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…
Fireforest: A New Film on Forest Management and Wildfire
Editor’s note: Evan Barrientos is a filmmaker and photographer based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He recently released a film that shows how forest treatments like prescribed fire and forest thinning…
Living with Smoke in the Greater Yellowstone
Editor’s note: Liz Davy has been a member of the Fire Learning Network since 2013. Since 2021, she has co-led the Greater Yellowstone Fire Action Network (GYFAN). Liz has also…
2024: A Year of Growth and Connection for the Fire Networks
Editor’s note: As we publish this blog today, several wildfires are impacting communities in Southern California. Our hearts and energies go out to these communities. We believe more than ever…
The Warmth That Keeps Us Coming Back
Editor’s note: Lenya Quinn-Davidson is the Fire Network Director for the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Director of the Women-in-Fire Training Exchange (WTREX) program, and a long-time contributor…
