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Apr 26, 2018
Wildfire Funding in the Omnibus Bill: What You Need to Know
By: Cecilia Clavet, The Nature Conservancy -
Credit: Huub Zeeman shared via Flickr Creative Commons
Apr 19, 2018
Have you ever gone on a family vacation for more than two weeks, during which you lived out of a suitcase? If your family is anything like mine, it can get pretty stressful!… Read More
Topic: Planning Preparedness Resilience
Type: Best Practices
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Join us for a day with Frank M. Riley Jr., the executive director of the Chestatee-Chattahoochee Resource Conservation and Development Council. Credit: Linda Riley, Mountain Scene Farms
Apr 12, 2018
My roots run deep in Towns County, Georgia. My grandfather was born here in the Blue Ridge Mountains in 1889, and in fact, he was Towns County’s first county extension… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Defensible space / Firewise
Type: Essay
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Spatial management processes, such as the development of Potential Operational Delineations, is creating pathways for more informed, collaborative and safety-focused wildfire management. Credit: USDA Forest Service
Apr 05, 2018
Collaborative Spatial Fire Management: Getting Ahead of Fire Using Potential Operational Delineations
By: Mike Caggiano, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State UniversityAt the end of a windy summer day, an engine captain receives a smoke report from the dispatch center, readies his crew, and heads up the mountain in search of the fire. The… Read More
Topic: Planning Wildfire risk assessment
Type: Tools / Resources
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Meet Sarah. Sarah is the director of a wildfire council. Part of her job is to help residents and communities be more prepared for wildfire. Sarah has tools and programs that she’s used in the past, but she is wondering if she could be more innovative and effective… Credit: Wildfire Research (WiRē) Team
Mar 29, 2018
Asking is Better Than Assuming: Enhancing the Work of Wildfire Practitioners with Social Science
By: WiRē TeamWildfire practitioners face the overwhelming challenge of changing the behaviors of residents and the physical conditions of structures and landscapes. Rather than using… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Wildfire risk assessment
Type: Tools / Resources
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Images (back to front): Lake Tahoe, Credit: Don Graham shared via Flickr Creative Commons; Forest Shafer with his brother Keegan on a wildfire assignment, Credit: Forest Shafer
Mar 22, 2018
Fire in His Blood, Pace and Scale on His Mind: A Day in the Life with Forest Schafer
By: Forest Schafer, Tahoe Fire and Fuels TeamIt’s hard to forget your first wildland fire. Mine was years before I started fighting fires, and I remember seeing trees explode into flames as they lit up the dark… Read More
Topic: Collaboration CWPPs Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire
Type: Essay
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Photo credits (left to right): Ashley Blakely; Yosemite National Park; Ed Keith, Deschutes County
Mar 15, 2018
If you’re wondering how to engage your community on National Community Wildfire Preparedness Day (#WildfirePrepDay, or Prep Day), look no further. Take this short quiz to find… Read More
Topic: Communications / Outreach Defensible space / Firewise Preparedness Wildfire recovery
Type: Quiz
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Firsthand accounts on how to prepare yourself, your communities, and even your pets for evacuation. Credit: John Wright via Flickr Creative Commons
Mar 08, 2018
This Does Not Belong To You. Ask yourself As you stand there In the pale gray air Frozen to these four walls Feet turned to stone Decide! What is worth saving? Can you… Read More
Topic: Evacuation outreach/planning
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Take a moment to celebrate the impressive fire adaptation efforts occurring across the country! (Photo: Three FAC Net members during a fire department-focused learning exchange. Credit: Michelle Medley-Daniel, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network)
Mar 01, 2018
April marks FAC Net’s fifth year of operations. According to some traditions, an appropriate five-year anniversary gift is something made of wood. For FAC Net members and… Read More
Topic: Collaboration Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Learning networks Wildfire
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Mistletoe has numerous impacts on trees, which in turn can impact fire behavior. Shown here is a tree infested with mistletoe and the resulting patches of dense, twiggy growth, known as witches’ brooms. Find out how and when fire can serve as a management tool against this nuanced pest. Credit: Graeme Churchard shared via Flickr Creative Commons
Feb 22, 2018
To see dwarf mistletoe seeds is to experience them. These are not typical seeds that gently drop from a mature plant. Rather, they are explosive — forcibly ejected from… Read More
Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire Wildfire
Type: Research Synthesis