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 12, 2026
Terrestrial carbon is a highly valued resource due to its ecological, timber, and smoke impacts, as well as reasons related to atmospheric greenhouse gas cycling. While sequestering carbon in forests can be effective, terrestrial carbon resources…
Feb 17, 2026
Panelists
Stephen Calkins, Burned Area Reforestation Planner - Washington Station Department of Natural Resources
Morris Johnson, Research Fire Ecologist - Pacific Northwest Research Station
Bryce Richardson, Research Geneticist - Rocky Mountain…
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 "…
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…