Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists

09/21/2026

🗓Mark your calendars! October 10th is the Fire in the Pines Festival at Halyburton Park in Wilmington, NC!

✅This is a free, family fun festival where you can engage with natural resource educators, see a live prescribed burn, and learn about the importance of fire 🔥

ℹFor more information visit:
https://www.fireinthepines.org

09/18/2026

International Association of Wildland Fire is inviting applications for new members for its board of directors.

🗓Apply by September 25, 2026

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Email from International Association of Wildland Fire Open until September 25, 2026 View as Webpage Applications are now open for new members of the Board of Directors of the International Association

09/16/2026

The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies will be offering a livestream of: The Pyrocene: Living in a New Age of Fire with environmental historian Stephen Pyne, a leading authority on the relationship between people and fire.

🗓 Tomorrow September 17, 2026 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. EST

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A science conversation with environmental historian Stephen Pyne, a leading authority on the relationship between people and fire.

09/10/2026

To support wildland firefighter mental health, the Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program offers up to 20 therapy sessions at no cost. Primary and secondary federal wildland firefighters and federal dispatchers in full-time, seasonal, temporary, collateral duty, and administratively determined (AD) positions are eligible to use the service.

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Your work demands extraordinary commitment. Your health and wellbeing deserve the same. Resources are available to support you.

09/08/2026

📣Don't forget today Southern Fire Exchange will be hosting the webinar: Wildland Fire Entrainment - Should the Fire Triangle be Square?

🗓 1:00 p.m. EST

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A free one hour webinar from the Eastern Innovation Landscape Network, USDA Forest Service, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida IFAS. Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected. Presenters: Dr. Joe O’Brien, USDA Forest Service, Athens Prescribed Fire Science Lab Brett ...

09/03/2026

📚 New publication: Potter, K. M., Guo, Q., Koch, F. H., Lim-Hing, S., Matthews, E. R., & Pandit, K. 2026. U.S. National Forests Are More Diverse, Denser and Less Invaded than Neighboring Forests. Forests, 17(6), 691. https://doi.org/10.3390/f17060691

✅ Full article can be found on CAFMS's website:https://www.appalachianfire.org/_files/ugd/696505_7435849e2c934fb99dfadf03906bb0d7.pdf

National Forests in the United States provide a broad range of goods and services, safeguard biological diversity, and contribute to the resilience of ecosystems, societies, and economies. Given differences in land use history and forest management approaches between National Forests and neighboring...

09/01/2026

🔥Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Burn Association will be hosting their first annual meeting!

🗓 October 10, 2026 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.

📍 Yancy County, NC. Exact location TBD.

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Welcome to the Prescribed Burn Association of the Southern Blue Ridge area.

08/28/2026

📚 New article: Nemens, D.G., Prichard, S.J., Cova, G.R. et al. 2026.Quantifying understory fuel structure and biomass using coupled terrestrial lidar scanning, close-range photogrammetry, and field sampling. Fire Ecology, 22, 92. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-026-00503-6

✅ Full article PDF can be found on the CAFMS website:https://www.appalachianfire.org/_files/ugd/696505_dba8ba5c28d34def91c77556f650de3d.pdf

Background We evaluated the three-dimensional (3D) structure, composition, and biomass of understory fuels common to prescribed burn programs in pine-dominated forests of the southeastern and western United States. Traditional fuel characterization in these systems has been limited to two-dimensiona...

08/26/2026

🗓 Mark your calendars for the upcoming 2026 Fall Webinar Series from the Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium!

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JOIN US for any or all of these webinars this fall and winter! Continuing Education Credits for Society of American Foresters and The Wildlife Society anticipated Webinar topic: Fire deficit across North American forests October 6, 202...

08/24/2026

📣Association for Fire Ecology AFE Awards Nominations are due September 1!

🔥Each year, the Association for Fire Ecology celebrates the accomplishments of exceptional individuals in the field of fire ecology and management with have a variety of awards, which span career stages:
✅Undergraduate Student Excellence Award
✅Graduate Student Excellence Award
✅Early Career Excellence Award
✅Mid-Career Excellence Award
✅Lifetime Achievement Award

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Each year, the Association for Fire Ecology celebrates the accomplishments of exceptional individuals in the field of fire ecology and management. We have a variety of awards, which span career stages. Contributions may be in research, management, teaching, mentoring, Indigenous fire stewardship, tr...