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Check out the new Alaska Vegetation (AKVEG) Map, an ecologically detailed vegetation map for Alaska. Learn more at a webinar hosted by the @AKfirescience on Dec 1, 10 am AK time.

Check out the map at https://t.co/idTouhUBQu

Register for the webinar: https://t.co/t0yyotPQS3

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Every few months, the Alaska Fire Science Consortium summarizes recent, relevant science tailored to wildfire managers' needs through Randi’s Roundup.

Check out Randi’s most recent Roundup: https://t.co/qPkACPrgzP

Photo by Lisa Hupp, USFW

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Join the @AKfirescience consortium for their virtual 2026 Fall Science Workshop on November 3, 10, and 17th from 1-3 p.m. Alaska time. Presentations include recent AFSC activities, seasonal reviews, new tools, current and newly funded research and more.

https://t.co/J4M2gjd3BN

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Three State Prescribed Fire Councils Annual Meetings: MN Jan 6, 2027 https://t.co/l6ieLP9YPK; WI January 29-30, 2027 https://t.co/iK9LqIFtXo; MI PFC February 2-3, 2027

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Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series - Season Seven! Four Panels: Impacts of Scale; Historical Fire Regimes of NE US; Eastern US Oaks; & Next Era of Wildland Fire Monitoring https://t.co/jXM6w3hIgF

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Indigenous fire practice returns to Minnesota Point (Duluth) after 180 years https://t.co/h9V9e1f0ui

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A new brief from @NWFireScience summarizes important new research on the nature of wildfire in highly productive, Douglas-fir dominated forests that are a critical part of the economic and cultural life of the western Oregon Cascades. Read it here: https://t.co/BuEIakWRfS

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@NWFireScience, Great Basin Fire Science Exchange, & BFI Native Seed recently held a post-fire restoration equipment field day in Warden, WA. This clip helps show how to set up equipment based on site conditions in semi-arid sagebrush ecosystems. Watch:
https://t.co/ZdCVxglLVa

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Exciting new resource for the PNW! Modeled after the Southern Region guidebook, this new PNW resource was developed by the OSU Extension Fire Program in collab with regional partners to support safe & effective use of prescribed fire.
https://t.co/QkVuDK1lrt

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Māʻo Farms Feʻe Interns joined the Pacific Fire Exchange for a wildfire mitigation workshop to explore risks, resources & actions to reduce fire potential on farms across Oʻahu.

What an exciting opportunity to connect with and learn from the next generation of land stewards!

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Pacific Fire Exchange hosted the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands Wildfire Tracking Dashboard Webinar, exploring how wildfire data is tracked, mapped & shared. Learn how to navigate the dashboard, download the data, and create your own maps!

https://t.co/M1mOGNY2M5

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Nearly 250 wildfire professionals, community leaders, policymakers, & partners gathered on Kauaʻi for the 2026 Hawaiʻi Wildfire Summit, co-hosted by the Pacific Fire Exchange & Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization.

Presentations and recordings: https://t.co/K1kYI8pSah

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After a fire restoration project in North Dakota only successfully burned mixed-grass prairie in two of the four summers, researchers asked which was the norm managers could count on: getting summer burns done, or sitting them out? https://t.co/tzXtgybpJx

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By comparing a multispectral index called the Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) captured by a satellite right before and right after the burn, a sense of the severity of the aboveground material that was burned away can be seen. https://t.co/QpKkz9fpjO

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Two upcoming webinars to put on your calendars:
Air Quality & Health Impacts of Prescribed Fire in the Southeast US: https://t.co/QEHmCEoBLz
Shortleaf Pine: Challenges & Opportunities for an Unsung Species:
https://t.co/cqBC5GbtjA

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Season 7 of Fueling Collaboration, a series of interactive panel discussions designed to connect fire managers and researchers, is set to begin soon! While dates for the new season are being solidified, you can catch-up on past episodes here: https://t.co/tDUvYCB0IY

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🍂🔥 Fall Webinar Season is almost here! 🔥🍂
We’re so excited for another great season of fire science outreach. @oakfirescience have an awesome lineup of fire-science webinars kicking off October 6!

📅 Get the deets here: https://t.co/nhX0rU1kSk

We hope to see you there!

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@oakfirescience puts a lot of effort and care into our Research Briefs line of products. We have nearly 60 avail. Each one is a quick 5 min read summarizing a single publication on fire management topics of high need. See them all here! https://t.co/nBgBxQhMuq

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ICYMI! The 8th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference (cohosted by @APfirescience and @oakfirescience) was a hit! 210 attendees from 22 states participated and agree! Learn more and access the presentation recordings at the link below.
https://t.co/8NeLmf9JPO

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What stories do we tell about fire and how do those narratives shape the way people understand risk, resilience, and fire management? Join the Wildfire Resilience Funders for Communicating Wildfire: Wildfire Narratives on Sept. 17, 1–2 p.m. PT. Register: https://t.co/7X0lohdGCg