Unlock the transformative power of fire on our latest podcast with Lenya Quinn-Davidson, a leader in wildfire management. Discover how we can protect our landscapes, encourage biodiversity, and return to a better balance with nature. #WildfireManagement naturesarchive.com/2024/01/29/wil…

What happens when U.S. insurers stop covering prescribed burns? | Ensia ensia.com/features/presc…

Media is invited to the 10th International Fire Ecology & Management Congress in #Monterey , Dec. 4-8.

#Fire professionals will discuss new and creative ways to address wildfire-related challenges. Lenya Quinn-Davidson Yana Valachovic Susie Kocher Luca Carmignani

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“California’s Amazing Terminal Lakes,” by Peter B. Moyle. californiawaterblog.com/2023/11/26/cal… #CAwater

Researchers identified four key areas where supportive institutional and agency leadership can help expand prescribed fire in the region:
-Fire culture
-Funding
-Capacity building and cooperation
-Monitoring and adaptive management
Lenya Quinn-Davidson #FireSolutions

This is a great story, and an example of why Cooperative Extension is such a unique asset in this space. We have a mutual commitment to primary research and to communication, but we’re pretty rare in that. So important. Susie Kocher Katie Low Pam Kan-Rice Ag&Natural Resources

New paper out on 'overcoming obstacles' to #RxFire , co-authored by WTREX's very own lead organizer Lenya Quinn-Davidson ! 🔥

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“It totally substantiates what we already see on the ground and what we already know to be true, which is that low- to moderate-severity fire begets more of the same,” Lenya Quinn-Davidson, director of Ag&Natural Resources Fire Network, tells Danielle Venton KQED Science

Crews just completed the final blast on Copco 2 Dam & removed the remaining concrete from the riverbed! With the dam gone & diversion infrastructure removed, the Klamath River can now flow freely through 1.7 miles of canyon, which had been without water since dam construction 🙌

🔥 WTREX is part of a larger partnership within the movement for #GoodFire , known as The Fire Networks.

We recently launched a website, which includes info and resources about the partnership and each individual network.

🔗 Check out the WTREX page here!
firenetworks.org/wtrex/

The documentary Elemental continues to make the rounds, so I’ll recommend this review by the Association for Fire Ecology Association for Fire Ecology :

fireecology.org/news/elemental

ON FIRE: The Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. flagaz-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal…

A decision in the Yosemite NP vs Earth Island case regarding whether thinning of 20' and smaller trees + prescribed fire = logging. Yosemite wins, Hanson loses. Lots of good language in the case regarding the value of thinning plus good fire: caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-9th-c…

Federal firefighters could quit if Congress allows big pay cut sfchronicle.com/california-wil…

The California Fire Science Consortium is hiring! We are looking for a Fire Science Outreach Specialist to assist the Statewide Coordinator at UC Berkeley. Please share with anyone who is passionate about fire science and science communication. See flyer for more details.

“Last year we got lucky, but what can we do to be less reliant on luck?...We can take a more proactive approach, we can have more agency...The current model we operate under is really waiting and seeing,” Lenya Quinn-Davidson said. “I think we are at the end of the rope with that.”

A former colleague of mine Julie Johnson who I’ve spent many hours with on the fire line, wrote this piece on wildland firefighters and exposures to toxic smoke.
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This was an interesting conversation with Matt Weiner and Chad Hanson. Definitely some differing perspectives on the issues, but strong agreement on the need for more beneficial fire and more resilient homes and communities. Look forward to working more with Matt 🔥

How do fish, water, & #fire connect? How do we navigate the complexities between them? Does one need the other? 🐟🔥

Lenya Quinn-Davidson, Fire Network Director for Ag&Natural Resources, explores these questions - & how we might answer them - in a blog post for Fire Adapted Network.
fireadaptednetwork.org/seeing-the-fis…