RMRS Forest Service Research and Development presents a series of Deep Dive Panel Discussions intended for fire, fuels, and land managers on critical topics associated with fuels and fire management. Register here:

How effective are landscape scale fuel treatments? Today we're revisiting this brief, published in collaboration with the Rocky Mountain Research Station. Read the full publication on our website: buff.ly/JFbHILd

Early bird registration for "Adapting Together" closes December 31st, and the poster submission deadline is this Friday! Register now or visit the website to learn more: buff.ly/an21EfL

#FireCon2025 is officially underway! Thank you everyone who joined us at the welcome social last night and thank you to everyone attending and/or presenting at the concurrent sessions and plenary session today! We are looking forward to all the exciting things happening this week 🔥

Mark your calendars for a joint webinar, presented with the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation, on November 18th at 12pm MST. Josh Beisel will present findings from his work studying Whitebark pine ecology within the treeline ecotone of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, MT/ID. buff.ly/Zj2y2bC

Join us and our fellow exchanges for a special session and fire circle at the International Fire Ecology & Management Congress in New Orleans! In addition to these presentations, we'll be at the exhibit hall with a booth all week. Learn more about our AFE plans here: buff.ly/DJdZLbo

Find our October 2025 Newsletter in your inboxes now! In this edition, details about an upcoming webinar we are jointly hosting with the Whitebark Pine Foundation on November 18th. Read the newsletter here: buff.ly/rajStDX

September newsletter is out now! Find our newly published 2024 @firescience.gov Field Trip Summary, recent research briefs, and more. Read it or subscribe here: buff.ly/wkRWjsG

Women in Wildland Fire Training available October 23–26th, at Lubrecht Experimental Forest (MT). Applications are due by September 24th. This training is for those new to wildland fire careers, offering mentorship, and foundational skills in an inclusive environment. Learn more: buff.ly/RTpajjz

Important new paper by Luke Collins and colleagues: "Extremely large fires shape fire severity patterns across the diverse forests of British Columbia [BC], Canada" Key findings: 1. Fires in BC have increased in size from 1986-2021 2. Bigger fires have larger patches of high-severity fire 🧪🌍🔥

Prescribed fire is an important tool for management of many ecosystems, but often there is a gap between desired and actual useage. We spoke to individuals representing three different perspectives on this issue, exploring the barriers to implementing prescribed fire in the region. buff.ly/KzxQyWO

Did you know there are nine experimental forests and demonstration areas within the Northern Rockies region? Explore our Experimental Forest webpage to learn more about each of these nine areas. buff.ly/R5T9ZVf

🔥 Hot off the press ! 🔥 Originally “sparked” from a conversation between @sarahmccg.bsky.social , Luke Collins , @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social , Meg Krawchuk and I. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Journal of #Pyrogeography has launched this week - we warmly welcome your submissions! We cover landscape #fire interactions with #climate, #ecosystems, and #society and welcome studies from diverse research fields spanning the natural and social sciences. www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...

Catch the latest edition of the TK & Fire Newsletter, featuring the work of Monroe Fox. Read the July edition and subscribe to future updates on our website. buff.ly/87YqxYy

Check out the Effects of Repeated Fire Hot Topic page. Understanding the potential impacts of previous fires on the characteristics of subsequent fires is important in informing land management decisions, developing fuel management strategies, and allocating fire-fighting resources. buff.ly/Pvm77rL

Does prescribed burning reduce overall smoke from wildfire? We have 2 new papers that try to quantify. Answer: each acre Rx burned yields ≥3x more reduction in future wildfire smoke than is emitted in the Rx burn. But can take years to realize benefits. www.stanfordecholab.com/blog/prescri...

Prescribed fires reduced subsequent 2020 wildfire burn severity by -16% in the western US. Rx fire treatments led to a net reduction of -14% in smoke emissions, as sum from treatment-plus-subsequent-wildfire. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

1/4 Our research team just published a new paper: "Aspen impedes wildland fire spread in southwestern United States landscapes". Aspen forests are thought to be more resistant to burning compared to conifer forests, but this has not been well studied. 🧪🔥

Does your research involve fire and shrub fuels? 🔥🌿 Please submit to our special session: "Shrubland fuels and their fire behaviour modelling challenges" at the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, New Orleans! Abstracts due soon-15th July! afefirecongress.org/special-sess...

🌳 🔥 🌎 Our new paper: The extreme fire-prone #weather underpinning some of the worst #wildfire episodes this century has become more than twice as likely due to #climate change—a trend now evident across much of the world's tropical and mid-latitude #forests. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Should we suppress wildfires ‘as swiftly as possible?’ With 2025 season well underway, scholars weigh in. From the Mountain West News Bureau's @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social w/ @boisestatepublicradio.org - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...

July newsletter is in your inbox! This month's edition includes a new video from JFSP explaining the Fire Science Exchange Network - and more! Watch the video here: buff.ly/z8hslSv

The JFSP Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcements are now open! Proposals are due Sept. 18th. If you are applying to do research in the Northern Rockies we strongly encourage you to reach out to us for a letter of support via this link: buff.ly/b6hXdPj

So thankful for all the great conversations that were had this week, and a big shoutout to @intertribal-tc.bsky.social for putting on this symposium and to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation for being fantastic hosts!

Don't forget to register for our webinars on the Behave7 fire modeling system this week! We will discuss how Behave v7 differs from BehavePlus v6. These webinars are aimed at different users so check the details to see which is best suited for you. Register here: buff.ly/gC5Brzv

May is Wildfire Awareness Month! Our Public Perspectives of Fire Management page (developed with USFS RMRS) offers research and tools to help understand the social issues that managers encounter in fire management and provide potential ways to address those issues. Check it out: buff.ly/1VunVc2

@nrfirescience.bsky.social is hosting two webinars on the newly released Behave7 fire modeling program! Come hear from the RMRS development leads on what's new with this update, some demos, and what's next: nrfirescience.org/event-group/...

How are Student Fire Associations contributing to workforce development and educating the next generation of fire and fuels professionals? In the latest installment of our "Perspectives" series, we spoke with students @umontana and @uidaho to find out: buff.ly/zBvHk3c

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Nicholas A. Povak, @susanprichard.bsky.social, Paul F. Hessburg, Vivian Griffey, R. Brion Salter, Tucker J. Furniss, @ginarosa.bsky.social & @firebobbc.bsky.social #SNFECO 🔥 @tmtspringer.bsky.social Read it here: ow.ly/nxax50VLepN

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥🎙️ Bob Keane joins Gina Beebe and Lauren Pile Knapp to discuss using herbivory as a supplement to prescribed fire in areas with limitations. #SNFECO 🐐 Listen and read the research highlight here: fireecology.org/feco-podcast...

I’ve been reporting on the National Firefighting Registry for Cancer for two years. I was devastated by its shutdown, but am proud of the reporting I’ve done on it. Please listen. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/show/idaho-m...

🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

Let's go Frost!💜💜

Check out the latest U.S. Monthly Drought Outlook, which shows the drought tendency for the month of May. buff.ly/J47gS5t #Drought #FireWeather

Mark your calendars for two upcoming webinars on the Behave7 fire modeling system. We will discuss how Behave v7 differs from BehavePlus v6. These webinars are aimed at different users of the modeling system so check the details to see which is best suited for you. Register here: buff.ly/gC5Brzv

So excited to have west coast PWHL teams now!

Have you visited our Hot Topics webpages yet? You'll find a collection of resources related to important fire and fuels topics in the Northern Rockies, including links to the most relevant research briefs, syntheses, reports, journal articles, and more. It's worth a browse! buff.ly/un2GX6S

Our April newsletter is out in the world! Check your inbox or view it here:

Call for papers: Climate extremes and resilience of grasslands in the Anthropocene: implications and solutions Submission deadline 30 April 2026; more details in the link As one of the Guest Editors, I'm happy to help answer questions esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

Hi Bluesky 🔥🌿 We’re the International Journal of Wildland Fire – the peer-reviewed journal of the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF), publishing research on all aspects of wildland fire science, including ecological impacts, fire modelling, management, and policy. #IntlJWildlandFire

Join us next Tuesday, April 15th at 10MST for a webinar on Pre- and Post-Fire Impacts of Beaver Dams and Beaver Dam Analogs. Emily Fairfax and Alexander Funk will discuss the relationship between freshwater ecosystems, beaver-created wetlands, and wildfires. Learn more and register: buff.ly/00dRVFD

🔥SAVE THE DATES🔥 The Northeast-Midwest #PrescribedFire Science and Management Workshop will be held July 8-10. The event will span three days, combining virtual learning with in-person field trip opportunities across the Northeast and Midwest. 🔗 ow.ly/FTTL50UXPjt #firescience #RxFire #fireecology

Really looking forward to this webinar! One small correction though, it's at 10am Pacific/11am Mountain 🕚

Do you have 15+ years of fire research experience, a strong publication record, and editorial experience? The Association for Fire Ecology (@afe-fireecology.bsky.social) is seeking a new Editor-In-Chief for its international scientific journal, Fire Ecology: fireecology.org/jobs-posts/f...

Looking for a valuable learning session next week? Join the LANDFIRE Office Hour on March 26th at 11 am (MST) for insights on project-level fuels management planning using Quantitative Wildfire Risk Assessment in IFTDSS. More details and registration:

Hey Bluesky! It's time to officially introduce ourselves... The NRFSN brings people together to strengthen collaborations, synthesize science, and enhance science application to fire management challenges in the Northern Rockies. Check out this brief video summarizing our work:

The New Mexico Reforestation Center is hiring a director. We are looking for a dynamic leader that can develop and execute a plan to establish NMRC as a leader in science-based reforestation. Please help advertise the position and reach out if you have questions. careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/dir-new...

Happy to share a new review in #LandscapeEcology, "Applications of unoccupied aerial systems (UAS) in landscape ecology: a review of recent research, challenges and emerging opportunities," expertly led by Miguel Villarreal and with contributions from a great team. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

1/n Please see our new paper in Nature Communications! We used 1,851 tree-ring fire-scar sites and contemporary fire perimeters to quantify the prevalence of wildfire from 1600-1880 compared to 1984-2022. 🧪🌍🔥 Our key findings are as follows ...