Mountain, and Southwest Area decision support groups in coordination with state and federal
A recent panel discussion (Social Aspects of Wildfire Crisis Work) hosted by the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station covered a wide range of social science, communication, and fire-adapted
A new publication in the open-access journal Fire Ecology, proposes four principles for what the authors call “transdisciplinary and transformative” fire research. The research team suggests that “transdisciplinary research” should:
The New Yorker recently published an article “The Perverse Policies that Fuel Wildfire” (Elizabeth Kolbert) that synthesizes a wide range of ideas and concepts related to wildfire in North America.
The recording of our February 29th webinar “Emerging Technologies in Wildland Fire” with Nathan Burmester from The Nature Conservancy North Carolina, is now on the SFE YouTube Channel. The webinar
Earlier this month, the Southern Fire Exchange participated in a Department of Defense-supported fire science research event hosted by Fort Stewart near Hinesville, Georgia. Over two weeks, nearly 100 fire
The Forest Stewards Guild is advertising a Learn-and-Burn this spring at Holmes Educational State Forest in North Carolina. These will be demonstration burns, where participants will be paired with a
The recording of the recent SFE webinar “Pine Savanna Restoration and Ecosystem Services” is now available on the SFE YouTube Channel. The webinar featured a presentation and discussion led by
