FAC Net blog posts are written by diverse practitioners around the world. Stories include successes, lessons learned, resources, tips and even failures related to community wildfire resilience from the author’s own perspective and voice. Please contact us if you have a story to share.
Packed up after a good day’s work, Gabriel Pineida and Natalie Pineida carry tools and gear out of the fuel-reduction site and back up the hill. Photo credit: Peninsula Open Space Trust 2020.
Sep 24, 2020
Onward: The Native Stewards of the Amah Mutsun Land Trust & CalFire Burn Together – the Power of Collaboration
By: Joanna NelsonBy: Joanna Nelson, with insights and review from CZU CalFire and the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Author’s Note: This piece was written before the CZU Lightning Complex fire… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Traditional Ecological Knowledge
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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Pages from Miriam Morrill's nature journal capturing a contemplation on a photo that was shared during the Kincade Fire, October 2019.
Jan 14, 2021
A Practice in Purpose: Using Nature Journaling Practices to Help Create Fire Adapted Communities
By: Miriam MorrillWhat if I told you there was a practice, a process you could do that would not only benefit your cognition and observation skills but also help to visually represent your… Read More
Topic: Other
Type: Tools / Resources
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Our senior population is on the rise and many are living in wildfire prone areas. Photo courtesy of Unsplash, Christian Bowen.
Jan 07, 2021
This fall, I was working in my local Emergency Operations Center to support response to fires we had in my county in Colorado. My ears perked up when I heard things like,… Read More
Topic: Equity/Inclusion Planning Preparedness
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Dec 31, 2020
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Conducting a landscape resiliency assessment with other DNR colleagues: Matt Provencher, Stewardship Forester, and Ken Bevis, Wildlife Biologist, 2019. Photo by Sarah Dettmer.
Dec 17, 2020
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The state of New Jersey depicted in forest tree. Photo courtesy of Canva Creative Commons.
Dec 10, 2020
Editors’ Note: Bill Brash is the founder and President of FAC Net member organization New Jersey Fire Safety Council (NJFSC) which works to to achieve Municipal resiliency… Read More
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An artists' rendering of a Beaver (Castor canadensis) courtesy of McGill University Library, Unsplash Creative Commons
Dec 03, 2020
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Stayton, Ore. - September 20, 2020 - WE WILL REBUILD sign erected on highway 22 overpass just outside Stayton Oregon. Photo by Jeff Markham / FEMA.
Nov 19, 2020
Editors’ Note: Brett Holt is a Senior Stakeholder Relations Specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 10 Office of External Affairs based in… Read More
Topic: Wildfire recovery
Type: Tools / Resources
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Thinning project at Chimney Springs, Flagstaff, AZ, October 2018. Photo by Neil Chapman.
Nov 12, 2020
Fire First Responders and Forest Restoration, a Vital Connection: A Day in the Life of Neil Chapman
By: Neil ChapmanEditor’s Note: In this week’s blog we get a chance to chat with Neil Chapman, Forest Health Supervisor for the Wildland Fire Management Program of the Flagstaff, Arizona… Read More
Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Planning Watershed protection / management Wildfire
Type: Interview
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Broom Buster Day along CA State Highway 175. Magdalena sitting front center in green vest. Photo: Maya Leonard.
Nov 05, 2020
Taking Responsibility for What is Precious to Us: A Day in the Life of Magdalena Valderrama
By: Magdalena ValderramaEditor’s Note: This month FAC Net’s Michelle Medley-Daniel had the opportunity to touch base with a FAC Net Core member, the indomitable Magdalena Valderrama. Magdalena… Read More
Topic: Defensible space / Firewise Planning Preparedness Resilience Wildfire recovery
Type: Interview
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Carlie Murphy presenting at a neighborhood block party in Kings Beach in 2019. Photo courtesy of the Tahoe Network.
Oct 29, 2020
This month, FAC Net connected with one of our new members, Carlie Murphy, coordinator of the Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities, to learn more about her integral,… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Watershed protection / management
Type: Interview