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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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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
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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
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"I arrived at the property with my notebook, tree flagging and a healthy sense of self-worth. I was met by the owner, her contractor, and an impending sense of doom." Credit: Deborah Lee Soltesz, Coconino National Forest
May 31, 2018
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. ~ Douglas… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Defensible space / Firewise WUI codes & ordinances
Type: Fantastic Failure
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When it comes to better wildfire outcomes, what's with all the error messages?
May 24, 2018
I just moved to Marin County, California, right at the base of Mount Tamalpais. If you know much about the San Francisco Bay Area and wildfire, you just shook your head.… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Defensible space / Firewise
Type: Research Synthesis
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Examples of how adding emergency managers to your team yields better outcomes.
May 17, 2018
Are You Partnering with Your Emergency Manager? Four Stories to Demonstrate Why You Should Be
By: Emily TroisiWhen we are talking about fire adapted communities, we are looking at before, during and after wildfire events, and emergency managers are crucial partners to engage at all of… Read More