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Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire
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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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
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May 09, 2019
Two National Directives and One Piece of Public Policy Worth Understanding: The 2018 Farm Bill, Executive Order 13855 and DOI Secretarial Order 3372
BY: Katie Lighthall, National Cohesive Wildland Fire Strategy, Western RegionEditor’s note: If you haven’t spent much time with the new Farm Bill, Executive Order 13855 and Secretarial Order 3372, take a moment to read these summaries produced by… Read More
Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Wildfire
Type: Tools / Resources
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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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Apr 25, 2019
4 Tips for Conducting Controlled Burns on Private Property from a Burn Boss
BY: Phil Dye, Prometheus Fire Consulting LLCWe stood shoulder to shoulder, watching the fire creep down the hill. The flame was continuous but low, no more than 8-inches tall. It was now burning, restoring, a strip of… Read More
Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire
Type: Best Practices