Dates/Time
June 1 - June 3, 2026
12:00 am
Annual Convening 2026
June 1-3, 2026 in Ashland, Oregon
The 2020 Labor Day Fires reshaped Oregon’s relationship with wildfire, and set in motion ambitious state-level transformations in wildfire policy and community resilience across the Rogue Valley. This year’s Wildfire Resilience Funders (WRF) Convening invites you to see that transformation firsthand: what communities have built from the wreckage, and what the next phase of mitigation, partnership, and funding needs to look like.
This is not structured as a typical conference room convening, attendees should come ready to listen and learn in the field. Both days are grounded in site visits and direct conversation with the practitioners, community leaders, and partners doing this work.
Day 1 — Recovery and Resilience: Talent and Phoenix
We’ll spend the first day on the ground in Talent and Phoenix, two of the communities hardest hit by the Alameda Fire. Our visit will explore how resilience became a guiding principle — not just a talking point — in how these communities chose to rebuild. We’ll hear directly about the recovery of housing stock, how federal and state recovery dollars are being leveraged to support local economic recovery, and the intentional work to rebuild the community infrastructure, organizations, and gathering spaces that hold a neighborhood together.
Day 2 — Partnerships and Finance: Scaling Mitigation
The second day zooms out to the bigger question: what does it take to advance wildfire mitigation at the scale and speed the moment demands? A half-day site visit with three regional partnerships will bring the complexity of that work into focus, highlighting the coordination required, the funding gaps, and the urgency that practitioners in this space feel every day. We’ll close with a session on an innovative municipal financing mechanism being piloted in the region, with clear implications for wildfire-prone communities across the West.
Who Should Attend? Funder organizations are invited to attend and do not need to be a WRF Member. However, organizations that are a WRF Member will enjoy a discounted rate. The WRF Convening is not open to Affiliates. Learn more about becoming a WRF Member.
Agenda at a Glance
Convening Dates: June 1-3, 2026
Monday, June 1, 2026
- 5:30pm – 7pm: Evening Welcome Reception & Dinner
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
- 8:30am – 12pm: Expert Panel Discussions
- 12:30pm – 4:30pm: Wildfire Site Visit I
- 5:30pm: Attendee Happy Hour & Dinner
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
- 8:30am – 1pm: Regional Wildfire Site Visit II
- 2pm – 5:00pm: Expert Panels and WRF Member discussions
(Read the Summary Document from last year’s WRF Annual Convening.)
