The Northern New Mexico FLN spans the forests and grasslands traditionally inhabited by the Puebloan people and later Spanish and Anglo immigrants. This area contains an array of fire regimes as diverse as the people that inhabit it. The FLN is led by the All Lands All Hand Burn Network which seeks to increase fire use and management across all jurisdictions and with all sorts of people from agencies to tribes to private citizens.
The AHAL Burn Network is led by the Forest Stewards Guild and the Nature Conservancy, and supported by a variety of partners, including federal agencies, Tribes, Pueblos, and Tribal Nations, youth corps, municipal fire departments, call when needed fire fighters, and more, all supported by an array of funding sources.
These partners all bring their own capacities together in working towards our goal of growing the use of prescribed fire as a tool for people to manage public and private lands to increase resilience and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire. The AHAL Burn Network works to increase the safety, effectiveness, and availability of prescribed fire as a land management tool by reducing common barriers such as cost, qualifications, resource availability, and technical and professional knowledge and skills. We are building toward a place where fire is used when and where appropriate for community and ecosystem resilience, without insurmountable barriers.
We do that by
Building wide ranging capacity to support burns on all lands, including training, qualifications, experience, equipment, and planning
Implementing collaborative burns and supporting partner burns
Building acceptance and understanding of prescribed fire as a tool by implementing safe and effective burns and offering opportunities for the community to engage with prescribed fire
