Post-Fire Resilience Workshops: Nurturing Community Growth Post-Wildfire
Editor’s note: Grace Dean is a Communications Specialist for the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) Forest Stewardship Education Initiative. The Post-Fire Forest Resilience Program…
The Fire Networks Blog: What You Missed in 2023
Happy New Year! As 2024 dawns, we are taking a moment this week to review the incredible stories we featured on our blog in 2023. We published 40 stories in…
Stories of FAC Work on the Local Scale: 2023 Opportunity Fund Report
Editor’s note: FAC Net, one of the four networks that make up the Fire Networks, offers small micro-grants each year to FAC Net members. Other networks within the partnership offer…
Bringing Intentional Fire Back to Communities, For Good
Editor’s note: Logan Krahenbuhl coordinates the Plumas Underburn Cooperative for the Plumas County Fire Safety Council and is a burn crew member with The Nature Conservancy’s Northern America Fire program….
Five Useful Apps for Wildfire Readiness
Milo Smith, a lifelong resident of Southern California, has been driven by a deep-seated motivation to tackle the challenges posed by natural disasters with innovative solutions. With a strong connection…
The Nature Conservancy’s North America Fire Burn Crew Program: A Human-Centered Approach to Supporting the Fire Workforce
Editor’s note: Elliot Nauert is an Extension Associate in Wildland Fire with North Carolina State Extension Forestry. His work is focused on outreach, education, and coordination to support the use…
Reflections on Practitioner Wellbeing and Mental Health
Editor’s note: This blog is part of an important conversation about wellbeing and mental health for practitioners working in fire, and serves as a continuation of reflections we shared in…
A Community Volunteer Radio Network That CAN
Editor’s note: Magdalena Valderrama is the Program Director at Seigler Springs Community Redevelopment Association, a 501c3 nonprofit organization specializing in facilitating collaboration among neighborhoods, tribal nations, county agencies, municipal advisory…
Fire Up Your Browser: The Fire Networks Are Online
Did you know that the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (FAC Net), Fire Learning Network (FLN), Indigenous Peoples Burning Network (IPBN), Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX), and Women-in-Fire Prescribed Fire…
Loads and Ladders: Catalyzing the “Fire Humanities” for Fire Adaptation
Editor’s note: Sasha Michelle White is an artist, ecologist, and fire practitioner working toward a PhD in Environmental Science at the University of Idaho on the homelands of the Palus,…
