Klamath Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (KTREX)

Central to WKRP is our Klamath Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (KTREX) that’s been ongoing since 2014. Each year, KTREX is consistently one of the largest national TREX events hosted by The Nature Conservancy’s Fire Learning Network Program and co-led by local partners including, the: Karuk Tribe, Mid Klamath Watershed Council, Salmon River Restoration Council, and others. Dozens of organizations, hundreds of participants including international individuals gather together on some of the most complex terrain to “learn and burn together” on the rugged, steep canyon Klamath landscape. Participants take the lessons and experience they gain to their “home units” spreading the use of fire as a tool.

The mission of KTREX is unique with its focus on learning together and practicing the use of prescribed fire for natural resource management, wildfire risk mitigation, indigenous cultural values as well as to provide a unique training opportunity for NWCG (National Wildfire Coordinating Group) qualified applicants of all levels. Simultaneously, we focus on building local capacity and the workforce for this work in our area into the future. Each year KTREX partners engage the Type III Incident Management Team structure to continue building capacity for the skills and training that enable management of late season wildfires when the opportunity arises.