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This year, @NRfirescience has highlighted the long-term JFSP-funded project, the Fire & Fire Surrogates Study, through a co-hosted webinar and a field tour at the Lubrecht Fire & Fire Surrogates Study site: nrfirescience.org/event/fuel…
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In October, @NRfirescience hosted the inaugural Fire Student Summit at the Lubrecht Experimental Forest in Montana. Students from across the region gathered to build connections and learn about fire and fire research. Read the summary: nrfirescience.org/event/2026…
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The Wildfire Recovery Assistance Database was developed to increase accessibility to pertinent information about assistance programs. The database is hosted by @fireadaptednet & @NRfirescience has a user guide to help users navigate the database: nrfirescience.org/resource/2…
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🎃It's that time of year when there are skeletons around💀
WAIT... We are talking cedar tree skeletons. Curious the best way to remove them from steep terrain and rough topography? Take a look at at publication from @GPFireScience
gpfirescience.org/resources/…
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Curious as to what time of year to use Prescribed Fire in the Great Plains? There's a publication for that!
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Only 25 spots left for Wildland Fire Peer-Learning Exchange hosted in the Flint Hills in April 2027!
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Are you interested in #RxFire in Urban areas? Currently burning in Urban areas and want to connect with other practitioners doing the same thing? There's a webinar tomorrow for you!
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Check out the new Alaska Vegetation (AKVEG) Map, an ecologically detailed vegetation map for Alaska. Learn more at a webinar hosted by the @AKfirescience on Dec 1, 10 am AK time.
Check out the map at akveg.org/
Register for the webinar: alaska.zoom.us/meeting/regis…
ALT A colorful map of Alaska, where each color represents a different vegetation type
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Every few months, the Alaska Fire Science Consortium summarizes recent, relevant science tailored to wildfire managers' needs through Randi’s Roundup.
Check out Randi’s most recent Roundup: frames.gov/sites/default/fil…
Photo by Lisa Hupp, USFW
ALT Pink fireweed blooms cover the fire-blackened forest floor
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Join the @AKfirescience consortium for their virtual 2026 Fall Science Workshop on November 3, 10, and 17th from 1-3 p.m. Alaska time. Presentations include recent AFSC activities, seasonal reviews, new tools, current and newly funded research and more.
alaska.zoom.us/meeting/regis…
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Three State Prescribed Fire Councils Annual Meetings: MN Jan 6, 2027 mnprescribedfire.org/annualm…; WI January 29-30, 2027 prescribedfire.org/events/20…; MI PFC February 2-3, 2027
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Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series - Season Seven! Four Panels: Impacts of Scale; Historical Fire Regimes of NE US; Eastern US Oaks; & Next Era of Wildland Fire Monitoring fuelingcollab.com/
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Indigenous fire practice returns to Minnesota Point (Duluth) after 180 years mprnews.org/story/2026/10/10…
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A new brief from @NWFireScience summarizes important new research on the nature of wildfire in highly productive, Douglas-fir dominated forests that are a critical part of the economic and cultural life of the western Oregon Cascades. Read it here: nwfirescience.org/our-produc…
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Exciting new resource for the PNW! Modeled after the Southern Region guidebook, this new PNW resource was developed by the OSU Extension Fire Program in collab with regional partners to support safe & effective use of prescribed fire.
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Māʻo Farms Feʻe Interns joined the Pacific Fire Exchange for a wildfire mitigation workshop to explore risks, resources & actions to reduce fire potential on farms across Oʻahu.
What an exciting opportunity to connect with and learn from the next generation of land stewards!
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Pacific Fire Exchange hosted the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands Wildfire Tracking Dashboard Webinar, exploring how wildfire data is tracked, mapped & shared. Learn how to navigate the dashboard, download the data, and create your own maps!
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Nearly 250 wildfire professionals, community leaders, policymakers, & partners gathered on Kauaʻi for the 2026 Hawaiʻi Wildfire Summit, co-hosted by the Pacific Fire Exchange & Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization.
Presentations and recordings: ow.ly/v4Uq50ZT0Wx
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After a fire restoration project in North Dakota only successfully burned mixed-grass prairie in two of the four summers, researchers asked which was the norm managers could count on: getting summer burns done, or sitting them out? doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-0…
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By comparing a multispectral index called the Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) captured by a satellite right before and right after the burn, a sense of the severity of the aboveground material that was burned away can be seen. doi.org/10.3390/fire9050200
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