Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists

07/01/2025

📣New episode of Fire Ecology Chats: Episode 57: Wildfire management decisions outweigh mechanical treatment as the keystone to forest landscape adaptation! Association for Fire Ecology

NEW EPISODE of Chats! 🔥🎙️ Bob Keane joins Tucker Furniss and Zhuoran Duan to discuss wildfire and land management, climate, and LANDIS-II ⚡Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep57

06/30/2025

Joint Fire Science Program is announced that their Notice of Funding Opportunities are now open! For more information visit: https://www.firescience.gov/.../jfsp-funding-announcements1

The 2026 JFSP Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) are NOW OPEN. For those involved in wildland fire science, please consider applying to advance important research and support sound decision-making on the ground.
Click to View the NOFO Accouncements: https://www.firescience.gov/ords/prd/jf_jfsp/jf_jfsp/r/jfspublic/jfsp-funding-announcements1

06/23/2025

📣Reminder: Important Association for Fire Ecology 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress deadlines!

Submit oral presentation abstracts by July 15th and poster abstracts and proposals for meetings and social activities by August 25th for the upcoming 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress! 💡 https://ow.ly/8EYy50Wak2W

06/18/2025

🔥Newly published Rooted in Research brief from the U.S. Forest Service - Research and Development Northern Research Station titled, "Regenerating oak on dry sites in central hardwood forests with shelterwood harvest and one prescribed burn". Upon noticing a lack of oak advance regeneration at the Hoosier National Forest in Indiana, the forest silviculturist reached out to Northern Research Station scientists, who teamed up with collaborators at Purdue University to develop silvicultural strategies.
https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/articles/regenerating-oak-dry-sites-central-hardwood-forests-shelterwood-harvest-and-one?utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_medium=email

06/17/2025

📣Applications for the SBR TREX are now open until July 21st!!
🗓 SBR TREX will take place November 3 - 15, 2025
📍Location will be in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains. The main camp will be located at the Table Rock Camp and Retreat Center
ℹ️ For more information and to register, visit the SBR TREX website: https://www.sbrtrex.com/

The South Carolina Forestry Commission
The Nature Conservancy South Carolina
U.S. Forest Service - National Forests in North Carolina
The Nature Conservancy in North Carolina
The Nature Conservancy Virginia
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
N.C. Forest Service
South Carolina State Parks
North Carolina State Parks and Recreation
Greenville Water

06/12/2025

Today is the National PBA Webinar in which Jenn Fawcett will speak on the results of recent national PBA research
🔥3:00 p.m. EST
ℹ️ Registration: https://ucanr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vZTg1EpoSCu23_77IOFZ2w?_x_zm_rtaid=WFaq6YvLRlCj1-5Rj-9uvw.1749735161554.42f5aa56cdda22f73d9878382a7b6aa8&_x_zm_rhtaid=538 #/registration

A great resource for PBA research is this recent publication by Alison Deak, Jennifer E. Fawcett, Lenya Quinn-Davidson, Christopher Adlam, John R. Weir, and Jeffrey Stackhouse titled, "Burning from the ground up: the structure and impact of Prescribed Burn Associations in the United States." The full article can be found on CAFMS website homepage https://www.appalachianfire.org/

06/11/2025

🔥SAVE THE DATE🔥
We are excited to be sponsoring the Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference June 2-4, 2026!
📍Bloomington, Indiana - Monroe Convention Center
Conference website: Coming soon!
More information: Coming soon!

Key sponsors and supporters of this conference include:
Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium
Joint Fire Science Program
Sam Shine Foundation
Purdue University
Indiana Prescribed Fire Council

🔥SAVE THE DATE!🔥
8th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference
June 2-4, 2026
Bloomington, Indiana - Monroe Convention Center
Conference website: Coming soon!
More information: Coming soon!

The Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference is an important conference focused on fire science and management in oak forests, woodlands, and savannas where noted experts in research and management gather to present state-of-the-art information, perspectives, and syntheses on key issues. This conference will emphasize topics relevant to management of oak-dominated forests, woodlands, and savannas and will be of interest to managers, scientists, landowners, consultants, and students.

Especially tailored to land managers and applications, this conference will feature invited presentations, open poster and flash talks sessions, management focused interactive sessions, exhibits, and professional networking opportunities. The schedule will include a day of speakers and panel discussions, a field trip day, followed by a final day of speakers and special sessions. Continuing education credits will be offered through the Society of American Foresters and The Wildlife Society.

Call for research and management posters and flash talks:
We anticipate inviting poster and flash-talk (5 min.) presentation submissions on any aspect of fire in eastern North American oak ecosystems. Research posters or flash talks may relate to any aspect of fire science such as fire regimes, fire effects, fuels, GIS/remote sensing, hydrology, soils, wildlife, or human dimensions. Management posters or flash talks may highlight specific fire-related projects and / or programs.

Key sponsors and supporters of this conference include:
Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium
Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists
Joint Fire Science Program
Sam Shine Foundation
Purdue University
The Indiana Prescribed Fire Council

06/10/2025

A great upcoming webinar from Southeast Rx Fire! Registration is free!
🔥When: June 12, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.
🔥Registration: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/98128227495
🔥This webinar will discuss findings from a recent study that surveyed leaders from 135 PBAs across the U.S.

Next Thursday, June 12th, attend this webinar that discusses findings from the recent study that surveyed leaders from 135 known PBAs across the U.S. to document the expansion of PBAs & provide insight into their structure, function, & impacts!
Sign up and tune in for free!
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/98128227495

06/04/2025

🖊Mark you calendars for an upcoming webinar tomorrow June 5th: EPA Tools & Resources Training Webinar - Wildfire Smoke Air Monitoring Response Technology and AirNow Fire and Smoke Map
🔥This webinar will be great for state, local, and tribal air quality and public health agencies interested in assisting the public in
getting and interpreting near real-time air quality information during wildfires and smoke events and steps they can take
to protect their health.
⏰ 3:00 p.m. EST
✅ Registration:

05/30/2025

CAFMS is proud to a partner agency with The Nature Conservancy Virginia. Using as a land management tool, we are able to increase biodiversity on the Appalachian landscape. 🔥

05/29/2025

🔥REMINDER🔥Save the dates.... The Northeast-Midwest Prescribed Fire Science and Management Workshop will be held July 8-10. The event will span three days, combining virtual learning with in-person field trip opportunities across the Northeast and Midwest. Keynote speaker: Dr. Stephen J. Pyne! Use the link below for more information and for links to register, to host a field trip, or to provide event sponsorship.
🔗 https://ow.ly/FTTL50UXPjt

05/27/2025

🔥 The Southern Forest Outlook Fire Report was recently released by the USDA Forest Service. This report assesses current and future risks associated with wildfire and smoke in the Southern United States.
🔥Full Report:https://www.appalachianfire.org/_files/ugd/696505_567fe3966caf4bf396e4c0d6271e380c.pdf