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Topic: Collaboration
Editor's Note: All blog entries are reviewed and edited for length and clarity by Network staff before approval for posting.
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Dec 13, 2018
Unsung Heroes of the 1988 Yellowstone Fires: Church Leaders and Farmers
BY: Liz Davy , Island Park Sustainable Fire Community , Matthew WardA burning cigarette butt landed on a pile of sawdust, soaked with oil and gas. And like that, a firewood cutter started the North Fork “Yellowstone” Fire, a fire that… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Wildfire
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Aug 23, 2018
Whether you’re working at incident command in fire camp or at your desk planning a workshop, I want to draw your attention to three amazing blogs related to wildfire… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Planning Wildfire
Type: Research Synthesis
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Jul 05, 2018
When I asked for summer reading recommendations, I started to panic when no one sent me books about wildfire. People were sending me books about … people. I had been reading… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Communications / Outreach
Type: Tools / Resources
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Jun 21, 2018
Fire Adapted Communities on the Range: Why Rangeland Fire Protection Associations Matter
BY: Emily Jane “EJ” DavisOn a hot summer day, lightning splits the sky in southeastern Oregon. Smoke begins to rise. Before long, a wildfire takes off through the dry sagebrush and grass, driven by… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Wildfire
Type: Research Synthesis
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Mar 22, 2018
Fire in His Blood, Pace and Scale on His Mind: A Day in the Life with Forest Schafer
BY: Forest Schafer , Tahoe Fire and Fuels TeamIt’s hard to forget your first wildland fire. Mine was years before I started fighting fires, and I remember seeing trees explode into flames as they lit up the dark… Read More
Topic: Collaboration CWPPs Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire
Type: Essay
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Mar 01, 2018
April marks FAC Net’s fifth year of operations. According to some traditions, an appropriate five-year anniversary gift is something made of wood. For FAC Net members and… Read More
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Nov 21, 2017
Where does your job take you? Just yesterday, I helped lead a field tour in the Zuni Mountains landscape, where I have been working in partnership with the Cibola National… Read More
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Oct 24, 2017
How Salt Lake City’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan Generated Action in Less Than a Year
FAC Network ParticipantMay 22, 2017 marked a significant date for us in the Wasatch Front. Salt Lake City, Utah’s state capital and largest wildland-urban interface, completed its Community… Read More
Topic: Collaboration CWPPs
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Oct 19, 2017
West Metro Fire Rescue completed a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) in 2007. We have been actively engaged in community outreach and education since then, but fuels… Read More
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Oct 17, 2017
Fantastic Failure! Multi-Jurisdictional NEPA: Big Dreams Take Time
BY: Eytan Krasilovsky, Forest Stewards GuildI encourage everyone to be naive and optimistic; hey, it worked for me. It all started back in 2005 with a 3.5 million-acre collaborative landscape assessment in north-central… Read More