Igniting Change Over 10 Years of the Indigenous Peoples Burning Network
Editor’s note: This year, the Indigenous Peoples Burning Network (IPBN) is celebrating its ten year anniversary. While this decade of existence only marks a small slice of time in comparison to the eons that Indigenous peoples have tended to land through fire stewardship, we are nevertheless excited to celebrate this occasion. To commemorate the last…
Reflecting on a Decade of Community Collaboration – We’ve Only Just Begun
Editor’s note: FireScape Mendocino is a region and member of the Fire Learning Network. Laura, Bob, and Don serve on FireScape’s core team of partners that coordinate to improve forest health on and around the Mendocino National Forest in Northern California. In this blog, they reflect on FireScape Mendocino’s 10 year anniversary with some background…
Federal Grants Fundamentals for Wildfire Resilience Practitioners
Editor’s note: Emery Cowan is FAC Net’s Policy and Partnerships Manager. Over the past year, FAC Net staff developed a number of trainings to help community-based practitioners better understand how to navigate and manage federal funding sources. This blog summarizes some of the key points from those webinars, including best practices that apply to grant-seekers…
Beyond the Burn: Fire Survivors Investing in Community Capacity for Long-Term Wildfire Preparedness
Editor’s note: Eliot Hurwitz is the Executive Director of the Seigler Springs Community Redevelopment Association (SSCRA), based in Lake County, California. Magdalena Valderrama is Program Director for SSCRA and a longtime FAC Net member. This blog begins a new series of their reflections on the intense work needed to build capacity in a rural county…
After the Fire: How Forest Therapy Supports Wildfire Survivors and Reconnects Us to the Earth
Editor’s note: In the fall and winter of 2024, FAC Net hosted a learning series for Fire Networks members about fire practitioner mental health and wellbeing. FAC Net hosted similar opportunities in 2022 and 2023. Each series features presentations from mental health professionals and a variety of resources to support wellbeing on an individual, community,…
Advancing Community Resilience in Arizona: Insights from the Arizona Wildfire Initiative
Editor’s note: Megan Rangel-Lynch is the Program Coordinator for Fire Adapted Communities New Mexico (FACNM) through the Forest Stewards Guild. At the time of this blog’s writing, she was the Program Assistant Manager of Community Resilience for the Arizona Wildfire Initiative. Catrin Edgeley is an Assistant Professor at Northern Arizona University and an advisor to…
Rippling Effects: The White Sulphur Springs Project
Editor’s note: The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is committed to ensuring Montana’s land and water resources provide benefits for present and future generations. This story was originally published in January 2025 by the DNRC as part of the agency’s series of Montana Forest Action Plan project highlights. To learn more about the Forest Action Plan and…
Navigating a Cultural WUI: Immediate Post-Fire Effects of an Artistic Journey
Editor’s note: The Fire and Music Project is an immersive, yearlong experience for artists to learn more about and take part in California’s past, present, and future fire story. The project was funded in part by the California Arts Council through the Upstate California Creative Corps as well as the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity…
Southern Blue Ridge FLN Past Workshops
Southern Blue Ridge FLN Past Workshops Photo Credit: TNC Each year the Southern Blue Ridge FLN sponsors a free workshop that provides members an opportunity to learn from and engage with peers. This page provides archived information from past workshops. Past Workshops Workshop 18 (2024) Due to technical difficulties, we weren’t able to record all…
Fostering Resilience through Community Organizing in the Rogue Valley
Editor’s note: For nearly a decade, a group of FAC Net members from the Pacific Northwest and Hawai’i – informally dubbed the “PNW Pod” – has been meeting to provide peer support and learn from one another’s wins and losses. In early December 2024, this group converged on Ashland, Oregon for a three-day learning exchange….
