Wildland Fire News

A selection of news releases and stories related to wildland fire management. For details about ongoing wildfires, visit the National Interagency Fire Center.

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In the News: Almost 40% of Land Burned by Western Wildfires Can Be Traced to Carbon Emissions (www.latimes.com)
Flames rise from the 2021 Ford Corkscrew Fire in Washington State at night. By KS Brooks, USFWS.
5/19/2023
Almost 40% of forest area burned by wildfire in the western United States and southwestern Canada in the last 40 years can be attributed to carbon emissions associated with the world’s 88 largest fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers, according to new research.
In the News: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Invests in Our Nation’s Wildland Firefighters (www.nifc.gov)
Wildland firefighters conduct a training exercise using a sand table to emulate a wildfire.
5/18/2023
The Interior Department provided funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for a National Wildfire Coordinating Group contract to support wildland firefighter training. 
The Future of Wildland Fire Management: Investing in Our Workforce
Wildland firefighters conduct a backburn using drip torches on a wildfire at night.
5/16/2023
The Interior and Agriculture departments are investing in the wildland fire workforce as more intense fire years tax the people working to save lives, communities, infrastructure, and natural resources. 
Investing in the Future: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wildland Fire Apprenticeship Program
Saydee Marie Fujioka wearing firefighter gear with a drip torch on a prescribed burn.
5/2/2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service continues to invest in its workforce and build the future of wildland fire management through the Wildland Fire Apprenticeship Program, where potential wildland fire leaders and well-rounded fire practitioners are fostered through a mix of classroom education and on-the-job training. 
Interior, Agriculture Departments Host Summit to Develop Mental Health Resources for Wildland Fire Personnel
A wildland firefighter managing a fire with large orange flames
4/17/2023
Last week, the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture hosted a three-day summit in Boise, Idaho, to spearhead the development of a joint wildland firefighter behavioral health program.
Update on Expanding Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Services
Wildland Fire, Press Release
A firefighter contemplates a partially burned forest at the 2021 Caldor Fire. By Joe Bradshaw, BLM.
4/4/2023
The Interior and Agriculture departments, at the direction of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, are developing a Joint Wildland Firefighter Behavioral Health Program. A planning summit for the joint program will be held in Boise, Idaho, on April 11-13.
In Oregon, Secretary Haaland Highlights Investments in Wildland Fire and Outdoor Recreation Economies
Secretary Haaland visits Crater Lake National Park
3/21/2023
Secretary Haaland was in Oregon this weekend to highlight Biden-Harris administration investments to support wildland fire preparedness, water management, and outdoor recreation opportunities across the state.
Secretary Haaland Announces Nearly $50 Million for Wildfire Mitigation and Resilience from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Group of firefighters walk towards a fire
3/20/2023
Funding will support collaborative wildfire management and preparedness efforts
President’s 2024 Budget Advances Efforts to Address the Nation’s Wildfire Crisis Through Workforce Reform, Investments in Wildland Fire Management Programs
Four members of a fire crew manage a fire
3/9/2023
The Biden-Harris administration today submitted to Congress the President's budget for fiscal year 2024, which includes significant funding increases for wildland fire workforce reforms.
Statement by Secretary Deb Haaland on the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
Department of the Interior bison seal set against green mountainous background.
3/9/2023
The Biden-Harris administration today released the President's budget for fiscal year 2024.
In the News: Battling Wildfires: One Woman’s Calling to Follow in Family Footsteps (cheyennearapahotribaltribune.wordpress.com)
The Summit Trail Fire.
2/22/2023
Wildland firefighting runs throughout Veronica Youngbull’s family. A citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Youngbull has now made it her life’s work.
In the News: Does thinning work for wildfire prevention? (www.hcn.org)
A wildland firefighter saws through dense foliage. Photo by Joe Bradshaw, BLM.
2/16/2023
Severe wildfire — which kills most of the trees in its path — has increased eightfold in 30 years. Thinning and prescribed fire are critical for preserving Western forests. But they won’t save forests on their own: climate action is imperative, too.
Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Releases Strategy to Meet Aerial Firefighting Equipment Needs
Four crew members look out from a helicopter in the sky.
2/13/2023
Today, the Biden-Harris administration's Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission released a report outlining a strategy to meet aerial firefighting equipment needs through 2030.
A Research Project Aims to Improve Forest Resiliency to Future Wildfires
Green corn lilies amid a barren forest floor and blackened trees. By Ryan Mikulovsky, USFS.
2/7/2023
A research project that recently received funding from the Joint Fire Science Program, with support from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, aims to help the Mendocino and Shasta Trinity national forests recover from extreme wildfires while developing forest conditions that will build resiliency to climate change, fires, and other disturbances.
Improving Wildfire Risk Reduction through Ecosystem Mapping
A wildland firefighter holds a drip torch over dry grass amid trees. By Jeff Adams USFWS.
2/6/2023
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is providing an additional $20 million to the Joint Fire Science Program over five years to support wildland fire science. One proposal that received funding through the law will develop improved ecosystem maps to support strategic fire and fuel management planning at regional and landscape scales.

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