Join this webinar on fuel treatment datasets on Friday, May 15! 🔥Learn more, access a fact sheet, and register here: https://ow.ly/4I3J50YMHpZ

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Epiphytic lichens as ladder fuels: an experimental study on flammability in Southern Chile" #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-0...

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥Azaj Mahmud and Dylan Schwilk discuss predicting key aspects of shoot flammability and how that relates to flammability category rankings in the National Fire Protection Association’s Firewise program #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep90

New article 🚨 in the #FireEcology Journal! "Determinants of forest-fire containment success in the Viphya plantations of Northern Malawi" by Fletcher Mhone, Robertson R. B. Khataza, Gift Kamanga Thole & Alfred Chioza #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-0...

With support from the Resources Legacy Fund, the Fire Networks and The Nature Conservancy worked with people in Northern California, Greater Yellowstone and the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains to tell stories of the many paths to living better with fire 🔥Learn more: https://firenetworks.org/manypaths/

New research highlight for the #FireEcology Journal! This research highlight summarizes a recent article by Alissa Cordner - read more at https://fireecology.org/journal-news/health-hazards

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥Joseph D. Birch, Jessica Miesel, and Matthew Dickinson discuss cheatgrass abundance in response to overstory death and prescribed fire #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep89

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "The state of the giant sequoias: losses, risks, and opportunities" #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-0...

Reminder that applications for the 2026 Wayne Harrison Memorial Scholarship are due by April 15 ❗Learn more: fireecology.org/wayne-harrison-memorial-...

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Driving factors and prediction models of forest fire occurrence in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China" by Yunlin Zhang and Lixiang Wen #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-0...

Nominations for 2026-2027 National SAFE Officers are open now and close April 17th! Connect with fellow SAFE members and gain leadership experience at the national level - learn more at https://fireecology.org/safe-news/nationalsafe-2026

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Tree trunks do not bias estimates of surface fuels by aerial lidar in southern Sweden" by Roman M. Zadorozhniuk, Maksym Matsala, Olga T. Wepryk, and Igor Drobyshev #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-0...

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥Olga Wepryk and Igor Drobyshev discuss using aerial lidar to assess ground fuels for surface fires #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep88

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Environmental drivers of burned area and fire severity during the 2025 extreme fire season in the NW Iberian Peninsula" by David Beltrán-Marcos, Leonor Calvo, and José Manuel Fernández-Guisuraga #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/7Yku50YyF94

Dr. Victoria Donovan joined SAFE for SAFE Connections March! Watch the webinar recording here: https://fireecology.org/safe-connections

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Cultural fire regime in the Comiteca Tojolabal Plateau, Chiapas, Mexico" by Laura Patricia Ponce-Calderón, Fernando Limón-Aguirre, and Iokiñe Rodríguez #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/JAlN50YybtI

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥Craig Harper, Mark Turner, and Jake Bones discuss comparing vegetation and wildlife effects of burning during all times of the year in the southeastern US #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep87

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Integrating remote sensing and GIS for advanced forest fire hazards vulnerability and risk assessment in Gironde, France" by Meriem Khelali, Rabah Bouhata, Aida Bensekhria, and András Jung #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/cqn350YuNEe

A total of $10,000 has been awarded by AFE to 13 SAFE chapters! Funds will directly support training and learning opportunities for SAFE chapters. 🔥Read more about what each chapter plans to use the funds for here: https://fireecology.org/safe-news/2026-safe-grants

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Fire frequency drives tradeoffs among conservation priorities in tallgrass prairie" #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/hOkG50YsTc7

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥Alissa Cordner discusses underrepresented hazards in wildland firefighting like forever chemicals, minefields, and rainbow meat #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep86

New article 🚨 in the #FireEcology Journal! "Beyond average: a new approach to calculating fire regime departures applied to Western United States forests" by Jeffrey R. Chandler, Sean A. Parks, Tyler J. Hoecker, C. Alina Cansler, and Solomon Z. Dobrowski #SNFECO 🔥Read: https://ow.ly/f6Qr50YsAPv

Applications for mentees and mentors for AFE's Mentoring Futures Program are being accepted until June 1! 🔥The Mentoring Futures Program provides an opportunity to utilize the specialized knowledge and skills of AFE’s network to benefit the next generation. https://fireecology.org/mentoring

Save the date for the Beneficial Fire Summit, happening December 7-11, 2026 in San Diego, California! 🔥

SAFE Chapter Highlight! A new chapter has been formed at California State University, Chico! The SAFE Chapters at CSU Chico and UC Berkeley recently met up at the Oakland Museum of California’s Good Fire: Tending Native Lands exhibit. fireecology.org/safe-news/csu-chico-uc-b...

The Wayne Harrison Memorial Scholarship supports the academic and professional growth of students through funding research, management, or education projects related to wildland fire science. Applications are due April 15, and scholarships are awarded by May 31. https://ow.ly/wwBS50YsubN

Check out our 2025 Annual Report! You can read some excerpts in this post, and you can read the full report at https://fireecology.org/annual-report 🔥

SAFE Chapter Highlight! University of Montana SAFE and the National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis recently held their Annual Fire Student-Professional Mixer 🔥The event brought together practitioners, scientists, fire managers, and students https://fireecology.org/safe-news/um-2026-mixer

Missed SAFE Connections February ? Watch the recording at fireecology.org/safe-connections❗🔥

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥Greg Aplet discusses investigating the relationship of ignition density to distance from roads #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep85