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Colorado Forest Collaboratives is now offering Professional Development Scholarships to attend the Colorado Wildland Fire Conference and the Cross-Boundary Landscape Restoration Workshop. Flexible funding to Remove Barriers to Attendance! Some scholarships are available for members of Colorado forest collaboratives to attend the Colorado Wildland Fire Conference (application here), and support to...
The Department of Wildland Resources (WILD) in the S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources at Utah State University seeks applicants for an Assistant Professor of Wildland Fire. The role statement for the position consists of 80% extension, 10% teaching, and 10% service, and will be based in Logan, Utah on the USU campus, with an anticipated (but negotiable) start date of July...
The Desert Research Institute (DRI) is seeking to fill multiple fire research positions. Postdoctoral Researcher or Assistant Research Professor, Fire Process ModelingThe DRI Division of Atmospheric Sciences is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (Postdoc) or an Assistant Research Professor to help initiate a research program on wildland fire process modeling connected to existing and upcoming...
The Ember Alliance is a national organization of fire practitioners, researchers, analysts, and instructors dedicated to increasing the pace and scale of prescribed fire and planning. The Ember Alliance is dedicated to supporting fire as a natural process in fire-adapted ecosystems on a landscape scale to improve ecosystem function and health and increase wildfire resilience. The successful...
The Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA) on behalf of the Central Pine Barrens Commission is seeking an Ecologist who will undertake responsibility for the planning and implementation of ecological management activities in the Central Pine Barrens. This employee will work under the supervision of the Science and Stewardship Manager.
The Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences Department (NRES) in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, is seeking a full-time academic year, tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in Wildland Fire Management starting September 14, 2023. Candidates with industry or other professional experience...
Under limited supervision, this position provides a department-wide approach to diverse, complex, and interrelated wildland fire coordination and resilience needs at a professional level. The position coordinates the department’s approach to wildland fire that supports all chartered land uses and open space purposes, works across multiple programs and divisions within the department, as well as...
Environmental Defense Fund is seeking a Postdoctoral Science Fellow to conduct research on biosphere-climate feedbacks to the carbon cycle and implications of those feedbacks. The 2-year fellowship can begin immediately. The Cooley Postdoctoral Science Fellow will conduct research on the carbon cycle implications of climate feedbacks on the biosphere. Increasingly we are seeing carbon cycle...
As a lasting contribution to the fire ecology and management community, the Wayne Harrison Memorial Scholarship supports academic and professional growth of students through funding research, management, or education projects related to wildland fire science. Scholarships up to $2,500 are awarded annually, with applications due March 31 and awarded by May 31 each year. The number of scholarships...
The federal Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission held its first in-person meeting September 14 through 15 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 50-member commission developed a strategy to address the full suite of issues as required by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law through topical workgroups. Workgroups are charged with exploring a topic, preparing policy recommendations...
Cal Poly Humboldt, the Department of Forestry, Fire, and Rangeland Management, and the Fire Resilience Institute invites applications for an academic year tenure-track faculty position in Applied Fire Science and Management (starting August 2023). Cal Poly Humboldt is home to the largest undergraduate Forestry and Fire programs in California. The program prides itself on a strong tradition of...
With this Dear Colleague Letter, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is calling for planning proposals focused on catalyzing innovative and inclusive wildland fire science through collaboration among diverse stakeholders and rights holders. A planning proposal is a type of proposal used to support initial conceptualization, planning and collaboration activities that aim to formulate new and...
The 52nd Annual Winter Meeting of the Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society will be held at the Radisson in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The overall conference theme is Bridging the Gap: Blending Research and Management, and the meeting will also be...
Experts tell the story of forest change since colonization, and share insights and answer questions about how we might steward a legacy of forest change and mitigate climate change impacts.
Presenters:
- Susan Prichard, Research...
Fueling Collaboration is an interactive virtual Panel Discussion Series designed to connect fire managers and researchers. Fueling Collaboration is created and hosted by the USDA Forest...
This conference is geared toward professionals working proactively to improve wildfire outcomes in Colorado communities and landscapes such as Mitigation Specialists, Emergency Managers, Firefighters, Researchers, Foresters, Developers and Policy...
The Southwest Ecological Restoration Institutes (SWERI) is hosting a workshop focused on all-lands forest and fire management in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and surrounding states.
- Share successes and lessons learned on cross-boundary,...
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The Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium, along with the Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and...
The 8th International Wildland Fire Conference is being held in Porto, Portugal.
The main objective of the 8th IWFC is to create space for presentation of current results of work in the field of wildland fire. The conference is also a space for...
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The 6th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, hosted by the International Association of Wildland Fire and the Wildland Fire Leadership Council, along with three...
Presenter: Dr. Brian Palik
Host: Forest Stewards Guild
There is increasing momentum to implement conservation and management approaches that adapt forests to climate change so as to sustain ecosystem functions. These range from actions...
The annual Winter Training/Awareness Meeting of the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact will consist of two full days preceded by Working Team meetings. For anyone unable to attend in person,...
Connect with your grassland fire management community across the central U.S. through virtual panel discussions in 2023.
Fire is a key process in the grasslands and savannas that span the center of North America....
Join the Washington Environmental Council and their partners for the 2022 Virtual Carbon Friendly Forest Conference, an interactive virtual webinar series. This year’s conference includes presentations and conversations on topics like: community...
The Winter Meeting, hosted by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, will feature the Western Governors and their special guests in public conversations about the most significant issues facing the region during the two-day event.
A virtual lecture presented by Phil McCormick, PhD
Since 2010, Australian national and state governments have commissioned at least 101 post-emergency inquiries and reviews, each of which makes recommendations to improve the way we prevent,...
This webinar is part of the Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium 2022/23 Fall-Winter Fire Science Webinar Series.
Presenter: Arjum Adhikari,...
The SCIENCEx Webinar Series brings together scientists and land management experts from across U.S. Forest Service research stations and beyond to...
Sarah Larson, MS candidate in the University of Idaho's College of Natural Resources, Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, will present her thesis proposal.
Major Professor: Dr. Andrew Nelson
The Wildland Urban Fire Summit (WUFS) is New Mexico’s leading event for wildfire preparedness and planning. Join your peers, community leaders, fire service professionals, and federal, state, tribal, and local governments for this in person event....