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

AFE News and Updates Posts

2025 Annual Report

Read AFE’s 2025 Annual Report!

2026 AFE Board of Directors Updates

The AFE Board of Directors is pleased to welcome Kori Blankenship and Jennifer Fawcett as new board members!

Congratulations 2025 Certified Wildland Fire Professionals

Congratulations to the 2025 certified wildland fire professionals!

2025 Photo Contest Winners

Congratulations to the 2025 AFE photo contest winners!

2025 AFE Awards

Congratulations to the 2025 AFE award winners!

2025 AFE Photo Contest

We’re holding a photo contest in conjunction with the 2025 Fire Congress!

Strengthening Wildfire Resilience: International Practices - Survey

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.

New Book: A Beautifully Burned Forest

A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire by Dr. Richard Hutto explores the beauty and ecological importance of severe fire.

Novel Fire Regimes Issue in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

A recent issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B delves into novel fire regimes under human influence and climate change.

The Past, Present, and Future of Workforce Development and Education Panel Recording

A recording of The Past, Present, and Future of Workforce Development and Education panel from the 4th Southwest Fire Ecology Conference has been uploaded.

fire ecology Journal

Featured

Mar 31, 2026

Research Highlight: Environmental health hazards and wildland firefighting: a qualitative analysis

Mar 31, 2026

An article recently published in Fire Ecology examines underrepresented hazards in wildland firefighting.

Mar 31, 2026

Upcoming EVENTs

Featured

Jun 23

North American Forest Ecology Workshop

The North American Forest Ecology Workshop will take place June 23-26, 2026 in Missoula, Montana.

Dec 7

Beneficial Fire Summit

Join the Association for Fire Ecology, UC ANR Fire Network, California Fire Science Consortium, Northern California Prescribed Fire Council, Tall Timbers Research Station, and University of Nevada Extension/Living With Fire in San Diego December 7-11, 2026 for the Beneficial Fire Summit!

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SAFE Chapter News

Student and Chapter News

Apr 2, 2026

National SAFE Officer Nominations are Open!

Apr 2, 2026

Nominations for National SAFE Officer positions are now open and will close Friday, April 17th

Apr 2, 2026

Mar 17, 2026

2026 SAFE Chapter Grants

Mar 17, 2026

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.

Mar 17, 2026

Feb 26, 2026

University of Montana 2026 Fire Student Professional Mixer

Feb 26, 2026

Hosted by the National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis (FireCenter) and the UM Student Association for Fire Ecology and Management (Fire Club), the event brought together practitioners, scientists, fire managers and students.

Feb 26, 2026

LATEST JOB POSTINGS

Jobs Posts

Postdoctoral Scholar: Developing modeling tools

The Ecological Restoration Institute, working in collaboration with the Rocky Mountain Research Station, seek a Postdoctoral Scholar to develop next-generation modeling tools that simulate a predefined range of silvicultural and fuels treatments and serve as the foundation for spatially explicit vegetation dynamics projections over 10–20 year planning horizons.

Postdoctoral Scholar: Spatial analysis of forest treatments

The Ecological Restoration Institute seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar to develop and analyze spatial datasets across diverse forest types in the interior western United States.

Postdoctoral Scholar: Human dimensions of forest restoration and wildfire

The Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI) at Northern Arizona University (NAU) seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar to examine emergent questions related to the human dimensions of forest restoration and wildfire management in the Southwest.

Assistant Land and Environmental Programs Manager

The Assistant Land and Environmental Programs Manager joins a team of intellectually curious, scientifically rigorous, hard-working, and interdisciplinary professionals who support the unique mission and vision of the Elling Eide Center.

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