Join the Southwest Fire Science Consortium for this upcoming webinar.
Shifting fire regimes driven by fire suppression, fuel accumulation, and climate change are threatening the persistence of dry forest landscapes across the western United States. Managers are increasingly investing in restoration and fuel reduction treatments, yet key questions remain about how much of a landscape must be treated to reduce burn severity and restore functioning fire regimes. This presentation will dive…
Mar 25, 2026 From Ecosystems to Fire Needs: Using LANDFIRE's New Fire Needs Assessment Website + Tools
Senior Spatial Ecologist Sarah Hagen will introduce the new Fire Needs Assessment website and show how it helps users understand landscape conditions and identify where fire is needed to support ecological health. The session covers what an FNA is, how it connects historical ecosystems, current vegetation, and fire regimes, and how anyone can explore fire needs using the site and its downloadable tools.
Despite a growing need to expand the pace and scale of prescribed burning to address the national fire deficit, there is a lack of data-driven methods to incorporate fire danger information into prescribed fire planning. To address this gap, we combined nearly two decades of prescribed fire and wildfire records with spatial fire danger data across Montana and Idaho to characterize when and where each fire type has occurred. We identified objective thresholds from a normalized fire danger index…
Mar 23 - 27, 2026 4th International Smoke Symposium
The International Association of Wildland Fire is hosting their 4th smoke symposium.
"The International Smoke Symposium aims to address a variety of wildland smoke related issues, through topics that relate to methods for tracking, modeling and inventory, social implications, health implications for the public and firefighter communities, communication, current and future research needs, and practical field management and response techniques for smoke."
Members of the JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network are excited to bring you this virtual panel that seeks 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,…
Join IMAGINE (Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems), a collaborative out of the University of Wyoming, for this virtual workshop.
Invasive annual grasses—including cheatgrass, medusahead, ventenata, and others—continue to transform rangelands across the West, threatening ecosystem resilience, wildlife habitat, and working landscapes. IMAGINE’s annual Invasive Annual Grass Virtual Workshop builds on momentum from previous years by bringing together land…
Apr 7 - 8, 2026 2026 Forest Collaborative Workshop
Join the Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership and the Montana Forest Collaborative Network in Coeur d'Alene for a 2-day workshop themed Public Lands Collaboration: Building on Success and Addressing the Gaps.
Members of the public who want to learn more about forest restoration collaboratives are welcome, as are any and all participants in collaborative groups, industry partners, and state and federal land managers from across Montana and Idaho. The workshop is designed to lean into the…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…