Kody Wohlers

Kody Wohlers serves as Lead Instructor for TREX and is the Loess Hills Land Stewardship Director with the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, as well as the Fire Learning Network (FLN) Great Plains Fire Lead. A nationally recognized prescribed fire practitioner, Kody has coordinated and served as Incident Commander for the Loess Hills Cooperative Burn Week since 2016. He is highly experienced in all aspects of prescribed fire, including ignition operations, holding, equipment, fire behavior, and landscape-scale burn planning. Over the course of his career, Kody has led or participated in more than 1,200 prescribed burns covering over 100,000 acres and holds NWCG qualifications as a Type 2 Burn Boss (RxB2) and Task Force Leader (TFLD). His extensive wildfire experience spans more than a decade of deployments across the western United States. In addition to his operational expertise, Kody manufactures specialized sprayer equipment for fire operations, helping advance prescribed fire capacity across North America. This year marks his fourth Canadian Prairies TREX as Lead Instructor, where he continues to play a pivotal role in fostering cross-border collaboration and strengthening prescribed fire culture throughout the Great Plains.