Beneficial Fire Summit

Join us in beautiful San Diego for the Beneficial Fire Summit! This important event is set to take place at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina, focusing on the theme of beneficial fire practices. The summit aims to unite a diverse group of participants, including practitioners, researchers, community members, Tribes, agencies, NGOs, and PBAs, to celebrate recent advancements in the field, share valuable insights, and collaboratively enhance our efforts in beneficial fire management. The program will comprehensively address all three components of beneficial fire: prescribed fire, cultural fire, and managed wildfire, with a specific focus on California and the broader Western U.S. This summit is a collaborative effort involving several esteemed organizations, including the Association for Fire Ecology, UC ANR Fire Network, California Fire Science Consortium, Northern California Prescribed Fire Council, Tall Timbers Research Station, and University of Nevada Extension/Living With Fire. Together, these entities aim to foster knowledge exchange and promote best practices in fire management.