Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists

09/03/2026

📚 New publication: Potter, K. M., Guo, Q., Koch, F. H., Lim-Hing, S., Matthews, E. R., & Pandit, K. 2026. U.S. National Forests Are More Diverse, Denser and Less Invaded than Neighboring Forests. Forests, 17(6), 691. https://doi.org/10.3390/f17060691

✅ Full article can be found on CAFMS's website:https://www.appalachianfire.org/_files/ugd/696505_7435849e2c934fb99dfadf03906bb0d7.pdf

National Forests in the United States provide a broad range of goods and services, safeguard biological diversity, and contribute to the resilience of ecosystems, societies, and economies. Given differences in land use history and forest management approaches between National Forests and neighboring...

09/01/2026

🔥Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Burn Association will be hosting their first annual meeting!

🗓 October 10, 2026 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.

📍 Yancy County, NC. Exact location TBD.

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Welcome to the Prescribed Burn Association of the Southern Blue Ridge area.

08/28/2026

📚 New article: Nemens, D.G., Prichard, S.J., Cova, G.R. et al. 2026.Quantifying understory fuel structure and biomass using coupled terrestrial lidar scanning, close-range photogrammetry, and field sampling. Fire Ecology, 22, 92. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-026-00503-6

✅ Full article PDF can be found on the CAFMS website:https://www.appalachianfire.org/_files/ugd/696505_dba8ba5c28d34def91c77556f650de3d.pdf

Background We evaluated the three-dimensional (3D) structure, composition, and biomass of understory fuels common to prescribed burn programs in pine-dominated forests of the southeastern and western United States. Traditional fuel characterization in these systems has been limited to two-dimensiona...

08/26/2026

🗓 Mark your calendars for the upcoming 2026 Fall Webinar Series from the Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium!

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JOIN US for any or all of these webinars this fall and winter! Continuing Education Credits for Society of American Foresters and The Wildlife Society anticipated Webinar topic: Fire deficit across North American forests October 6, 202...

08/24/2026

📣Association for Fire Ecology AFE Awards Nominations are due September 1!

🔥Each year, the Association for Fire Ecology celebrates the accomplishments of exceptional individuals in the field of fire ecology and management with have a variety of awards, which span career stages:
✅Undergraduate Student Excellence Award
✅Graduate Student Excellence Award
✅Early Career Excellence Award
✅Mid-Career Excellence Award
✅Lifetime Achievement Award

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Each year, the Association for Fire Ecology celebrates the accomplishments of exceptional individuals in the field of fire ecology and management. We have a variety of awards, which span career stages. Contributions may be in research, management, teaching, mentoring, Indigenous fire stewardship, tr...

08/21/2026

The Beneficial Fire Summit call for proposals is open now until September 1st! They are accepting proposals for special sessions, poster and oral presentations, workshops, attached meetings, and related activities. The program will focus on all three components of beneficial fire: prescribed fire, cultural fire, and managed wildfire

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Call for ProposalsWe invite your proposals for sessions and presentations for the Beneficial Fire Summit. We are accepting proposals for special sessions, poster and oral presentations, workshops, attached meetings, and related activities. The program will focus on all three components of beneficial...

08/20/2026

Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Burn Association, The Nature Conservancy in North Carolina, and Fire Learning Network will be hosting the Southern Blue Ridge Fire Fair! 🔥

🗓 Septeber 26, 2026 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

📍 Myron Boon Hall 110 Lower College Road Swannanoa, NC 28778

ℹ Registration: https://southernblueridgepba.org/index.php/events

08/19/2026

The North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange will be hosting their Student Webinar Series in Fall 2026 - Spring 2027. This series is great for a student or early career professional who would like to share their work via webinar to connect with the fire and forestry community. Contact Eric Evenson, Science Communications Specialist at North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange, at [email protected]

The Spring 2025 edition of the NAFSE Student Webinar Series will run throughout most of April with three engaging webinars.

08/12/2026

📚New research: Shuman, B.N., Stefanova, I., Stefanescu, I.C., Ray-Cozzens, T., Johnson, J., Nelson, D.M. 2026. The role of the climate niche in repeated abrupt tree declines and ecotone dynamics in the Appalachian Mountains during the Holocene. Frontiers of Biogeography, 19: e150642. https://doi.org/10.21425/fob.19.150642

✅ Full PDF publication can be found on the CAFMS website:https://www.appalachianfire.org/_files/ugd/696505_e6ffd938e8b1466d935422a17c130ce3.pdf

Forests in eastern North American did not achieve a stable composition during the Holocene. Both prolonged and abrupt shifts in the distributions of tree species were common. Studying the dynamics involved can help anticipate the responsiveness of forest biogeography to climate change today. Here, w...