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Fighting Fire With Fire: The Demise of Prometheus: Op-ed by Dana Tibbitts
From the Nevada Globe: As the wildfire crisis in the American West reaches a tipping point, it’s time for a candid conversation about the role of federal agencies in managing forests and fighting this...
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Insurance Industry Uses Questionable Wildfire Risk Maps with Unsurprising...
Shout-out to reporter Noelle Philips of the Denver Post for a thorough article. Apparently a company named CoreLogic also has a model of wildfire risk. Count me skeptical, and I’m not the only one....
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Department of Homeland Security adds sniffing device to AI tools helping...
From the Colorado Sun: — New technology allowing firefighters to “smell” points of origin and locate hot spots or new fires even before smoke can be seen is among the next generation of safety measures...
View ArticleFix Our Forests IV. Title II: Protecting Communities in the Wildland-Urban...
It wasn’t until I got to this section that I put some of the pieces together. There are actually three pieces with three different sets of players. I. Fireshed Center Who: Every Agency Except EPA...
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Roundup of Forest Service News and Rumors
I know.. timed out is not the same as furloughed.. but I couldn’t find a photo for timed out. 1. I have a draft letter to the Chief asking for the reinstatement of the online employment directory, as...
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NBC Interviews FS Researcher Jeff Prestemon on Arson Fires
With the Park Fire, I think they’re going to have to use a log scale (no not that kind of log scale) for next year’s chart. These are some of many cool statistics kept by Calfire here. Thanks to...
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The Puzzle of Counting Wildfire Acres: Sarah Hyden Op-ed
Map of Tanques Fire 7,000-acre focal area and planning area. U.S. Forest Service. Last week, I wrote about what was in the Fix our Forests Bill about counting fuel treatment acres. Last July I wrote...
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Check Out TWIG Viewer! Maps FS (and BLM) Fuel Treatments and Wildfires
Thanks to Anonymous for putting this in the comments. For a long time, many of us have wanted a simple way to look at what’s out there and somehow combine info in FACTS and NFPORS. Well, Congress...
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Montana Governor Letter to FS on Wildfire Cost-Sharing
Frank Carroll posted this link in a comment which I will post separately. There are a couple of different topics in this letter, including cost-sharing agreements, transparency and communication,...
View ArticleThe Wildfire Policy Windows are Shaking: Guest Post by Frank Carroll
This guest post from Frank Carroll was originally a comment. The Chief received a watershed letter that will ring down the Ages in wildland fire policy. Mark this day. A shot has been fired and the...
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