FAC Net blogs include success stories, lessons learned, resources, tips and even failures related to community wildfire resilience. Please contact us if you have a story to share.
Dec 19, 2019
2019 Year In Review
By: Michelle Medley-DanielThe long nights of December (in the northern hemisphere at least) lend themselves to reflection and contemplation. This past weekend, I found myself flipping through my… Read More
Topic: Collaboration
Type: Essay
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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Background Photo Credit: Bill Trimarco
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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Photo credit: Amanda Newell, Cascadia Conservation District
Jan 09, 2020
Editor’s Note: There are a number of ways to engage with youth of any age about wildfire. From helping teachers with lessons in a classroom to going out in the field together,… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach
Type: Tools / Resources
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Setting Goals for 2020. Photo credit: Emily Troisi
Jan 02, 2020
When your focus is helping your community live better with fire, your work is never done. Get more accomplished in 2020 by setting achievable goals and working with your… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Defensible space / Firewise Local workforce capacity Preparedness
Type: Best Practices
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Photo Credit: Angel Larriba Aldea
Dec 12, 2019
Editor’s Note: The FAC Net Blog is coming up on its 6-year anniversary in January 2020! Since 2014, we have hosted more than 440 posts on all things FAC: from community… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach
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Fire management staff in northeastern U.S. pine forests share many common challenges. Fire practitioners from New Jersey and Long Island, New York participated in a May 2018 learning exchange sponsored by FAC Net and the Forest Stewards Guild. Photo provided by Amanda Mahaffey/Forest Stewards Guild.
Dec 05, 2019
Changing the Fire Paradigm in New Jersey: The Power of Networks and Sustained Investments
By: Wendy Fulks, Bill BrashRelatively few people outside of New Jersey have heard about the 1.1-million-acre area known as the Pine Barrens, or Pinelands, a biological gem in the southern part of the… Read More
Topic: Collaboration CWPPs Defensible space / Firewise Learning networks WUI codes & ordinances
Type: Impact Story
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Network coordinators gathered in Colorado for a two-day workshop designed to reflect on and refine our networks’ strategies. From left to right: Emily Troisi (FAC Net), Ashely Juran (FAM), Anne Mottek (AZ FAC), Matt Piccarello (FAC NM), Michelle Medley-Daniel (FAC Net), Rebecca Samulski (FACO), and Hilary Lundgren (WAFAC)
Nov 21, 2019
A Day in The Life: Network Coordinators
By: Rebecca Samulski, Hilary Lundgren Anne Mottek Matt Piccarello Ashley JuranConnecting, sharing, framing. Scheduling, organizing, illuminating. Asking hard questions. Co-developing strategies. Cheerleading, amplifying, elevating. Holding space.… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Learning networks
Type: Interview
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photo credit: Watershed Research and Training Center
Nov 14, 2019
What We’re Reading: Our Favorite Fire-Related Newsletters and Blogs
By: Emily Troisi, Michelle Medley-DanielWorking to reduce incoming email? We respect that. A person could spend all day in an endless volley of emails. But among the conversations with co-workers that would have… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Learning networks
Type: Tools / Resources
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Image by Paul Kuttner, Cultural Organizing
Nov 07, 2019
We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: What is Capacity and How Do You Actually Build It?
By: Allison Jolley, Forest SchaferBy Allison Jolley, Watershed Research and Training Center with additional reflections from Forest Schafer, California Tahoe Conservancy Back in high school, I rowed. As in… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Equity/Inclusion Local workforce capacity
Type: Best Practices
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Fire worker wearing the appropriate PPE. Photo by Wendy Fulks
Oct 31, 2019
There is a sentiment in the American fire community that our words are out of sync with our needs. For 50 years we have coaxed a revolution into being ― redefined fire and… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach
Type: Best Practices
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Members of FAC Net from the Pacific Northwest during the Ripple Effects Mapping (REM) session
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