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  1. Nov 20, 2014

    Resilience Resources to Ramp Up your Community’s Fire Adaptation Work

    BY: Wendy Fulks

    I’m always on the lookout for resilience resources, and the Twitter search phrases that most consistently produce resources that I find helpful in my job are “disaster… Read More

    Topic: Resilience

    Type: Tools / Resources

  2. Nov 18, 2014

    Insights to Ensure Economic Sustainability of Mitigation Projects

    BY: Coalition for the Upper South Platte

    Written by: Jon Bruno The mission of the Coalition for the Upper South Platte (CUSP) is to “protect the water quality and ecological health of the Upper South Platte… Read More

    Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Local workforce capacity Resilience

    Type: Best Practices

  3. Aug 26, 2014

    Lessons From the California Adaptation Forum

    Michelle Medley-Daniel

    Last week’s California Adaption Forum brought together over 800 people working on the challenges of climate change impacts, including California’s fire season, which is… Read More

    Topic: Climate change Planning Resilience

    Type: Success Story / Lessons Learned

  4. Aug 19, 2014

    Making Things Happen for Rural America Is What RC&D’s Do

    BY: Frank Riley

    Workers are the most valuable part of any program and they are usually the hardest component to gather up, but if you look under the right rocks in most communities there are… Read More

    Topic: Communications / Outreach Defensible space / Firewise Meetings / Events Resilience

    Type: Tools / Resources

  5. Aug 07, 2014

    New USDA Forest Service Publication Highlights FAC

    BY: Wendy Fulks

    The latest edition of Fire Management Today includes nine papers related to FAC and wildland-urban interface issues. These articles, many of them written by FAC Coalition… Read More

    Topic: Defensible space / Firewise Resilience WUI codes & ordinances

    Type: Tools / Resources

  6. Jul 24, 2014

    Social Science Resources for FAC Practitioners

    Michelle Medley-Daniel

    People working together is at the heart of a fire adapted community. A fire adapted community is more than preparedness, more than response capability, more than recovery; it… Read More

    Topic: Resilience Type: Tools / Resources

    Topic: Resilience

    Type: Tools / Resources

  7. Jul 22, 2014

    When Help Arrives: Is Your Community Ready?

    BY: Branda Nowell, Ph.D. and Toddi Steelman, Ph.D.

    Cooperator meetings, such as this one that took place on the Beaver Creek Fire (2013) near Sun Valley, Idaho, are… Read More

    Topic: Planning Resilience

    Type: Best Practices

  8. Jun 26, 2014

    Cultivating Community Leaders

    BY: Wendy Fulks

    We all know that engaging community leaders is key to local FAC efforts, but what’s the best way to enlist, educate and cultivate passionate, dedicated, action-oriented… Read More

    Topic: Learning networks Resilience

    Type: Best Practices

  9. May 15, 2014

    Award and Grant Opportunities – There’s Still Time to Apply!

    FAC Network Participant

    The weather is getting hotter and many of us are getting ready for what the wildfire season will bring. But if there is still time in your schedule, here are a few funding and… Read More

    Topic: Meetings / Events Planning Resilience Wildfire Type: Tools / Resources

    Topic: Meetings / Events Planning Resilience Wildfire

    Type: Tools / Resources

  10. May 06, 2014

    Small Business Planning for Wildfire

    FAC Network Participant

      A 2012 study of small businesses revealed that many of them are unprepared for natural… Read More

    Topic: Business resilience Planning Resilience

    Type: Tools / Resources