Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · 1d

🔥The second webinar of the Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium's 2025 webinar series will be on Tuesday, October 21!
🔗For more information and to register: oakfirescience.com/events/webin...
#firescience #prescribedfire #RxFire #fireecology

2 5

Reposted by Bryan Yockers

Association for Fire Ecology @afe-fireecology.bsky.social · 4d

We have posted two new webinar recordings! Watch September SAFE Connections at youtu.be/D2H6eGnfPss and our first Fire CAFE webinar at youtu.be/FIH8Cpc2N6w 🔥

Learn more about our webinar series at fireecology.org/safe-connect... and fireecology.org/webinars ❗

2 4

Reposted by Bryan Yockers

North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange @northatlfiresci.bsky.social · 4d

In this blog from the Fire Learning Network, Liz Davy shares some insights gained from a gathering last fall focused on creating consistent messaging about fire for a range of themes and audiences. Learn more at buff.ly/ABUi5W5 #FireScience #ScienceCommunication

1 2

Reposted by Bryan Yockers

North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange @northatlfiresci.bsky.social · 2d

Join the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network and Liz Walker, PhD for an informational webinar on October 9, 2025 centered all around smoke ready communities! Full details and registration information at buff.ly/PhyskN4 #SmokeReady

2 1

Reposted by Bryan Yockers

North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange @northatlfiresci.bsky.social · 2d

FAC Net staff have been collecting input from communities around the country through their Community Navigators project to understand what kinds of resources and examples they need to help prepare the best CWPPs and be competitive in their CWDG applications. Learn more at buff.ly/9YqPvLt

1 3

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · 10d

🔥USFS "Science You Can Use"
🔗https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/pubs_journals/rmrs/sycu/2025/sycu5_2025_10_birds_feather.pdf
"...how #prescribedfire can help meet [habitat] needs for chuck-will’s-widows, eastern whip-poor-wills, and northern bobwhites."
#firescience #RxFire #fireecology

1

Reposted by Bryan Yockers

North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange @northatlfiresci.bsky.social · 22d

NAFSE's Fire & Fire History Working Group will be offering its second mini-symposium on Monday, October 6, 2025 from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT. For speaker information and topics as well as registration information go to buff.ly/1Fl31Xu #FireHistory

1 1

Reposted by Bryan Yockers

North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange @northatlfiresci.bsky.social · 15d

NAFSE is excited to announce its Fall 2025 Student Webinar Series. We have three excellent talks lined up for the last three Thursdays in October. Use the following link to get full details and registration information as well. buff.ly/tAZYEed #FireScience

1 1

Reposted by Bryan Yockers

North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange @northatlfiresci.bsky.social · 14d

NAFSE is hosting the Indigenous Landscape Initiative (In Land) for a webinar on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT. The webinar is entitled "Taking Care of Our Home: Northeastern Indigenous Land Stewardship Practices and Caring for the Land Today." Details at buff.ly/9Ujb1GF

1 2

Reposted by Bryan Yockers

North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange @northatlfiresci.bsky.social · 14d

Applications are now open for new members of the International Association of Wildland Fires' (IAWF) Board of Directors. Applications will be accepted through September 30, 2025, and successful candidates will begin their 3-year term on January 1, 2026. Full details at buff.ly/4aQYvsR #WildlandFire

1 1

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · Aug 27

Join the Wisconsin Forestry Center for their upcoming webinar, "Fire Management Considerations in the Urban Interface" on Wednesday, Sept 3, 10:30 AM - Noon CT.
www.uwsp.edu/wfc/wisconsi...
#firescience #prescribedfire #RxFIRE

1

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · Jun 11

🔥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!
#firescience #prescribedfire #RxFire #fireecology

1

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · May 22

The latest research brief from oakfirescience.com presents a study that quantified tree recruitment dynamics over a 20-year period of frequent fire in southeastern Missouri.
🔗RB-52: bit.ly/44Ud3vb
🔗RB Library: oakfirescience.com/research-bri...
#firescience #fireecology #RxFire #prescribedfire

1 3

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · May 21

🔥REMINDER🔥Save the dates.... The NE-MW #PrescribedFire 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.
🔗 ow.ly/FTTL50UXPjt
#firescience #RxFire #fireecology

1 1

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · May 20

The latest issue of the Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium's newsletter, "Ignis", is now available!
This issue of "Ignis": oakfirescience.com/download/202...
Past newsletters: oakfirescience.com/newsletters/
#firescience #fireecology #prescribedfire #RxFire

1 1

Reposted by Bryan Yockers

Association for Fire Ecology @afe-fireecology.bsky.social · Apr 25

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! By Moses R. Shafer, Pamela Puppo, Todd F. Hutchinson & Kyle A. Palmquist #SNFECO 🐝 @tmtspringer.bsky.social
Read it here: ow.ly/EPO950VGrFc

1 5

Reposted by Bryan Yockers

Association for Fire Ecology @afe-fireecology.bsky.social · Apr 29

Check out AFE's NEW Wildland Fire Trainings Page💡 we'll share announcements about upcoming courses and TREX, and point you towards your regional organizations.
Explore here: fireecology.org/trainings

4 8

Reposted by Bryan Yockers

Association for Fire Ecology @afe-fireecology.bsky.social · Apr 15

⌛1 MONTH LEFT⌛ to submit a proposal for Special Sessions, Workshops and Trainings, and Fire Circle discussions at #FireCon25 in New Orleans🔥Learn more: ow.ly/GQx250VyoYy

AFE Fire Congress Call for Proposals: 1 Month Left! — Association for Fire Ecology

Proposals will be accepted for special sessions, workshops and trainings, and fire circle discussion groups until May 15th, 2025. Submit yours today and we’ll see you at the 11th International Fi...

ow.ly

3 3

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · Apr 5

The Butte PBA has an awesome logo!😎

1

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · Apr 2

🔥"Co-Management of Risk"🔥 Fact sheet from the Joint Fire Science Program. "By intentionally developing and strengthening relationships ahead of the ever-expanding fire season, challenges ... can be overcome before they have a chance to cause conflict...."
Fact Sheet🔗 bit.ly/3XJI8xb
#firescience

1 5

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · Mar 31

🔥SAVE THE DATES🔥 The Northeast-Midwest #PrescribedFire 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.
🔗 ow.ly/FTTL50UXPjt
#firescience #RxFire #fireecology

1 2

Reposted by Bryan Yockers

Association for Fire Ecology @afe-fireecology.bsky.social · Mar 31

Check out the newest resource on our Cultural Fire page 🔥 A Classroom Guide to Appreciating Cultural Burning & Good Fire here: fireecology.org/culturalfire...

TEACHING TOOL! A Classroom Guide to Appreciating Cultural Burning & Good Fire — Association for Fire Ecology

Through the practice of cultural burning, or “Good Fire,” Indigenous communities create the ideal conditions for fire-adapted plants like willow and sedge to thrive - resources that are deeply valuabl...

fireecology.org

2 5

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · Mar 28

"The national Fire and Fire Surrogate (FFS) study was initiated more than two decades ago with the goal of evaluating the ecological impacts of mechanical treatments and #prescribedfire in different ecosystems across the United States."
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/eap....
#firescience #RxFire #fireecology

The national Fire and Fire Surrogate study: Effects of fuel treatments in the Western and Eastern United States after 20 years

The national Fire and Fire Surrogate (FFS) study was initiated more than two decades ago with the goal of evaluating the ecological impacts of mechanical treatments and prescribed fire in different e...

doi.org

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · Mar 27

Research conducted in the Loess Canyons Experimental Landscape located in central Nebraska....
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
#firescience #prescribedfire #RxFire #fireecology

Bryan Yockers @yockfire.bsky.social · Mar 26

Upcoming webinar from the Wisconsin Forestry Center's #PrescribedFire for Forest Management Webinar Series.
🔗 www.uwsp.edu/wfc/wisconsi...
#firescience #RxFire #fireecology