Tribal Collaborations and Agreements: the Community Navigators Program
2024-09-26 13:30 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
This presentation will set the stage for a workshop on the same topic during the October 2024 Arizona Tribal Fire and Forestry Summit.

AZ Tribal Fire & Climate Resilience Summit
2024-10-08 08:00 - 2024-10-10 17:00 | San Carlos Apache Gold Casino & Resort
This summit is part of an ongoing effort to respect tribal sovereignty and treaty rights by supporting tribal use of fire as part of cultural and ecological resilience, and seeks to increase capacities, ameliorate challenges, and share examples that can guide tribes across the Southwest. In 2023, we gathered virtually to explore issues facing tribes relating to wildfire, climate change, and natural resource management. In 2024, we will gather at the San Carlos Apache Nation
Info Link:https://www.swfireconsortium.org/2024/04/12/2024-az-tribal-summit/

2024 Canadian Prairies TREX
2024-10-21 08:00 - 2024-10-25 17:00

Front Range Forest & Fire Symposium Jam Session
2024-10-21 09:00 - 15:00 | Butterfly Pavillion, 6252 W 104th Ave, Westminster, 88020, United States

Annual National Conference-Indian Nations Conservation Alliance
2024-10-24 08:00 - 2024-10-26 17:00 | South Point Hotel Casino and Spa, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, NV, 89183, United States

2nd UAS Integration for Fire Operation Workshop
2024-10-30 12:30 - 15:30
Oct_30_FireDataWorkshop

SW Fire Ecology Conference
2024-11-18 - 2024-11-22 | La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fa, NM, United States

Community Wildfire Mitigation Best Practices Training
2024-12-03 08:00 - 2024-12-05 17:00 | Georgetown, TX, United States

National Grazing Lands Coalition
2024-12-04 - 2024-12-06 | Tucson, Arizona
“GRAZING LANDS MAKE UP MORE THAN A QUARTER OF ALL PRIVATE LAND ACRES IN THE UNITED STATES AND MORE THAN 22,000 PUBLIC LAND RANCHERS MAINTAIN 250 MILLION ACRES OF U.S. PUBLIC LANDS.”

64th Annual WY Rural Fire Meeting
2024-12-04 08:00 - 2024-12-06 17:00 | Casper, WY
2024 Rural Fire Meeting Tri-Fold Brochure

Prescribed Fire and Wetlands: an Important but Rarely Told Story Webinar
2024-12-12 10:00 - 12:00
Zoom Link

Wetlands are the forgotten sibling of the prescribed fire world. While upland ecosystems across the Eastern U.S. have received significant attention for their fire-dependency, wetlands—characterized by their more episodic encounters with fire—rarely receive equitable fire management investments. Fire managers face unique challenges in these environments, where hydric soils, muck, and dense vegetation can prolong smoke production, encourage smoldering, and hinder vehicle access. As a result, fire-dependent wetlands nationwide have suffered, leading to declines in numerous plant and animal species. In this Fueling Collaboration panel discussion, we will explore the role of fire in various wetland ecosystems and examine the challenges and opportunities associated with its use. Join us as we hear from scientists, land managers, and biologists working in pocosins, marshes, swamps, bogs, and isolated wetlands.

SD Private Land Prescribed Fire Forum
2024-12-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Cedar Shores Resort, Chamberlain, SD, United States
SAVE the DATE_ SD Private Land Prescribed Fire Forum

PFTC Interagency Burn Plan Workshop
2025-01-13 08:00 - 2025-01-17 17:00
Workshop Link
Summary: This workshop will provide an opportunity to improve and refine burn plans. Through content delivery, practical exercise, small group activity; participants will write new or edit existing burn plans building on principles discussed. This will provide continuing education on burn plan preparation to improve collective understanding of prescribed fire plans, regardless of agency. Participants will receive credit for RT-300.

Potential benefits and objectives for participants:

Opportunity to learn & work in a focused environment, free from distractions of the day job,
Acquire new skills, address specific challenges, or explore unique topics,
Access to Subject Matter Expert (SME) – help with fire behavior modeling and writing,
Collaboration and networking with peers, including
Examples of good burn plans that can be used as templates,
Latest policy direction (NWCG and agency specific),
Tech review support (as time allows),
Practical knowledge and opportunity for participants to apply what they’ve learned

Intended Audience:

Interagency participants

(NGO, state, private, municipal, tribal, federal)
NWCG qualifications are NOT a pre-requisite for this course.

Burn Boss trainees
Newly qualified Burn Bosses
Burn plan writers
Line officers (Agency Administrators)
Fuels Technicians, Fuels Specialists, and Fire Management Officers

Timeline:

Outreach and application: October 15 – November 12th @ 1100 PM Mountain time
Selection: Notifications by November 20th
Workshop dates: January 13th-17th, 2025

Where: Multi-hub synchronous delivery with in-person gatherings at each Hub:

California: Redding, CA
Intermountain area: Boise, ID
Rocky Mountain area: Fort Collins, CO
Eastern area: Marquette, MI

To apply:
Please submit a nomination via the Learning Portal (link below),

Course application: Burn Plan Workshop 2025 – Application – or scan link below
This process should take less than 5 minutes.

For questions, please email us at SM.FS.PFTC@usda.gov
Nominations will be approved no later than November 19th

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-01-15 09:00 - 15:00 | Jubilee Events and Catering

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-01-21 09:00 - 15:00 | Ericson Fire Hall

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-01-22 09:00 - 15:00 | Elwood Legion Hall

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-01-28 09:00 - 15:00 | Holt County Extension

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-01-29 09:00 - 15:00 | Upper Loup NRD

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-01-30 09:00 - 15:00 | Wauneta Community Building

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-02-04 09:00 - 15:00 | North Platte NRD

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- In Person
2025-02-05 08:00 - 17:00 | NE Extension in Lancaster Co

Converge Virtual Forums
2025-02-05 13:00 - 14:00
This session will focus on encouraging communication, coordination, and collaboration among researchers and research teams.

Registration and info link:
CONVERGE Virtual Forum – 2025 Southern California Wildfires, Session 2

Ignition Operations
2025-02-11 08:00 - 2025-02-13 17:00
2025 S-219

11th Native Prairie Restoration/Reclamation Workshop
2025-02-12 08:00 - 2025-02-13 17:00
Website link

NE Prescribed Fire Workshop- Online Workshop
2025-02-12 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-26 08:00 - 17:00

MPFC Spring Exec Committee Meeting
2025-02-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Margaritaville Tan-Tar-A Estates, 490 Tan Tar a Dr, Osage Beach, MO, United States
MPFC DRAFT Articles of Incorporation

MPFC_Business_Meeting_Agenda_2-19-25

Central Grasslands REC Prescribed Burn Workshop- ND
2025-02-25 09:30 - 16:00
Topics

General introductions to the logistics of implementing prescribed fire
The role of the North Dakota Prescribed Fire Cooperative
How fire promotes floral expression
Impacts of patch burn grazing on grassland birds
How fire can improve livestock performance and forage nutritional value
Optimizing fire return interval and time of year for prescribed burning
How burning can improve a plant community
Rancher perspectives: implementing prescribed burns in a livestock operation
Building and sustaining a ‘Burning Culture’ in the Dakotas

Southern Missouri Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX)
2025-03-03 08:00 - 2025-03-14 17:00 | Marshfield, Marshfield, MO, United States
Description: Looking for an opportunity to sharpen your prescribed fire skills? We invite you to participate in the Southern Missouri TREX, where putting good fire on the ground is just as important as providing quality training opportunities for participants.
Who can participate? Prescribed/Wildfire staff including federal, state, tribal, and non-governmental organizations, private practitioners, and higher education faculty/students. We are committed to diversity and respect for people, communities, and culture. All will be welcome!
Unfamiliar with TREX? Click here for more information: https://firenetworks.org/trex/
Registration Fee: None—this event is being sponsored through a USFS: Cohesive Strategy grant. We wish to make this training as accessible to everyone as possible.
Work Hours and Travel: Will need to be covered by your home unit.
Meals and Lodging: Both provided for the duration of the event. Lodging is shared bunk space or camping area if preferred.
Participant Requirements:
• Participants must be current and qualified NWCG-FFT2, or have completed NWCG courses S-130, S-190, L-180, ICS 100, I-700 (all of which are available for free online). Contact Ryan Gauger (rgauger@tnc.org) for more information on these trainings; verification of training is required to attend.
• Participants must have completed an arduous pack test within the past year. Completion of a moderate pack test is acceptable if coming as a TRXCM (Rx crewmember) position. A pack test will be offered to those who need one and cannot obtain one prior to the TREX start date.
• Participants must have health insurance which will cover personal injury (e.g., workers’ comp, health or travel insur ance)
• Participants must bring fire-approved boots (all leather, 8-inches tall, Vibram soles, with no steel toe). Participants should come with all appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including: a Next Generation Fire Shelter, a hard hat, Nomex clothing, all leather gloves, eye protection and canteens for up to 1 gallon of drinking water. If you do not have proper PPE, please let us know, we will work with you to find any items you do not have. Please indicate your needs on the application.
We need your help! If your agency/organization is able to provide a Type 6 Engine, crew cab truck, and/or UTV with water pumper for this event, your application will receive priority in the nomination process.
Registration: To apply, complete this nomination form by December 6, 2024 https://form.jotform.com/243055748929166
(notifications of will be sent out by mid-December)
Questions: Please contact Ryan Gauger (rgauger@tnc.org or 812-599-2562)
Event partners include: The Nature Conservancy, US Forest Service: Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Prescribed Fire Council, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, and US Fish and Wildlife Service.
