Past Events

Boundary spanning features for collective action to reduce wildfire risk

Wildfire involves a diversity of land managers, owners, and stakeholders with their own roles and resources. Strategic coordination across this diversity of actors can be challenging. Social science research about collaboration recognizes the importance of building trust, but that can be hard to foster at large scales. To sustain necessary collective action, we find that several “boundary…

Salvage Science Summit 2

Salvage Science Summit #2: Technology and Ecology

Join us for a 2-day virtual panel discussion on December 7, 2021 from Noon - 1:30 PT and December 8, 2021 from Noon…

9th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress

The Association for Fire Ecology is excited to host this online event with Tall Timbers November 30 to December 3, 2021. The Fire Congress will offer virtual learning opportunities for fire managers, natural resource professionals, policy and administrative leaders, and the academic and research community. It is shaping up to be a groundbreaking and meaningful event that we hope you will…

Landscape fuel treatments and wildland fire management strategies within recent large fire events

In this 1-hour webinar, we will present findings from a recently completed study, which was funded by the Joint Fire Science Program, on landscape fuel treatment effectiveness within recent large wildfire events in north-central Washington State. We will first provide an overview of climate change and wildfires and the imperative for broad-scale adaptive management to increase landscape and…

4th Annual National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop

Hard Truths, Fantastic Failures and Magnificent Successes of Cross-Boundary, Landscape Level and Community-Wide Implementation

Since the inception of The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, we have learned that there are multiple “hard truths” of living with fire that must be accepted in order to make meaningful progress towards the three national goals…

Assessment of Early Implementation of the US Forest Service’s Shared Stewardship Strategy

Researchers from Colorado State University, the University of Oregon, andthe University of Georgia are conducting a five-year study to understandhow efforts that began as part of the US Forest Service SharedStewardship Strategy develop over time, based on interviews with federaland state agency leadership, land managers, and other partners andstakeholders. Join us for a discussion of findings…

WUI 2020

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Assessing the Work of Wildfires and Identifying Post-fire Management Needs

 Landscapes of the Inland West are deeply affected by 100+ years of fire exclusion, the loss of indigenous burning, and expansion and densification of many forests. Today, anthropogenic climate change and wildfires are modifying the structure and composition of forests across the West at rates that far exceed adaptation and restorative treatments. Fires that occur during the forest…

Fire Ecology Across Boundaries: Connecting Science and Management

The Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) and Pau Costa Foundation (PCF) are partnering with Regione Toscana and University of Florence to host a conference in Europe for diverse stakeholders involved in wildfire management. This collaboration will provide a forum for anyone interested in wildland fire issues to learn from one another, share information, and create new relationships.

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From Parallel Play to Co-Management: Conserving Landscapes at Risk of Wildfire in the American West

Wildfire has fundamentally shaped the western landscapes we seek to conserve. It is a source of renewal and central to the functioning of many ecosystems; as well as a destructive force that threatens communities and conservation values across public and private lands. Wildfire epitomizes myriad connectivities that we cannot escape. Yet as the frequency of large, severe wildfires has greatly…