Read "Within and among years atmospheric moisture availability influences wildfire burn severity in the boreal forest" by Jack A. Goldman, Marie-Josée Fortin, and Patrick M. A. James in the #FireEcology Journal #SNFECO https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00544-x

Read "Tree traits drive phylogenetic and functional responses of soil fungal communities in Mediterranean forests subjected to recurrent fires" by L. Pérez-Izquierdo, M. Zabal-Aguirre, S. C. González-Martínez, M. Buée, M. Verdú, and A. Rincón in #FireEcology #SNFECO https://ow.ly/GVoC50ZWtWi

Students: Join the National SAFE Officer Team for SAFE Connections October ❗Meet other students interested in fire ecology and share ideas with other chapters 🔥Don't have a chapter? No worries - all SAFE members are invited! RSVP at https://fireecology.org/safe-connections

Read "From drying to frying: drought and fire as interacting drivers of vegetation change in piñon-juniper-oak forests of the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, USA" by Helen Mills Poulos and Andrew Marder Barton in the #FireEcology Journal #SNFECO https://ow.ly/2X3J50ZWqZE

Thank you sponsors & exhibitors of the Beneficial Fire Summit! We welcome additional sponsors and exhibitors; support the event, network with the wildland fire community, and showcase your agency, business, or organization! 🔥 Learn more here: https://beneficialfiresummit.org/sponsors/

Read "Global ecoregion-scale variations in wildfire seasonality revealed by daily satellite data" by Ruixuan Li, Xiaoyang Zhang, Fangjun Li, Yongchang Ye, Shuai An, and Aihua Zhu in the #FireEcology Journal #SNFECO https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00541-0

Read "Socio-ecological knowledge increases support for selective logging after forest fire in Sweden" by Nils Droste, Brian Danley, Stefan H. Doerr, Alexia Fridén, Julia Kelly, Cristina Santín, Louise Rütting, and Natascha Kljun in the #FireEcology Journal #SNFECO https://ow.ly/9U8V50ZW3CP

Read "Tracking decadal changes in frequent fire activity across the southeastern U.S. (2000–2019): insights from Southeast FireMap" in the #FireEcology Journal #SNFECO https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00561-w

Read "Experiencing wildfire, understanding risk in mountain regions of Switzerland: a case study of the 2023 Riederhorn wildfire" by Lena Ursina Widmer and Christine Eriksen in the #FireEcology Journal #SNFECO https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00554-9

The UC ANR Fire Network is inviting 4-H members ages 9-18 to submit artwork showcasing creative solutions for helping communities adapt to wildfires. All submissions will be displayed at the 2026 Beneficial Fire Summit in San Diego, California. Link in bio.

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Read "Laboratory fire simulations overestimate germination responses compared to controlled burns in cactus species" in the #FireEcology Journal #SNFECO https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00552-x

Read "Effects of wildfire on streambed sediment size in the Cascades and Klamath regions of the Pacific Northwest" by Sara A. Wall, Marcía N. Snyder, Robert S. Brown, Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Joeseph L. Ebersole, Christine Hirsch, and David Hockman-Wert in #FireEcology #SNFECO https://ow.ly/E54A50ZU7vi

Read "Fire frequency and seasonality in the miombo woodlands of the Greater Kafue Ecosystem, Zambia, and implications for fire management" by Brian W. van Wilgen, Hayden Wilson, and Andrew Purdon in the #FireEcology Journal #SNFECO https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00557-6

Read "Modeling tree crown-mediated accumulation of downed woody debris in fire-maintained longleaf pine forests of the southeastern US from laser scanning data" in the #FireEcology Journal #SNFECO https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00548-7

Read "Needing a quick fix? Exploring the potential of pre-fire fertilization to mitigate fire severity in ponderosa pine saplings" in the #FireEcology Journal #SNFECO https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00579-0

A year and nine months after the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire burned every single tree on this mountainside in the Cache la Poudre Canyon, Colorado 🔥 Interested? More insights from @iktaminika.bsky.social here ➡️ https://ow.ly/qiNr50ZT1bZ

Read "A quantitative, empirical method for generating fuel-bed maps from plant cover estimates reveals thresholds and one-to-many fuel-to-plant type relationships" by Cara Applestein, Samuel “Jake” Price, and Matthew J. Germino in the #FireEcology Journal #SNFECO https://ow.ly/AXTB50ZTgEx

Join a global community of scientists, educators, students, managers, practitioners, policymakers, and interested citizens helping to shape the emerging profession and growing field of fire ecology - become an AFE member today! 🔥 https://fireecology.org/joinrenew

Read "Optimizing fuel break placement to mitigate wildland fire risk to communities" by Vittorio Nicoletta, Raphaël D. Chavardès, Denys Yemshanov, Valérie Bélanger, Anne Cotton-Gagnon, and Jonathan Boucher in the #FireEcology Journal #SNFECO https://ow.ly/QU8x50ZTgrQ

Celebrate International Podcast Day by tuning in to the new season of Fire Ecology Chats🔥🎙️ Available on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and our website https://fireecology.org/chats