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Apr 12 2024
Wildfires pose a mounting challenge for communities across Canada. But how close is the risk, and where is it likely to come from? Understanding firesheds – the potential areas where wildfires could originate and spread toward communities – is essential…
Apr 6 2024
This is an educational and hands-on training opportunity for community members on prescribed fire and controlled burning techniques, holding, suppression and mop up procedures. The goal of the event is to expand the knowledge base and skillset of the…
Apr 4 2024
Speaker: Samuel Stockton
Bio: Sam is a graduate student and researcher in the Remote Sensing Lab at West Virginia University. After obtaining degrees in education and geography from Concord University, he worked in restoration and invasive…
Apr 2 2024
Abstract: Prescribed fire has undergone major transformation in California over the last decade or two, evolving from a mostly agency-led practice with limited visibility to a statewide grassroots movement, engaging and being led by a diversity of…
Apr 2 2024
Wildfires are becoming bigger and more severe around the world, overwhelming firefighters’ capacity to control them. Prescribed fires can be used to safely introduce fire in the landscape and regulate fire regimes through fuel management and by…
Apr 2 - 4 2024
Confluence is the Western Collaborative Conservation Network’s premier community-building and learning event, open to practitioners, researchers, community members, and students working in the collaborative conservation field.
Meet new…
Mar 27 2024
Please join he Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils Coordinating Group to learn about the development of Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Programs in Oregon and Pennsylvania.
The mission of the Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils Coordinating Group…
Mar 19 2024
Abstract: Wildfires are becoming an increasing issue, raising concern about direct infrastructure and property damage as well as indirect effects related to their emissions. In this context, a fundamental understanding of the burning processes of…
Mar 18 2024
University of Idaho is offering a virtual Rx-310 (Introduction to Fire Effects) course this spring ($300 registration fee). The course is self-paced in the Wildland Fire Learning Portal with live discussions on March 18th to April…
Mar 18 - 22 2024
The Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group (AWFCG) will convene the 2024 Spring Operations meeting in person and online the week of March 18-22. The agenda is now available. The meeting will be at the Pipeline Training Center in Fairbanks with a virtual…