Feb 5, 2026
Learn more about ongoing laboratory research into backing fire spread – a subject largely overlooked compared to heading fires, yet at any instant, it represents approximately ½ the active perimeter of a wildland fire. This research explores whether…
Feb 10, 2026
Panelists
Jen Croft, National Applied Fire Ecologist Fire and Aviation Management
Stephen Filmore, Fuels Operations Specialist - Pacific Southwest Region
Mark Finney. Research Forester - Rocky Mountain Research Station
Kit O’Connor, Research…
Mar 12, 2026
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…
Mar 19, 2026
The ReSHAPE program is a major new effort to compile and collate fuel treatment data from federal and state agencies across the United States. What do these data say about treatment effects on wildfires? Are the treatments working? What does "…