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Type: Success Story / Lessons Learned
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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Feb 20, 2020
Editor’s Note: Community efforts to increase wildfire resilience often focus on homeowner action. But what about our business community? The economic engines of our towns… Read More
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Feb 13, 2020
Understanding Complexity and Risk in the Wildland Fire Environment: An Interview with Travis Dotson
BY: Annie Schmidt , Travis DotsonEditor’s Note: FAC Net’s Annie Schmidt had the privilege of getting to know Travis Dotson of the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center when she worked on the Spring Coulee… Read More
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Jan 23, 2020
In 2018, the Forest Stewards Guild began our high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter loan program in Santa Fe. The short-term intent of the program was to support people… Read More
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Jan 16, 2020
I’ve Got Them Non-Profit Funding Blues: Lessons Learned in Funding Wildfire Resilience in Archuleta County, CO
BY: Bill Trimarco“I’ve Got Them Non-Profit Funding Blues” Sadly, that is not the title of my new hit single, but rather a state of mind many of us struggle with on a day-to-day basis.… Read More
Topic: Collaboration
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Oct 24, 2019
FAC Net is Changing Fire Adaptation Work: Highlights from our Evaluation
BY: Michelle Medley-Daniel , Emily TroisiEditor’s note: This blog is focused on sharing stories and information about living with fire. Occasionally, we also publish content related to social-change networks:… Read More
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Aug 22, 2019
What Does Community-led Recovery Look Like? A Case Study from the Carwoola 2017 Bush Fire
BY: Zoe D'Arcy, New South Wales State Emergency Service (Australia)One sunny day in February 2017, I got to see first-hand what impact a disaster could have on people when my own small community of Carwoola in New South Wales experienced a… 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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Jul 18, 2019
iBAER: How We Formed, Funded and Dispatched a State and Private Lands Burned Area Emergency Response Team
BY: Craig Nelson, Okanogan Conservation DistrictIt’s always about money. Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams, the people who assess ecological, hydrological and forest conditions after a wildfire, are not cheap.… Read More
Topic: Wildfire recovery
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Jul 11, 2019
Block Captains: Community Leaders Emerge in the Wake of the 2017 Sonoma Fires
BY: James Gore, Sonoma CountyWe still talk about “Saturday’s problems” in Sonoma County. Saturday’s problems are the pile of two-by-fours in your backyard for that deck project, or the… 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