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Topic: Wildfire
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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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Apr 26, 2018
Wildfire Funding in the Omnibus Bill: What You Need to Know
BY: Cecilia Clavet, The Nature ConservancyThe $1.3 trillion spending package that Congress passed last month included a legislative solution that — after a decade of advocacy by a bipartisan group of organizations… Read More
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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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Feb 22, 2018
To see dwarf mistletoe seeds is to experience them. These are not typical seeds that gently drop from a mature plant. Rather, they are explosive — forcibly ejected from… Read More
Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Wildfire
Type: Research Synthesis
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Feb 08, 2018
When Wildfire Hits the Ranch: Lessons Learned from the Thomas Fire
BY: Matthew Shapero, University of California Cooperative ExtensionJust as quickly as the Thomas Fire swept through parts of our community, the questions started flooding my office: Should we prune our burned avocado trees? Can I graze my… Read More
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Feb 01, 2018
Last Sunday morning, I sat crying at my kitchen table as my family went about its usual routine around me. They knew I wasn’t there with them; rather, I was in 19th-century… Read More
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Jan 04, 2018
On the morning of September 2, 2010, the Four Mile Canyon Fire ignited in the Rocky Mountain Foothills, just west of Boulder, Colorado. Eighteen hours later, 168 homes… Read More
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Dec 21, 2017
2017 has been a big year. Natural disasters, including wildfires, struck numerous communities. Technology evolved in novel ways. A total solar eclipse occurred. Bitcoin became… Read More
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Dec 19, 2017
I was nine years old when my dad’s family home burned in the Oakland Hills Fire. As a country kid from one of the most fire-prone counties in northern California, I was no… Read More
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Nov 28, 2017
All of my friends know that I’m a bit of a holiday scrooge. Holidays involve all kinds of societal traditions that put me on edge, like setting off explosives, dressing up… Read More
Topic: Wildfire
Type: Research Synthesis