Promoting Fire Ecology Research, Education, and Management
The Association for Fire Ecology is an international organization dedicated to improving the knowledge and use of fire in land management. We are scientists, educators, students, managers, practitioners, policymakers, and interested citizens helping to shape the emerging profession and growing field of fire ecology.
AFE news
The AFE Board of Directors is pleased to welcome Kori Blankenship and Jennifer Fawcett as new board members!
Contribute to an international study on wildfire resilience, which is gathering place-based insights into the opportunities and challenges of building resilience across fire-prone regions worldwide.
A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire by Dr. Richard Hutto explores the beauty and ecological importance of severe fire.
A recent issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B delves into novel fire regimes under human influence and climate change.
A recording of The Past, Present, and Future of Workforce Development and Education panel from the 4th Southwest Fire Ecology Conference has been uploaded.
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Upcoming EVENTs
The North American Forest Ecology Workshop will take place June 23-26, 2026 in Missoula, Montana.
SAFE Chapter News
Hosted by the National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis (FireCenter) and the UM Student Association for Fire Ecology and Management (Fire Club), the event brought together practitioners, scientists, fire managers and students.
Members of SAFE from CSU Chico and UC Berkeley recently met up at the Good Fire: Tending Native Lands exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California.
The Eastern Fire Network (EFNet) is a collaborative research and training network to advance understanding of wildfire dynamics and risk in eastern U.S. landscapes, helping to inform fire management and decision-making. As part of a structured program in transdisciplinary science, students will work in interdisciplinary teams and practitioners to co-design solutions to local wildland fire science challenges, linking research to implementation.
LATEST JOB POSTINGS
American Conservation Experience, a nonprofit Conservation Corps, in partnership with the US Forest Service, is seeking 1 Member to contribute to fuels reduction projects alongside Tahoe National Forest Staff.
The Western Iowa Assistant Land Steward performs and participates in preserve operations, maintenance and management, under the direction of the Western Iowa Land Steward. Tasks include maintenance of preserve infrastructure, tools, and power equipment, invasive species control, preserve and easement monitoring, prescribed fire, and assisting with the bison herd at Broken Kettle Grasslands Preserve in Westfield, Iowa.
The Longleaf Alliance (TLA) is seeking a skilled and motivated forester to advance longleaf pine habitat conservation and outreach strategies in the northern range of the longleaf pine ecosystem. The Longleaf Alliance is a non-profit organization that works throughout the Southeastern U.S. to guide longleaf restoration, stewardship, and conservation using science-based outreach, partnership engagement, and on-the-ground assistance.
The Fire, Fuels and Forestry Program Assistant helps coordinate a dynamic program, with duties changing by the season and opportunities to work in the field. The Assistant will help manage forestry contracts and contractors, develop environmental compliance documents, utilize GIS to create project maps, and participate in regional collaborative efforts. This position is a good fit for someone adept at working in both the office and field, who can apply local knowledge of forest and fire ecology to funding proposals, grant reports, and collaborative regional efforts.
afe podcast: Fire Ecology Chats
Greg Aplet discusses investigating the relationship of ignition density to distance from roads.
Nuria Sánchez-López and Melanie Taylor discuss understanding how litter and duff accumulate on the forest floor in pine flatwoods of the southeastern United States.
Arik Joukhajian and Sydney Glassman discuss using molecular sequencing to identify the soil bacteria and the soil fungi from microbial communities in the Mojave Desert.

An article recently published in Fire Ecology examines unearthing harmful narratives and confronting the ideologies within wildfire protection plans.