Neat example of some wildfire mitigation opportunities for communities, this time in Chaffee County, Colorado:

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Come work with us! Accepting applications now for an 'Online Community Engagement Coordinator.'

Check out all the details and how to apply here:

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Today's #FireNetworks blog: ForestStewardsGuild's Carlos Saiz and Sam Berry on how a collaborative effort led to a successful prescribed burn in New Mexico post-Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon.

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National Wildfire Prep Day is coming up on May 4th! Check out more resources from the NFPA:

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City of Paso Robles, CA sees a reduction in wildfires after the passage of a 2018 weed abatement program:

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'Managers are increasingly recognizing that wildfire cannot and should not simply be removed from an ecosystem.'

Today's #FireNetworks blog: the 2nd in our series on 'managed wildfire,' this time with examples from 6 fires in Southwest Colorado.

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To learn more about cultural burning and prescribed fire topics, barriers, and recommendations from the viewpoint of Indigenous people, please check out the Karuk Climate Change Project's Good Fire Reports. karuktribeclimatechangeprojects.com/good-fire/ #FireScience

How might our relationship to fire change depend on the actions we take today?

In today's #FireNetworks blog, Professors Emily Schlickman and Brett Milligan from UC Davis imagine three future scenarios: Pyric Commons, Wrath of Fire, and Right to Burn.

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Reporting from a congressional visit that took place this past weekend in Paradise, CA:

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An update from the USDA Forest Service on their intersections with the recent 'On Fire' report from the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission:

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'Whether you’re an educator, laborer, forest manager, person in leadership, sociologist, ecologist, you have a role to play and a responsibility to follow through on.'

-Indigenous Fire Practitioner Ryan Reed (Ryan Reed) in today's #FireNetworks blog

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It's great to see the hard work of Middletown Art Center in Lake County, CA featured on the The New York Times!

We featured them in 2017 on the FAC Net blog - search our archives to read more. ❤️‍🔥

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Interesting new study evaluating social media campaigns for wildfire and smoke awareness in the Pacific Northwest:

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'....just as fire is an important disturbance for biodiversity and resilience, art is a disturbance that can shift culture.' 🌻

Today's #FireNetworks blog: Ellen McGehee on bringing artists and creatives to fire line.

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Today's #FireNetworks blog: an awesome roundup of resources from Fire Adapted Montana Learning Network. From wildfire insurance for farmers and ranchers to a guide on fire smart landscaping - these cover some ground!

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Want to take a deeper dive into the Biden Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission recommendations from a tribal perspective? Read Good Fire 2 here! karuktribeclimatechangeprojects.com/good-fire/

Join us tomorrow, 3/5, at 2pm PST for the continuation of the 2024 California Fire Science Seminar Series! Dave Calkin will be giving a presentation titled 'The Role of Economics in Wildfire Risk Management '. Register here: buff.ly/3SGI7Xq

Last month, we shared some stories and resources under the broad umbrella of 'landscape treatments.'

Let's keep our themed conversations going! In March, we'll cover 'Regulations, Plans, and Policy.' Got any tidbits to share about how FAC are influenced by this theme?

'Data equity is both an effort to embed an equity lens into all data work throughout a project; as well as principles & practices to help make equity in your project a functional reality.'

FAC Net's Tiernan Doyle in today's #FireNetworksBlog . Read more:

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Fire can be good for human communities, and plants and animals too! Exciting to see this success story from #GoodFire happening in Florida:

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