2025 Fire Congress Student Poster Contest Winners

Announcing the winners of the student poster contest at the 11th international fire ecology and management Congress

Last week, nearly 700 people gathered in New Orleans for the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress! There was a student poster contest, and the judging team chose the following as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place posters. Congratulations to all!

1st place

Tanner Gordon, University of Wyoming

“A LiDAR-based inventory of forest fuels and structure on the Colorado Front Range Priority Landscape”

2nd place

Cara Caruolo, Northern Arizona University

“Connecting wildfire recovery and resilience: Insights from six fires in the Southwestern United States”

3rd place

Gibson Blankenship, University of Montana

“Quantifying the influences of fuels management approaches on tree growth-climate relationships”