Jul 29, 2026 LANDFIRE FCCS: Fuel Characteristics for Fire and Smoke Decision Support
Webinar
Dr. Susan Prichard will provide a brief overview of the Fuel Characteristics Classification System and how fuelbeds are mapped and updated in LANDFIRE. We will then explore a few ways that FCCS fuelbeds can be used for basic fire and smoke modeling and related back to mapped treatment units and landscapes.
Aug 5, 2026 Better Together: The Power of Relationships in Fire Management
Webinar
We face many obstacles in improving fire management: capacity and resources that constrain what we can accomplish, challenging policy environments, and increasingly narrow weather windows are just a few. The solutions to these barriers are nuanced and local, but united by a common theme – the need to work together. This webinar will cover case studies from around the Fire Learning Network that show how focusing first on building trust and relationships leads to authentic, sustained…
Aug 26, 2026 From 3D Fuels to Fire Spread: Two Talks, One Office Hour
Webinar
Join the LANDFIRE Office Hour this month with Russell Parsons, Ph.D., Research Ecologist, U.S. Forest Service, RMRS, Fire Sciences Laboratory and Mark A. Finney, Ph.D., Research Forester, U.S. Forest Service, RMRS, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
Sep 8, 2026 Wildland Fire Entrainment - Should the Fire Triangle be Square?
Webinar
Wildland fires are more than passive reactions to their surroundings—they actively shape, and are shaped by, the environments in which they burn. This webinar introduces the concept of wildland fire entrainment (WFE), a critical yet often overlooked driver of fire behavior. WFE refers to the movement of air drawn toward a fire by pressure gradients created through strong updrafts and other nonlocal atmospheric effects. By integrating fuels, topography, ambient winds, and fire line geometry, WFE…
Sep 30, 2026 LANDFIRE Compared: Synergies with various Ecosystem Classification Systems
Webinar
Join the LANDFIRE Office Hour for this webinar with speaker Ayn Hunt, PhD, Oregon State University
Oct 8, 2026 Wildfire Management Innovations
Webinar
Part of the Yale Forest Forum series "Unlocking Forest Sector Innovation: The Practice and Potential Pathways to Scaling Up"
Speaker Alexander Held is a Senior Expert in Fire, Silviculture, and Wildlife at the European Forest Institute (EFI), where he works on the European Forest Risk Facility to strengthen landscape resilience through knowledge exchange, cooperation and mutual assistance across Europe. He also contributed to EFI's Integrate projects on disturbance and biodiversity in managed…
Oct 6 - 9, 2026 Society of American Foresters National Convention
Conference
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…
Sep 28 - Oct 9, 2026 2026 Selkirk TREX
Training Course
After taking a year off Selkirk TREX is back. Join us in Northeast Washington to develop your prescribed fire skills, knowledge, and qualifications. The Selkirk Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX) is a peer-to peer experiential learning based training with field trips, guest speakers, hands-on and live fire training. Learn about fire ecology, fire behavior, prescribed fire operations, burn planning, fire effects monitoring, and more.
Applications are due Monday, July 13th (see event link…
Oct 15 - 16, 2026 2026 Rocky Mountain Wildfire Smoke Symposium
Workshop
Registration is now open 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. The theme for 2026 is "National problem, local solutions: community wildfire smoke preparedness." Through a combination of expert-led sessions and collaborative discussions, the symposium aims to enhance wildfire…
Oct 12 - 16, 2026 NIPFTC Fire Effects Monitor Fall Session
Training Course
The Fire Effects Monitor (FEMO) workshop from the National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) provides hands-on training for personnel responsible for documenting fire effects and supporting informed decision-making before, during, and after prescribed fire operations. Participants learn how to collect meaningful observations, apply monitoring methods, interpret results, and communicate findings that help managers evaluate whether fire objectives are being achieved.
Must apply…
Oct 19 - 23, 2026 Wildland Fire Canada Conference + Canadian Smoke Forum
Conference
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.
Oct 29, 2026 Innovations in Forest and Landscape Restoration
Webinar
Part of Yale Forest Forum's "Unlocking Forest Sector Innovation: The Practice and Potential Pathways to Scaling Up" series.
Speaker Adam Wei is a Professor of forest hydrology and watershed management in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. He also serves as Coordinator of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Task Force on Forests and Water Interactions in a Changing Environment and is an…
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…
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,…
Dec 7 - 11, 2026 Beneficial Fire Summit
Conference
Currently accepting proposals for special sessions, workshops, oral and poster presentations, etc. Due September 1st
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…
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…
Jan 19 - 24, 2027 Wildland Firefighter Wellness Retreat - Great Vow
Workshop
FUSEE and Great Vow Zen Monastery 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 Great Vow, and to integrate mindfulness practice into fire prevention and working on the…