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.
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SAFE Chapter News
Course instructor Brad Washa and Summit County Lands and Natural Resources Director Jessica Kirby discuss the importance of on-the-ground experience for students and the benefits of agency collaboration.
Announcing the winners of the student poster contest at the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress!
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.
LATEST JOB POSTINGS
The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands is looking for crew members for the Southeast Area Fuels Crew based in Moab, UT.
The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands is looking for a Fuels Crew Lead who will supervise a 6-person State of Utah crew removing trees and brush in support of fuels reduction projects in communities throughout Southeast Utah. This position will report to the Moab Area Office but will work in communities from the mountains around Price, UT to the desert rivers as far south as Bluff, UT.
The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands is looking for an organized, independent, professional individual to implement projects throughout Southeast Utah. This position reports to the Southeast Area WUI Coordinator who is also based out of the Moab office.
These positions at Berkeley Forests provide broad support for achieving the mission of facilitating research, demonstration, and education. A wide variety of work experience conducting both research and management activities is provided under the supervision of multiple registered professional foresters.
afe podcast: Fire Ecology Chats
Indra Boving, Joe Celebrezze, and Leander Anderegg discuss how plant hydration impacts tissue level flammability.
María Salgado Salomón discusses what happens when fire occurs in a Nothofagus forest specifically considering the ectomycorrhizal fungi, with Spanish acknowledgments.
Chris Ray discusses how fire has affected many of the bird species that are breeding in iconic national parks like Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon.

An article recently published in Fire Ecology examines climate change in recent decades and how it impacts ecological resilience, vegetation trajectories, and fire regimes.