New research highlight for the #FireEcology journal! "Power and planning: a critical discourse analysis of tribal and non-tribal Oregon wildfire protection plans" by Christian Heisler, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Douglas Deur, and Gabe Sheoships https://fireecology.org/journal-news/power-and-planning

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥 Bob Keane is joined by Andrea Nocentini to discuss optimizing prescribed fire management in subtropical wetlands using a numerical model #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep79

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥 Bob Keane is joined by Jeffery Cannon, Nicole Zampieri and Morgan Varner to discuss using terrestrial lidar to measure crown scorch #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep78 Jeffery Cannon, Landscape Ecology Lab Nicole Zampieri

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Observations of fire regime and overstorey tree canopy decline in karri forests" by Neil Burrows, Vic Jurskis, Allan Wills, and Valerie Densmore #SNFECO🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/GLiC50XT25O

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥 Bob Keane is joined by Christian Heisler to discuss unearthing harmful narratives and confronting ideologies within wildfire protection plans #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep77

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Susan J. Prichard, Deborah G. Nemens, Maureen C. Kennedy, Jessie Thoreson, Lauren C. Satterfield, Paige C. Eagle, Eric M. Rowell, Andrew T. Hudak, and Nuria Sánchez-López #SNFECO🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/IEvN50XNMWe

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Yosemite’s Merced Grove of giant sequoias: critical restoration continues despite legal challenges" by Kristen L. Shive, Garrett J. Dickman, and Scott L. Stephens #SNFECO🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/ZU5I50XNMQK

Congratulations to the 2025 AFE Award Winners! 🎉 Dr. Gavin Jones was awarded the Early Career Award and Dr. Heather Alexander was awarded the Distinguished Leader Award 🔥Read more here: https://fireecology.org/news/award-winners-25

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "A post-fire reforestation assessment and prioritization tool for the Western United States" #SNFECO🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/mtot50XJWmr

Attention students and early career professionals 🔥SAFE and AFE are excited to have Dr. Kate Fuller, a wildfire modeler at First Street, joining us for SAFE Connections January on 1/29 at 1pm PT/4pm ET ❗Register and learn more here: https://fireecology.org/safe-connections

New article🚨 in the #FireEcology Journal! "Post-fire treatments in Mediterranean forests: a review for enhancing restoration strategies" by M. Menéndez-Miguélez, I. Cañellas, M. Erdozain, S. de-Miguel, and I. Alberdi #SNFECO🔥 Read it here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00430-y

Congratulations to the winners of the student poster contest at the 2025 Fire Congress! 🎉🔥 1st place: Tanner Gordon 2nd place: Cara Caruolo 3rd place: Gibson Blankenship View their posters here: https://fireecology.org/safe-news/student-posters-2025

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥 Bob Keane is joined by Cole Buettner, Tyler Aldworth, and Michelle Greiner to discuss the use of the Incident Strategic Alignment Process (ISAP) and the value this process brings to managers #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep76

An article in The Park Record highlights the recent hands-on experiences of the Utah State University Wildland Fire Club as they helped conduct a pile burning operation on a ranch in Summit County, Utah 🔥Read more here: https://ow.ly/PpZa50XL4R7

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "When the wilderness burns: an analysis of current fire management and the case for prescribed fire in designated wilderness in the United States" #SNFECO🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/TQwI50XKmLw

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 AFE Photo Contest! 🔥🎉Read each photo's caption and see all the photos that were submitted this year by searching Photo Contest 2025 (or the name of the photo) at https://fireecology.org/photo-gallery (1/7)

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By J. M. Moreno, E. Zuazua, A. Velasco, M. B. Hinojosa, C. Moreno-Fenoll, A. Parra, I. Torres, I. R. Urbieta, and O. Viedma #SNFECO🔥 Read it here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00423-x

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥 Bob Keane is joined by Indra Boving, Joe Celebrezze, and Leander Anderegg to discuss how plant hydration impacts tissue level flammability #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep75

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Morena Mapuru, Sifiso Xulu, Irvin D. Shandu, Ernest Daemane, and Lufuno Munyai #SNFECO🔥 Read it here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00427-7

New #FireEcology article🚨"Postfire recovery trajectories of bulldozed versus burned chaparral eight years postfire" by Erin McCann, Zachary Flores, Janet Franklin, Marko J. Spasojevic, Nicole Molinari, and Loralee Larios #SNFECO🔥 Read: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00428-6

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Deliang Lu, Lauren S. Pile Knapp, Bridget L. Bloodwood, Timothy M. Shearman, Carlee Steppe, Carissa Adams, Hannah Spencer, and G. Geoff Wang #SNFECO🔥 Read it here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00397-w

Mark your calendars for NAFEW 2026! Special session and workshop proposals are due on December 15, and oral and poster presentation abstracts are due February 2, 2026 ❗ Learn more at nafew2026.org

Happy PBA takeover day at #FireCon2025! Thank you to today's excellent plenary speakers! If you're attending the conference, hopefully you've been able to attend some of great PBA-related sessions on the schedule 🔥

THANK YOU to our sponsors, exhibitors, and supporters for #FireCon2025 ❗Many have booths in the exhibit hall in the Napoleon Foyer - make sure to go say hi!

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥 Bob Keane is joined by María Salgado Salomón to discuss what happens when fire occurs in a Nothofagus forest, specifically considering the ectomycorrhizal fungi #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep74

#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 🔥

While you're exploring the exhibit hall at #FireCon2025, make sure to stop by the AFE and SAFE booths ❗

New article🚨 in the #FireEcology Journal! "Mesophication or densification? Relative effects of tree leaf litter transplantation and C4 grass removal on fire behavior in a restored oak woodland" by J. Stephen Brewer #SNFECO🔥 https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00424-w

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "An account of one hundred and sixty years of fire history in Delmarva’s Great Cypress Swamp (1782–1941)" by Christopher H. Briand #SNFECO🔥 Read it here: https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00410-2#FireEcology

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Indigenous stewardship rights and opportunities to recenter Indigenous fire" #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00393-0

Attention #FireCon2025 attendees ❗ You should have received your Whova invitation at the email you registered with. Make sure to join us at the dance party with DJ Driptorch! Bring your best fire-themed costume for the costume contest 🔥

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Tomáš Hamřík, Ondřej Košulič, Jan Šebesta, Márton Zoltán Szabó, and Róbert Gallé #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00409-9

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Sultan Muhammad, Syed Moazzam Nizami, Qun ou Jiang, Kaleem Mehmood, Majid Hussain, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Fahad Shahzad, and Waseem Razzaq Khan #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00408-w

To everyone attending #FireCon2025, we're excited to see you in New Orleans in just over a week! See the conference schedule here: https://afefirecongress.org/schedule/#FireCon2025 and make sure to register if you have not already!

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Jeffery B. Cannon, Nicole E. Zampieri, Andrew W. Whelan, Timothy M. Shearman, Andrew J. Sánchez Meador, and J. Morgan Varner #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/rF5b50XpzZu

ENCORE! We're revisiting some of our most popular episodes of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥In Episode 59, George Jensen, Benjamin Knapp, and Jeffery Cannon discuss structural complexity and the ecology and restoration of fire-maintained ecosystems. Listen here: fireecology.org/feco-podcast/encore-ep59

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Carolina Arguiano, María Eugenia Salgado Salomón, Carolina Barroetaveña, and Mélanie Roy #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/ocMo50Xpyru

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Power and planning: a critical discourse analysis of tribal and non-tribal Oregon wildfire protection plans" by Christian Heisler, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Douglas Deur, and Gabe Sheoships #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/l47T50Xpyly

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Repeated fire and extended drought influence forest resilience in Arizona Sky Islands" by Miles Fule and Donald A. Falk #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/XhUo50XpyeC

With #FireCon2025 just a few short weeks away, we wanted to highlight one of the great workshops that will be taking place! Check out this workshop and others being offered at afefirecongress.org/workshops#FireCon2025❗Don't miss out on your chance to add a workshop to your registration!

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Comparing fire behavior and severity between a wildfire and a controlled burn in an Atlantic shrubland" #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/QEcp50Xpyta

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Andrea Nocentini, Caryl Alarcon, Michael Gue, Troy Mullins, Pablo L. Ruiz, Mayavati Tupaj, John S. Kominoski, Michael S. Ross, and Joseph J. O’Brien #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/Ipg550Xm8RW

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Silvana Pais, João Campos, Núria Aquilué, Lluís Brotons, João P. Honrado, Paulo M. Fernandes, and Adrián Regos #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/Amj850XinTt

AFE newsletter reminder ❗Our November newsletter comes out later this week - make sure you subscribe to our mailing list at https://fireecology.org/email to get AFE and SAFE updates, Fire Ecology journal and Fire Ecology Chats podcast updates, job postings, upcoming events, and more!

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Ponderosa pine hydraulic stress predicts more extreme wildfire behavior under future conditions in Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico" #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/xeUQ50XinOM

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By William Cole Buettner, Tyler Aldworth, S. Michelle Greiner, Tyler A. Beeton, and Courtney A. Schultz #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/qHKo50Ximwf

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥 Bob Keane is joined by Chris Ray to discuss how fire has affected many of the bird species that are breeding in iconic national parks like Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep73

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Impacts of multi-method learning on prescribed fire perceptions in Texas" by Erika N. Sullivan and Morgan L. Treadwell #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/sJiC50Ximip

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Insights provided by a new searchable repository for post-fire hydrology studies and associated data" by Gabrielle F.S. Boisramé and Sachiko Sueki #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://ow.ly/jjJX50Xime7

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! Bby John P. Roccaforte, David W. Huffman, Kyle C. Rodman, Thomas A. Heinlein, Joseph E. Crouse, and Peter Z. Fulé #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: ow.ly/5Poa50Xim7K