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Summary of Shared Stewardship Agreements

From the Rural Voices of Conservation Coalition: An eight-state summary highlighting current shared stewardship agreements between Western states and the US Forest Service.
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Preparing for wildfires during a pandemic

From Headwaters Economics: “The wildfire season coupled with the COVID-19 crisis will test the capacity and resolve of our disaster management services, healthcare sector, and firefighting forces.” Click here to […]
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Wildfire Risk to Communities interactive tool

The new Wildfire Risk to Communities website—developed by the USDA Forest Service in partnership with Headwaters Economics and Pyrologix—offers maps and data about community wildfire risk nationwide. Data are available […]
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Ecosystem management applications of resource objective wildfires in forests of the Grand Canyon National Park

From the Ecological Restoration Institute: “To learn more about the effectiveness of managing wildfires to meet restoration goals, ecologists at the Ecological Restoration Institute have been working to better understand […]
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Organizational Learning from Prescribed Fire Escapes: a Review of Developments Over the Last 10 Years in the USA and Australia

Prescribed fire escapes continue to challenge most fire and land management agencies and many communities. This article considers the issue from knowledge management (KM) and organizational learning (OL) perspectives. We […]
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Fire Impacts on Water Quality Across the West

Read: Post-fire water-quality response in the western United States Rust, A. J., Hogue, T. S., Saxe, S., & McCray, J. (2018). Post-fire water-quality response in the western United States. International […]
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Fire Impacts on Streamflow Across the West

Read the publication here. Saxe, S., Hogue, T. S., & Hay, L. (2018). Characterization and evaluation of controls on post-fire streamflow response across western US watersheds. Hydrology and Earth System […]
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Findings from 2013 West Fork Complex fire in Colorado– Forest fire impacts on aquatic ecosystems and recovery

Read the publication here. Rust, A. J., Randell, J., Todd, A. S., & Hogue, T. S. (2019). Wildfire impacts on water quality, macroinvertebrate, and trout populations in the Upper Rio […]
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How to Make a Go-Bag

A Go-bag is an evacuation preparation bag that contains a three-day supply of items one would need to safely evacuate their home. These bags are prepared in advance, before an […]
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A Case Study of a Community Affected by the Waldo Fire – Event Timeline and Defensive Actions

NIST Technical Note 1910: A Case Study of a Community Affected by the Waldo Fire Authors: Alexander Maranghides, Fire Research Division Engineering Laboratory Derek McNamara, Geospatial Measurement Solutions, LLC Hood […]
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