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Firefighters walk through smoke and extinguish flames at the Lava Fire.

Biden-Harris Administration Issues Call for Wildfire Commission Member Applications (www.doi.gov)

03/10/2022

The Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are now accepting applications for members to the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission.

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

03/01/2022

The winter 2022 edition of the Office of Wildland Fire's quarterly bulletin discusses a historic investment in wildland fire management, workforce reforms for firefighters, COVID-19 mitigation for the 2022 fire season, and more.

Smoke rising from the 2020 Archie Creek Fire.

In the News: UN: Wildfires Getting Worse Globally, Governments Unprepared (apnews.com)

03/01/2022

A warming planet and changes to land use patterns mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades, causing spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution and other problems that governments are ill prepared to confront, according to a U.N. report.

A prescribed fire burns near a community in Florida.

Interior Announces Plan to Implement Historic Wildland Fire Management Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

02/16/2022

The Department of the Interior’s Office of Wildland Fire today announced initial plans for investing nearly $1.5 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to increase the resilience of communities and lands facing the threat of wildland fires and to better support federal wildland firefighters.

Silhouetted firefighters. Photo by USDA.

Advancing Wildland Firefighter Workforce Reforms (content.govdelivery.com)

02/16/2022

Over the next five years, the Interior Department will receive nearly $1.5 billion for wildland fire management, including $164 million for workforce improvements, ranging from a new wildland firefighter classification series to mental health support, improved compensation to additional training.

Firefighters receive a briefing amid the smoke from the 2020 Holiday Fire in Oregon. Photo by Megan McGinnis, BLM.

In the News: ‘A Deranged Pyroscape’: How Fires Across the World have Grown Weirder (www.theguardian.com)

02/08/2022

Despite the rise of headline-grabbing megafires, fewer fires are burning worldwide now than at any time since antiquity. But this isn’t good news – in banishing fire from sight, we have made its dangers stranger and less predictable.

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

In the News: The Unequal Impacts of Wildfire (headwaterseconomics.org)

01/12/2022

Variables such as income, age, mobility, and other socioeconomic factors can influence vulnerability to wildfire impacts.

Smoke rises from the South Moccasin Fire in Montana. Photo by Lauren Kokinda, BLM

In the News: Extreme Air Pollution from U.S. Wildfires Now Affects Millions of People (www.newscientist.com)

01/12/2022

The portion of the western U.S. hit by the unusually high co-occurrence of two air pollutants because of wildfires has more than doubled in the past decade, exposing millions more people to dirty air.

Road bordering burned forest, from above

In the News: This Vast Wildfire Lab is Helping Foresters Prepare for a Hotter Planet (www.nytimes.com)

01/06/2022

When the Bootleg Fire tore through a nature reserve in Oregon this summer, the destruction varied in different areas. Researchers say forest management methods, including controlled burns, were a big factor.

Firefighter talks on radio during a retardant drop at the Rice Ridge Fire. Photo by Kari Greer, Forest Service.

Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security Jointly Establish New Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission (www.doi.gov)

12/17/2021

The Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security announced the establishment of a Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. Establishing this Commission fulfills a key provision of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and represents a critical step in combating the nation’s wildfire crisis and improving resilience in America’s landscapes.

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