Nov 4, 2026 Use of LANDFIRE Data in Fire Management Planning and Analysis for the NPS
Webinar
Speaker: Patricia Johnson, Fire Management Specialist/Fire Planner, Pacific West Region, National Park Service
Patricia will discuss how LANDFIRE data are being used in analysis that supports the development of Fire Management Plans.
Nov 4, 2026 What Is Pyrosilviculture?
Webinar
Part of the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point "Prescribed Fire for Forest Management" series.
Presenters:
Rob York, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Cooperative Extension, University of California Berkeley
Dr. York is an Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension at UC Berkeley. I serve as Co-Director of Berkeley Forests, focusing on providing leadership to a network of research forests in Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forests. He hold the Dickinson Chair in Wood Science. Rob’s research and…
Nov 5 - 6, 2026 Montana Forest Collaboration Network 11th Annual Workshop
Workshop
The Montana Forest Collaboration Network is pleased to offer dynamic speakers and discussions on the theme, "Collaborative Pathways to Results."
With so much change, and the continuing wildfire and forest health crisis, focusing on how collaboration can best bring results on-the-ground is a timely topic. We hope you'll join them in November for these discussions side-by-side with the agencies and partners we all work with.
Because of the generosity of sponsors, MFCN is able to…
Nov 1 - 7, 2026 Wildland Firefighter Wellness Retreat - Wellspring
Workshop
FUSEE, in collaboration with Wellspring Spa and FireUp, are offering this mindfulness-based retreat for wildland firefighters as a way to give back to these communities and to support our first responders. This 7-day retreat is intended to help provide refuge, rest and renewal as well as trauma-sensitive training in mindfulness, meditation, mental health, and Sensory Awareness. There will be some time volunteering to care for the land (which may include controlled burning), and to…
Nov 9, 2026 Development of a drought, flood, and fire early warning system across Montana's forests and rangelands
Presentation
Kelsey Jensco from the University of Montana and the Montana Climate Office will discuss the development of a drought, flood, and fire early warning system in Montana.
Oct 28 - Nov 9, 2026 Wildland Urban Interface TREX 2026
Training Course
The application period for this event is closed.
The Wildland–Urban Interface Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WUI TREX) will be held in Kelowna BC, delivered in partnership between the BC Wildfire Service and the Kelowna Fire Department, with support from the Canadian Prescribed Fire Training Program.
WUI TREX will bring together fire departments, wildfire management professionals, prescribed fire practitioners, Indigenous fire stewards, and agency partners to strengthen skills,…
Nov 12, 2026 Storm Prediction Center’s Fire Research and Development
Webinar
The NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has had a fire weather program for more than 25 years. In addition to issuing fire weather outlooks, SPC also conducts fire-related research and development. Recently, we focused those efforts on evaluating weather inputs necessary to create gridded analyzed and forecast National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRSv4) output. We completed detailed evaluations of surface stations compared to gridded analysis and forecast data for fire weather and fire…
Nov 16, 2026 What's going on in America's forests?
Webinar
What's going on in American forests? Conditions are changing in forests across the country, and trees and other plant life are dying because of it. Innovative research can inform management practices that can address changing conditions.
Presenters:
Grant M. Domke, PhD, Team Leader, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service
Melissa A. Pastore, PhD, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service
Claire O'Dea, PhD, RPA Assessment National Program Leader, USDA Forest Service
Sara A. Goeking, PhD,…
Nov 16, 2026 Investigating fine-scale forest growth and water stress across semi-arid mountain topography
Presentation
Fin Malone from the University of Montana will discuss fine-scale forest growth and water stress across semi-arid mountain topography.
Nov 17, 2026 What's stressing our forests out? Insects, disease, and other factors
Webinar
Native or endemic insects and diseases thin out unhealthy trees and maintain appropriate forest density. However, shifts to this careful balance—be they introduced species, changing weather, fire, and drought patterns, or other factors—can result in levels of mortality exceeding the norm. Under these conditions, forests and grasslands may be unable to keep up the pace needed to regenerate and convert to other, less productive types of landscape. Scientists are helping managers track and respond…
Nov 18, 2026 Forest resilience to fire, drought, and other stressors
Webinar
Fires, hurricanes, drought, storms, and other environmental factors have always shaped landscapes. The trees and plants that grow in different places are often resilient to regular, routine weather events. However, the growing frequency and intensity of once-monumental events has stressed their ability to regenerate themselves. Compounded with insects and diseases, extreme weather requires managers and scientists to work together to forecast future conditions and plan accordingly.
…
Nov 18, 2026 From Risk to Recovery: GIS and Wildfire
Conference
GIS Day @ University of Idaho is a free event made possible by the U of I Library, with support from our sponsors, that brings together scholars, students, professionals, businesses, and the public to discuss geospatial technologies and demonstrate their many uses. This year's theme is From Risk to Recovery: GIS and Wildfire, exploring the ways GIS is helping us navigate increasing fire impacts across our region.
Registration is required for both the in-person and Zoom options.
Nov 17 - 18, 2026 Water Doesn’t Burn: Integrating River Restoration and Fire Management for a Fire-Resilient West
Workshop
Trout Unlimited and the Keystone Policy Center invite practitioners, researchers, land and water managers, and funders from across the western U.S. to two mornings of exchange on the fire-water nexus: the science, the on-the-ground implementation, and the cross-sector partnerships that make integrated restoration possible. This convening is hosted as part of the Healthy Rivers for Wildfire Resilience Community of Practice. Registration covers both days, but you are welcome to attend as much as…
Convective weather cells and associated outflow winds, such as gust fronts, can rapidly alter a fire’s propagation speed and direction, leading to firefighter entrapment. One well-documented disaster occurred during the Yarnell Hill Fire on June 30, 2013, when a gust front from a nearby thunderstorm reversed a fire’s direction and dramatically increased its propagation speed, causing 19 firefighters to become entrapped and perish. While the Yarnell Hill incident was an extreme case, sudden wind…
Nov 19, 2026 Boosting forests' ability to bounce back
Webinar
Given all that forests are facing, scientists and managers are working together to boost forest's abilities to grow back and thrive in future conditions. We will discuss forests of the future, learning from novel forests, cone collection, and regeneration.
Presenters:
Michael A. Battaglia, PhD, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service
Ariel E. Lugo, PhD, Retired Scientist from the International Institute of Tropical Forestry, President of HANAEL Associates, Inc.
Katherine Nigro, PhD…
Nov 20, 2026 Managing in the face of change: Conserving important forest values
Webinar
When we work together to support and bolster forests during widespread mortality events, we also conserve the benefits that forests provide: clean air and water, forest products and carbon storage, and the places we love to recreate and sightsee on.
Presenters:
Nathaniel Anderson, PhD, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service
Peter V. Caldwell, PhD, Research Hydrologist, USDA Forest Service
Prakash Nepal, PhD, Research Economist, USDA Forest Service
Society of American Foresters (…
Nov 9 - 20, 2026 S-290 – Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
Training Course
The Student of Fire Initiative at the University of Idaho is offering this course for Fall '26. All courses areadministered virtually through the Wildland Fire Learning Portal with a combination of self-paced lessonsand exercises and live-online meetings.
Cost: $300
A skills focused course designed to prepare the developing fireline supervisor to undertake safe and effective fire management operations.
Total Course Hours: 40 hours (24 hours of interactive self-paced lessons, 16 hours of…
Nov 30, 2026 Snow, Forests, Water, and Fires
Presentation
Jessica Lundquist from the University of Washington will be the concluding speaker of the Plum Creek Lecture Series.
Dec 2, 2026 LANDFIRE Fuels Process
Webinar
Speaker: Ryan McCliment, LANDFIRE Fire Behavior Specialist, TSSC
Webinar
This presentation will discuss the meteorological conditions leading up to and during the 2018 Carr Fire tornado-scale fire whirl. A fire whirl is a vertically-oriented rotating column of air, typically comprised of hot gasses and aerosols, generated in or near a fire. Fire whirls can range in size from less than 1 m in diameter with wind speeds less than 10 meters per second up to 3 km in diameter with wind speeds in excess of 50 meters per second. Fire whirls on the small end of the spectrum…
Nov 30 - Dec 10, 2026 S-215 – Fire Operations in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Training Course
The Student of Fire Initiative at the University of Idaho is offering this course for Fall '26. All courses areadministered virtually through the Wildland Fire Learning Portal with a combination of self-paced lessonsand exercises and live-online meetings.
NOTE: There is a "morning" and "evening" session for this course being offered concurrently, please register for and attend either the morning OR evening set of sessions.
Cost: $300
This virtual, instructor-led course combines the power of…
Dec 8 - 10, 2026 NIPFTC Burn Plan Workshop 2026
Workshop
This workshop from the National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center provides an opportunity to improve and refine burn plans. Through content delivery, practical exercise, small group activity; participants write new or edit existing burn plans building on principles discussed. This workshop provides continuing education on burn plan preparation to improve collective understanding of prescribed fire plans, regardless of agency. Participants should be prepared to bring computers and burn…
Dec 7 - 11, 2026 Beneficial Fire Summit
Conference
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…
Nov 16 - Dec 11, 2026 RX-310 – Introduction to Fire Effects
Training Course
The Student of Fire Initiative at the University of Idaho is offering this course for Fall '26. All courses areadministered virtually through the Wildland Fire Learning Portal with a combination of self-paced lessonsand exercises and live-online meetings.
Cost: $300
Provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and communicate the relationships between basic fire regimes and fire effects, the effects of fire treatments on fire effects, and to manipulate fire treatments…
Dec 28, 2026 - Jan 2, 2027 Wildland Firefighter Wellness Retreat - Tassajara
Workshop
FUSEE and the San Francisco Zen Center are offering this mindfulness-based retreat for wildland firefighters as a way to give back to these communities and to support our first responders. This 6-day retreat is intended to help provide refuge, rest and renewal as well as trauma-sensitive training in mindfulness, meditation and Sensory Awareness. There will some time volunteering to help to care for Tassajara Mountain Zen Center, and to integrate mindfulness practice into fire…