PHOTO GALLERY

The photos in this gallery have been submitted by AFE members, photo contest participants, event attendees, and others. You can search our collection of images by entering keywords or using the dropdown to search for specific tags. Click here to submit photos to be displayed in the gallery.

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2023 Overall Winner. Photo by Sonya Kaufman, Sandy Island Night Burn.

2023 Runner Up. Photo by Eric Knapp.

2023 Winner, Animals and Fire Category. Photo by Rachael Nolan, Cicada Emergence

2023 Winner, Fire in Motion Category. Photo by Kyle Farmer, Torching in a Managed Redwood Forest

2023 Winner, Fire Landscapes Category. Photo by Patrick Olander

2023 Winner, People and Fire Category. Photo by Michael Dolan, Saving Sequoia Trees

2023 Winner, After the Fire Category. Photo by Eric Knapp.

2019 Overall Winner. Photo by Trip Jennings, Balance Media.

2019 Runner Up. Photo by Tenaya Wood, Wood's Fire & Emergency Services, SAFE.

2019 Winner, People and Fire Category. Photo by Mike Dolan, Retired BLM.

2019 Winner, Animals and Fire Category. Photo by Stephen Mason,

2019 Winner, Fire in Motion Category. Photo by Ben Wheeler, Pheasants Forever.

2019 Winner, Fire Landscapes Category. Photo by Ryan McCarley, University of Idaho.

2019 Winner, After the Fire Category. Photo by Renee Lund.

2017 Overall Winner. Photo by Charlotte Smetanka, Université de Sherbrooke.

2017 Runner Up. Photo by Mark Grosvenor, University of Exeter.

2017 Winner, After the Fire Category. Charlotte Smetanka, Université de Sherbrooke

2017 Winner, Fire Landscapes Category. Photo by Ignacio San-Miguel, University of British Columbia, Integrated Remote Sensing Studio (IRSS)

2017 Winner, Animals and Fire Category. Photo by Carrie A. Minerich, University of Idaho

2017 Winner, Fire in Motion Category. Photo by Kayla M Johnston, Oregon State University

2017 Winner, Fire in Motion Category. Photo by Tyler Anne Gilbert, University of Idaho, Department of Natural Resources and Society.

2017 Winner, People and Fire Category. Photo by Kayla M Johnston, Oregon State University

Photo by Trip Jennings, Balance Media

Photo by Bradley Shoemaker.

Photo by Ariel D Cowan, Oregon State University

Photo by Renee Lund.

Photo by Jesús Eduardo Sáenz-Ceja, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Photo by Jesse Wooten, Colorado State University.

Photo by Anna Talucci, Simon Fraser University

Photo by David Godwin, Southern Fire Exchange

Photo by Eric Knapp, US Forest Service

Photo by Eric Knapp, US Forest Service.

Photo by Kelsy Gibos, Wildfire Management Branch, Alberta Agriculture & Forestry

Photo by Eric Knapp, US Forest Service

Photo by Peter Brown, Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research

Photo by Tara Splawinski

Photo by Nathan Johnson, Center for Natural Lands Management

Photo by H. Leonardo Martínez-Torres, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Photo by Kelsy Gibos, Alberta Wildfire Management Branch

Photo by Lluís Brotons, CSIC at Inforest jru (CTFC-CREAF)

Photo by Jamela Thompson, Utah State University

Photo by Christopher Dicus, California Polytechnic University

Photo by Oloketuyi Akin Johnson, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria

Photo by Kelsy Gibos, Alberta Wildfire Management Branch

Photo by Anjel Tomako

Photo by Jeff Adams

Photo by Marjie Brown

Photo by Anna Talucci, Oregon State Univeristy

Photo by Maria Marcela Godoy, Centro de Investigación y Extensión Forestal Andino Patagónico CIEFAP

Photo by Collin Haffey

Photo by Maria Marcela Godoy, CONICET-CIEFAP- National Universiy of Patagonia

Photo by Jeffrey Kane, Humboldt State University

Photo by Jane Park

Photo by Annie Oxarart

Photo by Will Harling, Mid Klamath Watershed Council

Photo by David Godwin, Southern Fire Exchange

Photo by Peter Maholland, Atkins North America

Photo by Lluis Brotons

Photo by Alina Cansler, USFS

Photo by Christopher Dicus

Photo by Jeffrey Kane, Humboldt State University

Photo by Annie Oxarart, AFE

Photo by David Godwin, Southern Fire Exchange

Photo by Juan José Fernández Ortiz, Juanjo

Photo by Mamta Bhatta, Tribhuvan University

Photo by Marjie Brown

Photo by Carrie Minerich

Photo by Bret McNamara, Humboldt State University.

Photo by Marjie Brown

Photo by Carlos Pinto, Coordinator fire management program / Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza - Bolivia

Photo by Jacqueline Dewar

Photo by Mark Kaib

Photo by Tara Splawinski

Photo by Marjie Brown

Photo by Brandyn Harvey, Marcus Rx

Photo by Julie Korb, Sunrise Renewal

Photo by Julie Korb, Beauty from Ash

Photo by Julie Korb, Dr. Suess post-fire landscape sunrise

Photo by Melanie Colavito

Photo by Jonathan Pangburn, Rx Fire in the Gabilan Range

Photo by Sebastian Busby, Fire Resistant Westside Forests

Photo by Rachael Nolan, Fire stimulated flowering

Photo by Abigail Croker, There is no room for fire

Photo by Jacob Ney

Photo by Jannike Allen, Giving coastal prairie restoration a whirl

Photo by Jannike Allen, Grove of Old Trees Rx burn

Photo by Jannike Allen, The present and future fire resilience workforce

Photo by Sarah Stehn, Tools of the trade

Photo by Sarah Stehn, Monitoring Mosaics

Photo by Sarah Stehn, Cycle Reset

Photo by Armin Weise, Landowner Initiative

Photo by Armin Weise, Grassland Restoration Success

Photo by Armin Weise

Photo by Kelsey Carlson, On the Line

Photo by Jamie Burton, Fire trickling through

Photo by Melinda Adams, Ameen Lotfi. Lul, Redbud Cultural burn basket fire at the Tending and Gathering Garden, California, USA

Photo by Melinda Adams. Nope Laol, Deergrass cultural burn at the Tending and Gathering Garden, California, USA

Photo by Ralph Bloemers. Cougar high above the Columbia.

Photo by Ralph Bloemers. Cub in Eagle Creek Burn

Photo by Lex Scanlan. Fires Old & New.

Photo by Ralph Bloemers. Black Bear on Lionshead Butte

Photo by Mary Lata. Carol Springs Rx.

Photo by Lex Scanlan

Photo by Melinda Adams. Walking fire.

2025 Overall Winner - Burned, Burning, and About to Burn by Sarah Cain

2025 Fire Landscapes Winner - Dots by Michael Horn

Slow Burn by Michael Horn

Photo by Randall C. Thomas

Osceola Fire Experiment by Wade Ross

Photo by Jane Park

Photo by Laura Reuling

Teaching in the Redwood Grove by Michael Horn

Restoration by Leo Janczak

Watching Eyes by Leo Janczak

Feeling the Glow by Leo Janczak

2025 Animals and Fire Winner - Firehawk by Ivo Jacobs

Dark spirit by Ivo Jacobs

The smoke wanderer by Ivo Jacobs

Hazel Burning by Stormy Staats

2025 People and Fire Wnner - Indigenous Women Lighting at Karuk Indigenous Women's+ TREX by Stormy Staats

Three Fires by Stormy Staats

The Ground Remembers Fire by Kathleen A Gabler

Past, present, and future by Timon Keller

Watchful eye by Timon Keller

2025 After the Fire Winner - Photo by Timon Keller

Fire as a driver that shapes longleaf pine forest ecosystems by Josue Chevez-Sahona

Hot new beginning by Josue Chevez-Sahona

Fire break ready! by Josue Chevez-Sahona

Black Lake Collaborative Prescribed Fire in New Mexico by Mark Meyers

2025 Fire in Motion Winner - Mature Loblolly in the Stoddard Plots by Brandi Griffin

Last Summer Burn of the year by Brandi Griffin