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The Washington State Governor will be signing the Prescribed Fire Pilot Bill (ESHB 2928) this Thursday, March 31st, at 10:30am.
The description of the bill is as follows: "Relating to ensuring that restrictions on outdoor burning for air…
US Drought Monitor is a weekly map of drought conditions that is based on measurements of climatic, hydrologic and soil conditions, as well as reported impacts and observations from over 350 contributors across the country.
This page lists total number of fires and total acres burned for Northern Rocky states and agencies. States included are Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Help shape the future of the E.V. Komarek Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Database!
The Southern Fire Exchange and the Tall Timbers Research Station are looking to understand more about the users and usage of the E.V. Komarek Tall Timbers Fire…
The Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GBLCC) needs your help to peer review the many pre-proposals that we anticipate receiving for the six Activity Areas in our latest Notice of Funding Opportunity (pdf) (see pages 4-6). The…
The Santa Catalina Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest is seeking comments on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Catalina-Rincon FireScape Project (CRFS). The CRFS is a landscape-scale restoration project that focuses on…
Researchers from South Dakota State University will be hosting focus groups in an effort to gain a better understanding of the drivers of land management decisions made by farmers and ranchers. Participants will be compensated. The focus groups…
To accelerate the sharing of knowledge and information about fire effects on invasive species in the Midwest - bad as well as good - the Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Fire Science Consortium partnered with the Midwest Invasive Plant Network (…
Starting in January 2016, The SERPPAS Prescribed Fire Work Group will publish the Driptorch Digest e-newsletter on a monthly basis, following our monthly meeting. Although the content is tailored to those participating in the Work Group, much of…
Webinar Now Available.
A Southern Fire Exchange webinar conducted in partnership with the NWCG Smoke Committee, NC State University, the Desert Research Institute, the National Weather Service, and Montgomery Community College. The webinar…
Are you a researcher/scientist, manager, or practitioner working in Washington or Oregon? The Northwest Fire Science Consortium would like to hear from you! The NWFSC wants to know what the priority topics are in this region for fire. Is it smoke…
Two new fire regime publications€”Fire Regime Reports and Fire Regime Syntheses€”are now available and spatially searchable in the recently updated user interface for the Fire Effects Information System (FEIS, www.feis-crs.org/feis). FEIS staff…
The Lake States Fire Science Consortium (LSFSC) is committed to ensuring that the €˜best available science€™ is available for planning and managing fire-dependent ecosystems of the Lake States. Where there are current gaps in the science,…
The Joint Fire Science Program needs your help to peer review the many proposals they expect to receive in response to the FY16 Funding Opportunity Notices. This peer review is a critically important part of the process. For more…
The Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) Committee is pleased to invite nominations of deserving candidates for the 2016 Smokey Bear Awards. Sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service, National Association of State Foresters, and the Ad Council,…
Wildfire threats to homes, property and livelihoods are growing rapidly as urbanized areas in Idaho develop into the wildland-urban interface (WUI). University of Idaho faculty members will contribute to wildfire hazard planning in the WUI with a…
Now Accepting Nominations for the 2016 Wildfire Mitigation Awards!
Review the criteria and submit a nomination by November 6, 2015. The nomination form is available in the link below.
2016 Wildfire Mitigation Awards Nomination Form…Excerpt from the Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary press release, dated Sept. 22, 2015:
Historic Conservation Campaign Protects Greater Sage-Grouse
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines federal…
Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona Fires of Change is a Joint Fire Science Program and NEA funded art exhibition. The exhibition will explore, through the eyes of artists, the increase in severity,…
The Association for Fire Ecology is holding a photo contest in conjunction with the Fire Congress. Winning photos will appear in a 12-month 2016 calendar that will be given as a premium at the event. Entrants whose images are chosen for the…
The IAWF is now accepting nominations for four IAWF Awards!
They encourage you to gather your information to nominate some very deserving folks out there! They've added two new awards this year. Recipient does not have to be an IAWF member…
A field hearing that will be held before the Senate€™s Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. PDT in the Pigott Auditorium of Seattle University (MAP). The purpose of the hearing is to receive…
General: UI and WSU Receive Grant to Help Communities Prepare for, Recover from Wildfires (Posted: )
More than 6,000 fires have burned more than 1 million acres in the Northwest so far in 2015, with experts predicting continuing severe wildfires in coming years.
To help Northwest communities prepare for the future, University of…
Strengthening Syntheses on Fire: Increasing Their Usefulness for Managers by Jane Kapler Smith
Fire managers rely on syntheses for concise, objective information that they can apply to questions about management. This report describes ways…
Nominations are now open for new members of the International Association of Wildland Fires' (IAWF) Board of Directors. Nominations will be accepted through September 30, 2015 and successful candidates will begin their 3-year term on January 1,…