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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A wildland firefighter managing a fire with large orange flames

Interior, Agriculture Departments Host Summit to Develop Mental Health Resources for Wildland Fire Personnel (www.doi.gov)

04/17/2023

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.

Aravaipa Veterans Interagency Hotshot Crew member contemplates a partially burned forest during the 2021 Caldor Fire. Photo by Joe Bradshaw, BLM.

Update on Expanding Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Services

04/04/2023

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.

Secretary Haaland visits Crater Lake National Park

In Oregon, Secretary Haaland Highlights Investments in Wildland Fire and Outdoor Recreation Economies (www.doi.gov)

03/21/2023

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.

Group of firefighters walk towards a fire

Secretary Haaland Announces Nearly $50 Million for Wildfire Mitigation and Resilience from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (www.doi.gov)

03/20/2023

Funding will support collaborative wildfire management and preparedness efforts

Four members of a fire crew manage a fire

President’s 2024 Budget Advances Efforts to Address the Nation’s Wildfire Crisis Through Workforce Reform, Investments in Wildland Fire Management Programs (www.doi.gov)

03/09/2023

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 (www.doi.gov)

03/09/2023

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)

02/22/2023

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.

A wildland firefighter saws through dense foliage. Photo by Joe Bradshaw, BLM.

In the News: Does thinning work for wildfire prevention? (www.hcn.org)

02/16/2023

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.

Four crew members look out from a helicopter in the sky.

Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Releases Strategy to Meet Aerial Firefighting Equipment Needs (www.doi.gov)

02/13/2023

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 patch of bright green corn lilies glow in the sunlight amid an otherwise barren forest floor and blackened trees stretching toward a blue sky. The lilies indicate the presence of shallow groundwater in a post-fire monitoring plot in the Mendocino Nation

A Research Project Aims to Improve Forest Resiliency to Future Wildfires

02/07/2023

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.

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