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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Impact of Investments in Wildfire Smoke Mitigation Efforts
Starting in 2022, thanks to generous private funding and support from our Fire Networks partnership, FAC Net has invested in pilot projects in communities around the west who wanted to…
