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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…

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 "…

Jul 7 - 10, 2026

"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…