Untrammeling the Wilderness

Editor’s note: Clare Boerigter is the Wilderness Fire Research Fellow at the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute (ALWRI), part of the U.S. Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station. Clare is…
A Shared Love for Community-Led Fire: The 2024 PBA Leader’s Exchange in California

Editor’s note: Annie Leverich is the communications manager for FAC Net, and manages the Fire Networks blog and TREX/WTREX social media channels. She is also active in supporting communications around…
Parmer Lane Fire: An Accidental Success Story

Editor’s note: Kari Hines, Firewise Coordinator and Public Information Officer for Texas A&M Forest Service, has 10 years experience responding to wildfires in Central Texas and beyond. In this blog,…
How Wildfire Policy Hits the Ground

Editor’s note: Emery Cowan is a program manager with FAC Net and helps support our engagement in the Forest Service’s Community Navigators initiative. In this blog, Emery recaps common themes…
Eight Blogs You May Have Missed From the Last Year

This week marks one full year since we rebranded the blog to the “Fire Networks Blog.” Previously known as the FAC Net Blog, this change was made with the intention…
Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges: Recent Updates from the Field

Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (known as TREX) are experiential burning experiences that take place around the country and world. The TREX program, one of the four Fire Networks, represents a…
Practitioner Wellbeing Resources from the Archives

This week, we’re sharing a selection of posts from the recent blog archives that cover topics related to mental health and wellbeing in the fire community. Take a moment to…
Sharing the Flame: Arkansas’ International Fire Exchange 2024

Editor’s note: Brigette Coleman-Williams serves as the Director of Marketing and Communications for The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas. This blog covers activities carried out by the South Central Fire Learning…
What We Talk About When We Talk About Fire: Lessons Learned From the Talking Fire Webinar Series

Editor’s note: Laurel Kays is the manager of the Fire Learning Network. She recently organized and hosted the Talking Fire webinar series with Fire Networks communications lead James Miller. In…
Protecting our People: Psychological Safety in Fire and Fieldwork

Editor’s note: Kayla Stukes (PhD Student in Forestry) received her master’s degree in Forestry with a minor in Human Dimensions from NC State University and is the Executive Assistant for…