Living with Fire: The Future of Our Forests
2026-06-18 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Denver)
Join Big Thompson Watershed Coalition for Living with Fire: The Future of Our Forests, a pub talk and panel discussion at City Star Brewing in Berthoud. Hear from local foresters and researchers about the current state of our forests, the pressures they face, what science says about where conditions are headed, and how forest management, wildfire mitigation, and the return of fire can help shape a more resilient future. This is a chance to learn, ask questions, and engage in an important conversation about living with fire in the Northern Front Range.
📅 June 18, 2026
⏰ 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
📍City Star Brewing
321 Mountain Ave
Berthoud, CO 80513
Learn more HERE

Sunset Trail Running Festival - 2026
2026-06-21 08:00 - 17:00
Hosted by The Boulder Watershed Collective and in collaboration with Team BOCO, all money raised from the event will be donated to the town of Gold Hill and will fund wildfire preparation and response initiatives such as forest restoration, home hardening, emergency planning, land stewardship, and community resiliency.
Runners can choose between a 28K (17.4M), 12K (7.7M), 5K, or kids 1K trail race. All distances start and finish on the main street of Gold Hill at the Gold Hill Inn, and the longer distances are run, in part, on the National Forest System roads. Runners will enjoy varied terrain of dirt roads and trails through ponderosa pine and aspen forests while taking in amazing views on these challenging courses.
📅 June 21, 2026
Learn more HERE

North American Forest Ecology Workshop
2026-06-23 - 2026-06-26
Missoula, Montana June 23-26, 2026.
Our theme is Growing resilient forests and communities.
This conference will host plenary talks, scientific presentations, and field trips exploring the science and management of how to create and maintain resilient forest ecosystems and the human communities embedded in them. Focusing on innovative science, partnerships, and creative management, the conference will host topics on ways to foster forest communities that are resilient to climate stress, disturbance, and societal change. All topics related to forest ecology and management are welcome.
Registration is now OPEN! Please see the registration page for more information.

Connects 2026
2026-10-11 - 2026-10-14 | Denver, Colorado
The Geological Society of America Presents:

Connects 2026

Celebrating a Century of Continental Drift: Understanding Earth in Motion
Riverscapes in Transition: Dynamics, Hazards, and Human Futures
Innovations in Exploration from Deep Earth to Deep Space

When:
October 11-14
Where: Denver, Colorado

Register HERE

Wildland Fire Canada Conference + Canadian Smoke Forum
2026-10-19 - 2026-10-23
The Wildland Fire Canada Conference (WFCC) and Canadian Smoke Forum brings together wildland fire management agencies, Indigenous knowledge holders and experts, scientists, partners, and collaborators from across Canada and around the world. This biennial conference focuses on wildland fire management, science, and knowledge-sharing in Canada.
📅 October 19-23
📍Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Register HERE

Beneficial Fire Summit
2026-12-07 - 2026-12-11
The Beneficial Fire Summit will be held December 7-11, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina in San Diego, California. This event aims to bring together practitioners, researchers, community members, Tribes, agencies, NGOs, PBAs, and others to celebrate recent progress, share insights and ideas, and advance our collective work in beneficial fire. The program will focus on all three components of beneficial fire—prescribed fire, cultural fire, and managed wildfire—in California and across the West. This won’t be a typical conference! We hope to create an engaging, productive space, with workshops, field tours, focused sessions, and plenty of time for networking and connection.
📍San Diego, California
📅 December 7-11, 2026
Register HERE
