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New Quiz! Photo credits, top to bottom: Ed Keith, Deschutes County; Erick Brown, The Nature Conservancy; Lenya Quinn-Davidson, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network
Jun 28, 2018
Summertime Quiz: Name This Treatment Type
By: Allison JolleyPowered by Read More
Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire
Type: Quiz
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Ever feel like you need a dictionary just for wildfire terms? Here you go! Credit: Merriam Webster shared via Flickr Creative Commons
Aug 16, 2018
Your Wildfire Terminology Dictionary (Well, A Blog-Post Version of a Dictionary, at Least)
Allison Jolley“What did the IC say about the fuel models in the area where we’ll be performing burn out operations? I can’t wait to get my red card and work on my faller… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Wildfire
Type: Tools / Resources
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Check out these recent examples of investments in wildfire mitigation paying big dividends. (Photo: Mitigation work completed by property owners facilitated the Vail Fire Department's safe and effective response to the Lake Christine Fire in Colorado earlier this summer. Credit: Eric Lovgren, Fire Adapted Colorado)
Aug 09, 2018
Extreme fire behavior, like what we’ve seen in California this summer and last fall, demonstrates that there are no guarantees when it comes to preparing homes and families… Read More
Topic: Defensible space / Firewise Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Wildfire
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Dive into the research on the relationships between fire and grazing, or “pyric herbivory.” Credit: Kelly Best Bennett shared by "Land Between the Lakes KYTN" via Flickr Creative Commons
Aug 02, 2018
Science Thursday: An Argument for Heterogeneity, in the Kitchen Sink and in the Fields
By: Lenya Quinn-DavidsonI have a confession to make: I am obsessed with stinky sponges. You know the type — the sponge that, despite looking new and clean, leaves your hands reeking for hours. You… Read More
Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire
Type: Research Synthesis
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In 2017, the Brian Head Fire traveled through 70,000 acres of southwestern Utah. In this photo, you can see some of the post-wildfire fuels reduction work done in the burned area, in efforts to prevent future fires from entering the town of Brian Head. Credit: Mike Saemisch
Jul 26, 2018
Timber Treatments Successfully Reduce Wildfire Risk in Utah
By: Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, John SchmidtPicture this: 2009, southwestern Utah. A busy interstate, with traffic coming from southern California, Canada and everywhere in between. An area that sees more than 20,000… Read More
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Hilary Lundgren is the program coordinator for the Washington Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network. This photo shows Hilary in high school, practicing tree climbing in preparation for a logging-sports competition. Connect the dots of Hilary's past by reading her "Day in the Life" essay. Photo credit: Mike Monaco
Jul 19, 2018
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The latest research on multijurisdictional wildfire response, with suggestions about conversations to have before the fire that may make co-management more successful. Credit: Lance Cheung, USDA shared via Flickr Creative Commons
Jul 12, 2018
Co-Managing Wildfire: Conversations You Need to Have Right Now
By: Branda Nowell, Ph.D., Anne-Lise Velez, Ph.D. and Toddi Steelman, Ph.D.2017 saw numerous wildfires move cross across the American landscape, many traversing three or more jurisdictions. Co-management has been proposed as a guiding concept for… Read More
Topic: Wildfire
Type: Research Synthesis
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Credit: blhphotography, "Explore #280," Shared via Flickr Creative Commons
Jul 05, 2018
When I asked for summer reading recommendations, I started to panic when no one sent me books about wildfire. People were sending me books about … people. I had been reading… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Communications / Outreach
Type: Tools / Resources
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Learn about a partnership model that enables more effective wildfire response on rangelands. (Photo: A summer wildfire near Antelope, Oregon. Credit: EJ Davis, Oregon State University)
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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Jun 14, 2018
You know when something is going really, really wrong? Like, you know it is going wrong and even though you know, you find yourself paralyzed and unable to correct the course,… Read More
Topic: Meetings / Events Wildfire recovery
Type: Fantastic Failure
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2018 Fire Networks Workshop attendees learning about local fire adaptation efforts from our field day hosts. Credit: Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network
Jun 07, 2018
It surprises no one reading this that relationships matter. But a recent workshop in Wenatchee, Washington, provided excellent examples of how investments in intangible assets… Read More
Topic: Learning networks Meetings / Events Resilience
Type: Meeting / Event