The deadline for Forests for People abstract submittal has been extended to January 15, 2013. All abstracts should be submitted in English and emailed to Brenda Adams-Weyant at Brenda@RecPro.org.

The Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) is pleased to announce the 6th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress to be held in San Antonio, Texas, USA.  Since 2000, AFE has hosted a Fire Congress every three years.

This joint conferences offers a forum where past experience and lessons learned are documented, current work showcased, and emerging ideas/technology presented to provide a strong foundation that will facilitate setting a course to the future that addresses and responds to developing challenges locally, regionally, and globally.

NFPA’s Wildland Fire Operations Division is seeking education session proposals for the 2015 Backyards & Beyond® Wildfire Education Conference October 22-24, 2015, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Join your fellow land managers, fire managers, ecologists, researchers, volunteers, and land owners connected through our common challenges of keeping fire working for the land.

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This webinar will highlight results from a study investigating the ability of wildfire to act as a fuel treatment. The study evaluated whether or not wildfires limited the occurrence, size, and severity of subsequent wildfires in four large wilderness complexes in Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico.

This workshop will equip Cooperative Extension professionals and other community leaders with the tools needed to successfully face the challenges of living in wildfire-prone environments.  National-level scientists and experts will help attendees think through all aspects and stages of fire – before, during, and after – in both urban and rural landscapes.  Extension personnel will be

Share your people-centred ideas, field experiences, cutting-edge research, development projects, practical applications and theoretical models at the world’s largest and most important gathering of the forest sector.

Conference Theme: Fire of the Past, Fire in Future

The conference will address:

• Global natural and cultural fire heritage

• Protecting the global natural and cultural heritage from fire

• Towards a cohesive global fire management strategy

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