Ten Years of Fire Adaptation Work in Lake County: An Interview with Magdalena Valderrama
Editor’s note: In this blog, we sit down with longtime FAC Net member Magdalena Valderrama to discuss how her community and her fire adaptation work have changed in the decade…
School’s in Session! Fire Education Resources for Youth
It’s after Labor Day, and schools around the country are reconvening for the start of the school year. Many classrooms will be incorporating lessons about fire, what with different fire…
Creating a More Complete Picture of Fire: An Interview with Fire Ecologist Kori Blankenship
Editor’s note: Kori Blankenship is a certified fire ecologist with The Nature Conservancy’s LANDFIRE team. She combines on the ground experience in forestry and fire with technical expertise in ecological…
The Blackfoot TREX: When the Collaborative Rubber Meets the Road
Editor’s note: Julia Berkey is a key partner in the Blackfoot Valley Prescribed Fire Working Group, a Fire Learning Network (FLN) region. She is also a FAC Net member. FLN…
New Resources Available Now for Supporting Smoke Ready Communities
The Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network is excited to release the newly developed smoke ready communities graphics and companion materials! These graphics were developed in the spring of 2025 in…
Stories from the 2025 Yellow Star Thistle TREX in Northern California
Editor’s note: The Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC), based in Hayfork, CA, is a non-profit organization working to create meaningful partnerships for land stewardship and empower the local community….
Facing Displacement After Wildfire: Insights from Cross-Sector Dialogues
Editor’s note: Tiernan Doyle is FAC Net’s Strategy Director. The Climigration Network brings together people with lived and learned expertise to advance transformative, community-led approaches to climate displacement and relocation…
The Loup TREX: Building Community, One Burn at a Time
Editor’s note: Ben Wheeler is the Coordinating Wildlife Biologist for Pheasants Forever, Inc. and Quail Forever. He is also the lead for the Loup River region of the Great Plains…
Innovation, Connection, and Resource Development: Member Highlights from FAC Net’s 2025 Opportunity Fund Awards
Editor’s note: This week’s blog features stories from Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC Net) members that were awarded grants, known as “Opportunity Fund” awards, to implement high-impact projects in…
My Fire Journey: An Interview with Prescribed Fire Operations Specialist Kylie England
Editor’s note: This interview with Kylie England is the second in our “My Fire Journey” interview series, in which we feature conversations with fire practitioners from a variety of backgrounds….