The position will assist with exploratory research about Hawai''s wildfire mitigation workforce.
Conservation Sci/Forester I
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.
Prescribed Burn Association Coordinator
In partnership with the Arkansas Prescribed Burn Association (APBA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, local PBAs, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NRCS, and other partners (local, state, federal, NGO, agriculture based, or otherwise), the Arkansas Prescribed Burn Association Coordinator, or “PBA Coordinator,” will work daily with APBA and all partners and landowners involved in local PBAs to provide support to the growing Prescribed Burn Association program in Arkansas.
Community and Stewardship Project Coordinator
RFP: Literature review on the effects of leaving biomass piles in forests on wildfire severity and risk
Land Management Technician
Research Associate
The Fire Ecology and Remote Sensing Lab in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, is seeking a full-time Research Associate to support an active research program spanning fire behaviour modelling, fire-relevant climate modelling, and remote sensing.
Wildland Fire Risk Scientist
Innovate is looking for a Wildland Fire Risk Scientist to provide advanced scientific and geospatial research support focused on understanding wildfire exposure and risk to buildings, the wildland-urban interface (WUI), and other valued assets. The role will apply remote sensing, GIS, geospatial processing, scripting, statistical analysis, simulation modeling, machine learning, and science communication to support national-scale wildfire risk assessment and mitigation research.
Assistant Professor of Silviculture
The Department of Forest Management (DFM) in the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana invites applications for a full-time academic year tenure-track Assistant Professor of Silviculture. The candidate will advance the DFM’s mission to provide innovation and leadership in the use of active forest management to achieve beneficial ecological and socioeconomic outcomes.
Open Space Technician
If you enjoy working hard in a beautiful outdoor environment with a group of like-minded people, we invite you to apply for the position of Open Space Technician at Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen). Enjoy the outdoors while building and maintaining trails, working on construction projects, and assisting with resource management projects. Open Space Technicians also have frequent contact with the public and provide visitor information as necessary.
Postdoctoral Researcher (2 openings)
Fire and Stewardship Manager
This position is responsible for or leading field operations of the fire management program on LAD Foundation lands, with a primary focus on achieving ecological restoration outcomes through prescribed fire. This position plays a key role in implementing natural resource management strategies and contributes to broader conservation initiatives across Pioneer Forest and other LAD properties.
Policy Associate, Wildfire
AWR is seeking a curious and rigorous Policy Associate, Wildfire to strengthen the organization’s policy research and analysis capacity. This position focuses on researching wildfire, land management, emergency management, and related policy topics and developing white papers, issue briefs, and other written products that inform AWR’s positions and support the broader wildland fire community.
Senior Communications Associate
Fall 2026 Field Crew
This position involves physically demanding, hands-on field work focused on forest health, fuels reduction, prescribed fire, and watershed restoration. Crew members will work collaboratively in outdoor, variable terrain and weather conditions to implement projects that build wildfire resilience and restore ecosystem health.
PBA Coordinator
The Cascadia PBA is seeking an enthusiastic and community-minded individual to serve as the Prescribed Burn Association (PBA) Coordinator. This position plays a critical role in fostering collaboration among landowners, conservation organizations, and local stakeholders to promote the safe and effective use of prescribed fire for land management.
Fire/Forest Ecology Lab Technician
Fire and Landscape Ecologist
The California Coastal Commission is seeking an experienced Environmental Scientist or Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist) to join its Ecology Team (Technical Services Unit) at its Headquarters Office in downtown San Francisco. This position will primarily focus on the relationship between wildfire and coastal ecology as relates to vegetation management for fuel reduction, ecological restoration, and resilience work across a range of ecosystems, including forests, shrublands, grasslands and wetlands throughout the coastal zone, which extends inland from the shoreline at variable distances up to more than five miles in some areas.
