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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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Jun 20, 2019
I often hear that community collaboration or collaborative conservation involve wicked problems. Ever wonder what that really means? In the Northeast, wicked is used as… Read More
Topic: Collaboration
Type: Essay
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Jun 06, 2019
A Day in the Life with Andrew Notbohm: How Emergency Management and FAC Go Hand in Hand
BY: Emily Troisi , Andrew NotbohmInterviewer’s note: During my five years working with FAC Net, I’ve discovered a passion for understanding how communities prepare for, respond to and recover from natural… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Resilience Wildfire Wildfire recovery
Type: Interview
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May 02, 2019
How We’re Burning Across Boundaries: Trinity Integrated Fire Management Partnership Case Study
BY: Nick Goulette, Watershed Research and Training CenterHere in Trinity County, California, we were early adopters of the FAC ethos. We created our first community wildfire protection plan before the CWPP acronym was even invented.… Read More
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Mar 28, 2019
Why We’re Bringing Prescribed Fire and Forest Thinning Closer to Traditionally Preserved Wildlife Habitat: We all Need It. Including the Birds.
BY: Forest SchaferHaving served as a community forester for years, I tend to view forest management through a “community wildfire protection and preparation” lens. I confess that sometimes… Read More
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Mar 21, 2019
How Ashland Passed a Wildfire Ordinance (Hint: We Removed Our Ordinance Blinders)
BY: Alison Lerch , Chris ChambersThe danger of designated wildfire hazard zones is that they inherently consider some areas as “out” of the zone of risk. The 2009 Siskiyou Fire and 2010 Oak Knoll Fire in… Read More
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Feb 25, 2019
So, you keep hearing buzz about Prep Day, but aren’t sure what to do for it in your community. (Remind me, what does Prep Day stand for? Oh, that’s right, National Wildfire… Read More
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Feb 14, 2019
Twenty members of the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC Net) and Fire Learning Network (FLN) — experts in prescribed burning, ecosystem management and community… Read More
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Jan 10, 2019
Fantastic Failure: Shared Vision, Shattered Trust
BY: Karuk Tribe, Department of Natural Resources , Bill TrippWe had envisioned black oak woodlands and large madrones. Douglas firs and pines dotting the landscape. South-facing slopes showered with leaf litter from black oaks, enabling… Read More
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Jan 03, 2019
Happy New Year! Seven Fire Adaptation Videos to Watch Before Launching into 2019.
BY: Allison JolleyWelcome to 2019! Before getting to work, check out the most viewed #fireadapted videos from last… Read More
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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