Extension Educator, Prescribed Fire

This is a regional Extension Educator position that is currently funded through June 2029 with the primary responsibility to develop, pilot, and deliver a new Minnesota Certified Prescribed Burn Manager (CPBM) program. This program will be developed in collaboration with the Minnesota Prescribed Fire Council, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and other stakeholders.

Field Leader - USFS Wildland Fire Academy Fuels Team

The US Forest Service (USFS)/Student Conservation Association (SCA) Wildland Fire Academy is an intense Fuels Reduction Training program designed to introduce leaders and members to the rigors of Fire & Fuel Programs across the USFS National Forest Systems. During the program, leaders and members will train, live, and work as a cohesive and dynamic team on fuels mitigation and fuels reduction projects. Leaders and their team will be assigned to one of the US Forest Service’s forest districts to learn how different National Forests handle the challenges of wildfire mitigation, prevention, and education in their respective ecosystems, with a secondary priority to assist in increasing the capacity of trained personnel on fire incidents across the Western US.

Internship: Exploring Air Curtain Burners for Sustainable Forest Management

Partnering with Brookhaven National Laboratory and SUNY ESF, this internship offers hands-on experience in assessing ACB to remove deadwood left by the Southern Pine Beetle. You will acquire experience in field ecology and data collection, including fuel loading assessments, tree regeneration studies, and air quality monitoring, while contributing to research that informs sustainable forest management.

Tenure Track Faculty - Environmental Planning and Policy

Cal Poly Humboldt and the Department of Environmental Science and Management invites applicants for a full-time, academic year, tenure-track faculty position with an emphasis in Environmental Planning and Policy with expertise that will complement and expand the department’s existing strengths through interdisciplinary research and teaching.

Funded M.S. Research Assistantship: Wildland Fire Investigation Science

Dr. Catrin Edgeley has funding available to support one M.S. student in the Department of Environment and Society at Utah State University. The student will contribute to a Joint Fire Science Program-funded research project focused on strengthening the scientific foundations of wildland fire investigations within federal and state land management agencies.

Assistant Professor of the Social Dimensions of Wildfire

The Department of Forest Resources Management in the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at the UBC Vancouver campus. The successful applicant is expected to conduct research and teach in fields related to the social dimensions of wildfire. The costs and impacts of wildfire are growing in Canada and are disproportionately affecting rural and Indigenous communities. Further research is needed to better understand these impacts and to identify effective ways of coexisting with fire, including mitigating the risks that wildfire poses to communities and to other forest values and ecosystem services.