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Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire
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Oct 17, 2019
I love words. I love flowery, superfluous words; I love pithy, intense words; I love concise language, florid language, scientific language, love language—I love language.… Read More
Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire
Type: Essay
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Oct 10, 2019
Building for Wildfire Summit: Understanding How Homes Burn and How to Build Better
BY: Kimiko Barrett, Ph.D.The wildland-urban interface problem is a home ignition problem, not a wildfire control problem. Extreme wildfires are inevitable but wildland-urban fire disasters don’t… Read More
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Sep 19, 2019
Risks and Rewards: Managing Wildfire for Resource Objectives in Northern New Mexico
BY: Emily Jane Davis , Zander Evans, Mike Caggiano, Heidi Huber-StearnsOn July 13th, lightning ignited the Francisquito fire on the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico. Forest Service incident decision makers described their management… Read More
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Sep 12, 2019
Cultural Burning and TEK: How Can FAC Practitioners Leverage Indigenous Connections to Fire Without Exploiting Them?
BY: Allison Jolley“This is the thing: If you have the option to not think about or even consider history, whether you learned it right or not, or whether it even deserves consideration,… Read More
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Sep 05, 2019
I am a notorious softie. It became clear when we got our first dog 11 years ago: I am the one who defaults to empathy, and my husband, in contrast, defaults to discipline. Of… Read More
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Aug 15, 2019
Fuels Treatments Aren’t a Guarantee, but They Still Matter: Gaining Perspective from the Carr Fire
BY: Eamon Engber, Klamath Network Parks and Six Rivers National ForestI’m not sure our messaging surrounding fuel management is clear, consistent or rooted in the best available science and current fire regimes. During the first two days… Read More
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Aug 01, 2019
Managing for Socio-Ecological Resilience First: How a New Type of Indicator Enhances Wildfire Resilience Monitoring
BY: Colleen Rossier, University of California — Davis, Bill Tripp, Karuk TribeWithin the Karuk Tribe, it is a cultural teaching that “you do not harvest anything without first managing habitat for it to survive and reproduce.” This is a… Read More
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Jun 27, 2019
No one action can guarantee a favorable wildfire outcome, but there are more and more examples of… Read More
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Jun 13, 2019
How did you find fire? Did it come to you — a wildfire in your community, a random job opportunity — or did you go to it? I like to think I was born into it. I was born at… Read More
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May 30, 2019
Seeking Fire Adaptation and Community Resilience Peers? Join FAC Net!
BY: Michelle Medley-Daniel , Fire Adapted Communities Learning NetworkOur partners at FEMA Region 10 recently produced a podcast focused on the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC Net). If you’ve been wondering about FAC Net’s… Read More