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: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00456-w

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: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00464-w

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: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00469-5

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

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: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00457-9

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: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00454-y

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. https://fireecology.org/safe-news/csu-chico-uc-berkeley-safe-meet

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

Attention students and early career professionals 🔥Join SAFE and Dr. Victoria Donovan for SAFE Connections March on Friday, March 27 at 1pm PT/4pm ET ❗Register and learn more here: https://fireecology.org/safe-connections

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Fire reverses the effect of climate on longleaf pine savanna tree growth" by Nicole E. Zampieri, Monica T. Rother, and Stephanie Pau #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/r2H850YoMBR

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Rapid shift in plant species composition in burned pine forests with different post-fire management" by Maren Schüle and Thilo Heinken #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/Xk3v50YkgC5

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Wildfire research and mental health: impacts, reflections, and a call to action" by Sarah Dickson-Hoyle, Francisca N. Santana, Carolyn Szostak, and Nelly D. Oelke #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/uV7050YihVf

New article🚨 in the #FireEcology Journal! "Vegetation response varies by season of burning in pine woodlands across the southeastern US" by Jacob T. Bones, Spencer G. Marshall, Mark A. Turner, Maya M. Lapp, William D. Gulsby, Emma V. Willcox, and Craig A. Harper #SNFECO 🔥 https://ow.ly/tjnQ50Yigcf

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥Nuria Sánchez-López and Melanie Taylor discuss understanding how litter and duff accumulate on the forest floor in pine flatwoods of the southeastern United States #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep84

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Overstory retention in a managed mixed-conifer stand limits cheatgrass invasion after wildfire" by Joseph D. Birch, Jessica R. Miesel, Eugenia K.L. Batista, and Matthew B. Dickinson #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/iMaH50YhSWB

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Effectiveness of firebreaks: a review" by Xuezheng Zong, Xianli Wang, Sean C. P. Coogan, and Mike D. Flannigan #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00451-1

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Limited conifer regeneration but widespread regeneration of aspen seedlings following the Cameron Peak fire, northwestern Colorado" by Sarah V. Carter and Sarah J. Hart #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/FIKY50YgGwR

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Early post-fire vegetation recovery and its biotic and abiotic drivers of phylogenetic characteristic in a Korean forest" #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/JBXM50YgGca

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Assessing the potential fire tolerance of conifer saplings in cold and wet environments using a pyro-ecophysiology approach" #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/E2zW50YgG0o

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥Arik Joukhajian and Sydney Glassman discuss using molecular sequencing to identify the soil bacteria and the soil fungi from microbial communities in the Mojave Desert #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep83

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Mojave Desert microbial communities show high resistance and resilience over three years despite widespread plant mortality following the Dome Fire" #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/4qLn50YgFH5

Recordings of SAFE Connections November 2025 and January 2026 have been posted on our website! View the recordings here: https://fireecology.org/safe-connections or on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@associationforfireecology5481

AFE regularly updates our calendar with our webinars as well as webinars hosted by other organizations 🔥 Check out this selection of webinars happening in February! See more details and submit an event for us to add to our calendar at https://fireecology.org/calendar

The AFE Board of Directors is pleased to welcome Kori Blankenship and Jennifer Fawcett as new board members! https://fireecology.org/board-staff

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Jefferson A. Cubas Sanchez, Candy Lisbeth-Ocaña Zúñiga, Heinz Gonzáles Pérez, Almites Santos Moreno, Mario Ruiz Ramos, Elgar Barboza, and Alex J. Vergara #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/zSZb50YcmH0

NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥Alyssa Worsham and Jonathan Coop discuss how the right kind of fire can shrink the gap between existing and ideal conditions in U.S. wilderness areas #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep82

New #FireEcology article 🚨 "Moisture content ranges in live Eucalyptus leaves vary among species and strongly affect ignitability" by William McNeice, Anne Griebel, Daniel W. Krix, Brad R. Murray, Matthias M. Boer, Brendan Choat, and Rachael H. Nolan #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/e5CB50YbQBM

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Environmental health hazards and wildland firefighting: a qualitative analysis" by Alissa Cordner #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/Apmg50Y9nkl