Promoting Fire Ecology Research, Education, and Management
The Association for Fire Ecology is an international organization dedicated to improving the knowledge and use of fire in land management. We are scientists, educators, students, managers, practitioners, policymakers, and interested citizens helping to shape the emerging profession and growing field of fire ecology.
AFE news
Join us for #FireCon2025 this fall!
The 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana from December 2-6, 2025 with workshops, field trips, and 3 full days of presentations, discussion groups, and networking opportunities.
Contribute to an international study on wildfire resilience, which is gathering place-based insights into the opportunities and challenges of building resilience across fire-prone regions worldwide.
A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire by Dr. Richard Hutto explores the beauty and ecological importance of severe fire.
A recent issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B delves into novel fire regimes under human influence and climate change.
A recording of The Past, Present, and Future of Workforce Development and Education panel from the 4th Southwest Fire Ecology Conference has been uploaded.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 professional and academic wildland fire certification program.
The 2026 Joint Fire Science Program Funding Announcements are now open and close September 18th, 2025.
AFE's Mentoring Futures Program cultivates the future of wildland fire and resource conservation by investing in future leaders. The application due date for the 5th year of this program has been extended to June 25th.
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Upcoming EVENTs
Save the date for the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress in New Orleans, Louisiana!
SAFE Chapter News
Read about Utah State University’s Wildland Fire Club field trip to Yellowstone National Park to learn about wildland fire policy, ecology, and interagency management.
The Student Association for Fire Ecology has created a Discord server for students to connect with other students across the country!
Read AFE’s interview with Sohan Govindaraju, a high school student researcher who developed a model to optimize camera placement for early detection of wildfires.
LATEST JOB POSTINGS
North Carolina State Parks Fire Management Team seeks a Prescribed Fire Technician to participate in wildland fire operations, ecological restoration, maintenance, and management in NC State Parks statewide.
The Nature Conservancy seeks a North Carolina Mountains Forest Recovery Director who will be focused on delivering on a forest restoration scope of work under a 10-year Disaster Recovery award with the US Forest Service. They will build and lead a team of ten professional fire and forest restoration specialists and thirteen seasonal crew members.
The Nature Conservancy seeks an Allegheny Highlands Forest Recovery Director who will be focused on delivering on a forest restoration scope of work under a 10-year Disaster Recovery award with the US Forest Service. They will build and lead a team of four professional fire and forest restoration specialists.
The Nature Conservancy seeks a Burn Crew Member to be located within the Bankhead National Forest in Northwest Alabama.
afe podcast: Fire Ecology Chats
Jeanne Chambers, Jessi Brown and Sarah Barga discuss evaluating climate change in recent decades and how it impacts ecological resilience, vegetation trajectories, and fire regimes.
Kristin Nesbit, Scott Stephens, and Zachary Steel discuss how greater use of managed wildfires impact carbon stocks.
Astrid Sanna, Alina Cansler, and Craig Bienz discuss evaluating fuel treatments and fire suppression operations through the 2021 Bootleg Fire of South-Central Oregon.
An article recently published in Fire Ecology examines evaluating fuel treatments and fire suppression operations through the 2021 Bootleg Fire of South-Central Oregon.