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A veteran crew at the 2021 MY Complex Fire. Photo by Austin Catlin, BLM.

Biden-Harris Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Charts Path Forward (www.doi.gov)

09/14/2022

Today, the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission met in Salt Lake City to craft policy recommendations on wayst o better manage wildfires.

The Office of Wildland Fire Quarterly Bulletin (content.govdelivery.com)

09/07/2022

The summer 2022 edition of the Office of Wildland Fire's quarterly newsletter discusses improvements for the federal wildland fire workforce, the new Wildfire Mitigation and Management Commission, technology that supports wildfire mitigation, and commemorating the first national Wildland Firefighter Day.

A prescribed fire burns around a fallen tree and in standing trees in the background at dusk. Photo by NPS.

In the News: Once-ignored Indigenous Knowledge of Nature Now Shaping Science (www.mprnews.org)

08/15/2022

In many Indigenous communities, people have long made careful use of burns to promote forest health. But the Western view saw fire as inherently bad. On the Fond du Lac Reservation of Lake Superior Chippewa, this resulted in a curbing of burns. Nowadays, Tribes are reclaiming traditional ecological knowledge they were prohibited from using in the past, including fire.

An image of the 2021 Caldor Fire in California taken by Landsat.

Fifty Years of Landsat: Watchman for Wildfires (www.usgs.gov)

07/22/2022

Landsat satellites have been collecting information about wildfires since the 1970s, helping land managers and emergency responders assess the impact of fires on ecosystems and communities.

Wood shake or shingle roofs can increase risk from wildfires. Photo by Pantira through Adobe Stock.

In the News: Wood Roofs are a $6 Billion Wildfire Problem (headwaterseconomics.org)

07/18/2022

Millions of Americans living in wildfire-prone areas have homes that are not constructed with wildfire in mind. Roofs are highly vulnerable to wildfire due to their large surface area and potential for embers to accumulate. Understanding how many vulnerable roofs exist in wildfire-prone areas can illuminate the scale and cost of home retrofits needed to help communities adapt to wildfires.

Aerial view of burned homes in the aftermath of the Almeda Fire in Oregon. Photo by Ahturner through Adobe Stock.

In the News: Lower Your Home’s Fire Risk (and Insurance) With These Steps (www.bloomberg.com)

07/11/2022

Homeowners in the U.S. got new guidance to help them defend against increasingly frequent wildfires and associated rising insurance premiums.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Members to Wildfire Commission (doi.gov)

07/07/2022

The Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security are announcing the selection of members to the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission.

A Wildland firefighter sprays water out of a hose

President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Provide $103 Million for Wildfire Mitigation and Resilience (doi.gov)

06/17/2022

Secretary Deb Haaland announced the allocation of $103 million for wildfire risk reduction efforts throughout the country.

NPS national fire planner Melissa Forder.

Web Reads: Trailblazers: Women in Fire (www.nature.org)

06/14/2022

Female fire professionals are blazing new career trails while harnessing the power of fire to restore forests. Women comprise a mere 10 percent of the national wildland fire workforce. The annual Women-in-Fire Training Exchange (WTREX), most recently held this spring in Virginia, is helping to expand career and leadership opportunities.

A prescribed fire in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park helps protect homes. Photo by NPS.

In the News: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Benefits of Prescribed Fires (whchronicle.com)

06/09/2022

On this episode of PBS's White House Chronicle, Llewellyn King discusses the biodiversity and ecosystem benefits of prescribed fires with Morgan Varner, Director of Research at Tall Timbers, a Florida-based fire ecology group, and Kevin Hiers, Acting Deputy Wildland Fire Program Coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey and Director of Fire Science Applications at Tall Timbers.

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