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Four medics in yellow flight suits and helmets carrying a stretcher

Recipients of the 2019 Wildland Fire Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Awards Announced (www.nwcg.gov)

10/06/2020

The National Wildland Fire Coordinating Group awards recognize outstanding actions or accomplishments that are above and beyond normal duties and missions.

NIST Awards More Than $4 Million to Small Businesses for Innovations in AI, Wildfire Forecasting and More (www.nist.gov)

10/01/2020

Wildfire forecast system among the 20 projects to receive 2020 Small Business Innovation Research funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Cover of the 2020 NASF Annual Report with close-up photo of a pine branch and collage of photos showing forestry-related activities

Web Reads: National Association of State Foresters Annual Report 2019-2020 (www.stateforesters.org)

09/29/2020

Easch year State forestry agencies train more than 62,000 firefighters and protect
1.59 billion acres from wildfires

Machinery grinding up small trees in a forest

Reducing wildfire risk and protecting structures (www.nps.gov)

09/25/2020

Last year the National Park Service received an additional one million dollars in funding to reduce wildfire risk to structures, facilities, and infrastructure. The Natural Resources Stewardship and Science and Visitor and Resource Protection’s Fire and Aviation Management Program associateships selected Crater Lake and Yellowstone National Parks as the as the focus areas for this risk reduction investment.

A firefighter stands on a ridge while monitoring a distant fire

Canada, Mexico, and U.S. Military support western wildfires (www.nifc.gov)

09/24/2020

The National Interagency Fire Center has requested additional fire personnel and equipment from Canada and the U.S. Military to assist with wildfire suppression efforts in California and Oregon, along with five crews totaling 100 firefighters and four agency representatives from Guadalajara, Mexico.

A communications tower sits on top of a burned hillside in a forest next to a river

A Letter to Pacific Northwest Communities (www.blm.gov)

09/22/2020

A message from the Pacific Northwest leadership of the Bureau of Land Management and USDA Forest Service to our communities during the 2020 fire season.

A plane dropping fire retardant ahead of a fire burning near a golf course

In the News: Researchers study consequences of human-ignited wildfires to homes (www.mdpi.com)

09/17/2020

Humans’ relationship with wildfire in the wildland-urban interface is a complex interaction between an increasing number of people living in flammable landscapes.

A graphic with the words Not Your Ordinary Job

Podcast interviews Jackson Hotshots (www.blm.gov)

09/14/2020

"Not Your Ordinary Job" is a podcast developed and hosted by the Bureau of Land Management Eastern States External Affairs team to promote the Jackson Interagency Hotshots Fire Crew.

Cows grazing on a hillside of shrubs and grasses

In the News: Using outcome-based grazing to manage fire (fireadaptednetwork.org)

09/11/2020

Katie Wollstein is a research assistant from the Policy Analysis Group and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Idaho. Katie has been working for the past five years on researching the social and policy aspects of rangeland management in the West talking with ranchers, land managers and policy makers. In this blog she shares a bit about what she’s learned.

A firefighter lights small fires with a drip torch while walking through a burning forest at night

Be the one to ask

09/10/2020

We lean into the work. We lean into the physical fitness. It's time to lean into mental health. Take action to prevent suicide: be the one to ask.

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