Newsletter #55

• Collaborative Landscape Planning and Fuels Reduction Pays Off 

• "Why I Burned My Property and How I Shot It"

• Public - Private Partnerships Paying Off During Montana Fires

• An Assessment of Wildfire Transmission and its Implications for Risk Governance

• Teaching Fire with Fire

• Increases in Wildfire-Caused Erosion Can Impact Water Supply and Quality

• What the Joint Fire Science Program Can Do for You

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #54

• Federal Judges Changing Views of Collaborative Forest Restoration Projects

• Significant Steps towards More Prescribed Fire in California

• Next Gen Sagebrush Restoration Framework

• Integrating Traditional Knowledge in Montana

• The Art and Science of Home Wildfire Evaluations

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #53

• Living (Dangerously!) in the Era of Megafires

• More Effective Firefighting with FiRE Tool

• Washington State Takes Fire Adapted Communities Full Circle

• Fires of Change on the Road

• Using Prescribed Fire for Rangeland Health and Resilience

• Prescribed Fire Requires a Balancing Act

• Who's Missing? Thinking about Wildfire Resilience through an Equity and Inclusion Lens

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #52

Apologies - the links to each story did not work in this issue.  However, clicking on the link "Newsletter #52" will take you to the full newsletter.  


Newsletter #51

• Cohesive Strategy Science and Implementation Workshop a HUGE Success!

• Turning Dead Trees into Oil

• Short Term Costs for Long Term Dividends in the Sierra Nevada

• Grass Roots Effort Unveils Plan to Treat Large Landscape

• Using Drones to Combat Fires

• Blending Education and Fun in South Dakota

• NACo's Western Interstate Region Provides Audience for Learning Lab

• Wildfire Community Preparedness Day: What Happened?

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #50

• Like a Good Neighbor...

• Building Fire Adapted Communities in Montana

• Make a Plan Mondays

• Launching Firewise Communities in Hawaii

• Resiliency Project Begins in the Black Hills

• Changing Culture in Washington State

• It's Not Too Late - REGISTER NOW!!

• A Tradition of Fire in Nebraska

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #49

• Cohesive Strategy Science and Implementation Workshop REGISTER NOW!!

• Forests to Faucets Partnership

• All Hands, All Lands Approach for Western Governors

• Arizona Town Redeems its Responsibility

• Record Year for Controlled Burns by The Nature Conservancy

• Cultural Burning for Everyone's Benefit

• Wildfire Evolution Forces New Thinking

• Wyoming Nets $1.4 Million for Collaborative, Cross-Boundary Projects

• Using Science to Help Communities Address Risk

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #48

• Utah Shifting its Wildfire Strategy from Reactive to Proactive with New Wildland Fire Policy

• IAWF Working for a Higher Standard

• Leveraging Partnerships for $2 Million in Kansas

• From CWPP Recommendation to Implementation on the Ground

• USAA Adds New Mexico and Utah for Homeowner Discounts  

• Wyoming Nets $1.4 Million for Collaborative, Cross-Boundary Projects

• Using Science to Help Communities Address Risk

• Cohesive Strategy Implementation and Science

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #47

• Cohesive Strategy's Western Regional Strategy Committee Sets Priorities for 2017

• Wildland Fire Leadership Council Prepares for Administration Transition

• More Fire in Utah but Tolerable and Healthy

• Management and Restoration Indicators for Forests in Eastern Oregon

• Veterans Workforce for Mitigation in South Dakota

• Firetopia - It's Not a Fantasy

• Cohesive Strategy Implementation and Science

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #46

• Wyoming and South Dakota Cohesive Strategy Workshop a Great Success

• Shared Problems, Shared Solutions

• Climate Change Has Doubled Fires

• Walk Into Wildfire

• Idaho Makes Good Use of Good Neighbor Authority

• Love Your Beer, Love Your Forest

• How Do You Want Your Smoke?

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #45

• WFLC Holds Productive Fall Meeting in Idaho

• Native Traditional Methods Revived to Combat Drought and Wildfire in California

• Carrots, Sticks and the "Stupid Zone"

• Using Fire for Resource Benefit Helping Restore Sierra Nevada Forests

• 38,000 Acre Learning Laboratory

• Cross Boundary Field Tour Demonstrates Cohesive Strategy in Action

• 2016 State & Private Forestry Report Out

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #44

• Recreating the Forests of the Past Isn't Enough to Fix Our Wildfire Problems

• Using Prescribed Fire as the First Treatment Instead of Mechanical Entries

• Does Insurance Affect Home Development on Fire-Prone Lands? 

• Test Project in Arizona to Burn Forest Fuels at a Coal Plant

• Clearing the Smoke from Wildfire Policy

• Winning at Communications

• To Manage or Suppress: The McClure Fire Example

• Using the 99% Fires to Combat the 1% Fires

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #43

• Shifting the Paradigm to Managing Fires for Their Natural Role

• Implementing the Cohesive Strategy in Southern Utah

• County Commissioners Learn and Share How to Work Across Jurisdictional Boundaries to Become More Fire Adapted 

• Western Governors Set Priorities through Resolutions

• Collaborative, Community Driven Action in Pagosa Springs, CO

• Seeking Remedies for the 'Socioecological Pathology' of Wildfire Risk

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #42 Western Regional Strategy Committee Update What is a Fireshed? Protecting Utah's Forested Watersheds Messaging is Important to Increase Understanding and Build Support  National Leaders Commit to Cohesive Strategy Using Drones to Ignite Rx Fire Not Just a Goat's Game Anymore  Non Traditional Partnerships Build Awareness and Support Newsletter #41 Cohesive Strategy in Motion Using Pinyon Juniper for Bio Char Private Partnerships Winning at Reducing Risk Thinking Outside the Box for LARGE Landscape Resiliency $5.1 Million for Cohesive Strategy Implementation 4FRI Gets $10 Million Boost Creative Ways to Raise Awareness and Motivate Action in Communities Newsletter #40  2015 Western Region Stakeholder Implementation Report is Out! It's Not About Restoration Anymore, It's About Resilience More Prescribed Fire in California  Ashland Forest Resiliency Project Raises $5.64 Million for Treatment on Private Lands Targeted Grazing Reduces Wildland Fire Risk Engaging Communities with a Coloring Contest Secretary Vilsack Not Mincing Words USDA Initiative Improves Resiliency, Reduces Wildfire Threats through Local Partnerships Resilience is Going to Happen, One Way or Another FACNet Launches Updated Website and FAC Self Assessment Tool Newsletter #39  Call for Stories  2015 National Prescribed Fire Use Report Out USDA Ends Fire Borrowing Successful Statewide FAC Conference Why Prescribed Fire? TREX Takes Advantage of the Opportunity After 47 Years, Tom Harbour Looks Back...and Ahead A Trusted Translator - The Role of Community Liaisons Newsletter #38 Western Regional Strategy Committee Sets Aggressive Three Year Action Plan Assessing Mitigation Effectiveness in the New Mexico WUI Prescribed Fire Reducing Risk in Nebraska Partnerships Leading to Great Success in North Central Idaho Counties a Valuable Asset in Mitigating Wildfire Risk Losing Homes to Wildfire is a Sociopolitical Problem Innovative Approach Helping Communities in New Mexico New Quick Guides to Help Communities Newsletter #37 Wildland Fire Leadership Council Meets in DC Collaboration Pays Off with Acres Treated and Training Nevada Stakeholders Create Statewide Cohesive Strategy Effort Fires of Change Fire Adapted Communities in Colorado  Multi-County Cohesive Strategy Initiative in Oregon From Adversaries to Believers Upcoming Learning Opportunities Newsletter #36 Every Fire Put Out is a Problem Put Off A Cohesive Strategy for the Future CWPP Incorporates Cohesive Strategy WRSC Partners Testify at US Senate Committee Hearing Updated After the Wildfire Guide Fire Provides Lessons on Value of Landscape Treatments  Upcoming Learning Opportunities Newsletter #35 WFLC Meets to Discuss National Priorities  Resilience - A New Approach to Fighting Fire Raising Wildfire Awareness by Marathon Timber Industry & Environmentalists Agree Fire Science Exchange Network   Upcoming Learning Opportunities Newsletter #34 Using Fire When You Can  Solving Fire Response Challenges the Cohesive Strategy Way  25 Projects Selected for $3 Million in Grants Western Governors Talk Drought, Wildfire & Sage-Grouse From Misinformation to Facts:  The West Fork Fire Tour

Newsletter # 33 

• Improving Initial Attack 

• $10 Million for Resilient Landscape Projects

• Utah Adopts Goals of Cohesive Strategy

• FWPP Wins Solutions Search Contest 

• Using Traditional Native Techniques  to Combat Wildfire and Drought 

• Meaningful Measures of FAC Success

Newsletter #32

• Western Region Engages Senior Regional Leadership 

• Final DOI Rangeland Strategy Announced

• Making a Difference on Colorado's Front Range

• FireFree a HUGE PILE of Success

• Cost Share Partnerships Working Towards Resilient Landscapes

• Reduce Wildfire Risks or We'll Continue to Pay

• Quadrennial Fire Review Released 

Newsletter #31

• Managing a Wildfire and Rx Fires Together

• Model Program in Oregon

• Community Wildfire Preparedness Day - May 2nd

• The Fire Next Time

• Secret Society of Cooperative Extension

• Successful Chipping Program in Big Bear

• Two Goats Watershed Restoration 

• Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Newsletter #30

• Ambitious New Partnership in California

• Key Environmentalists Support Largest Restoration Effort in History

• National Park Service Finalizes Five-Year Wildland Fire Plan

• Post Fire Logging to Biomass in Hawaii

• New Study Reveals Benefit of Post Fire Logging

• Joint Chiefs Choose New Projects to Fund in 2015

Newsletter #29

• Plumas Fire Safe Council and National Forest Aim for New Collaborative

• Empowering Communities to Become More Fire Adapted

• Utah BLM Treatments Work to Save Sage-Grouse Habitat

• Community Assistance Grants Align with Cohesive Strategy

• Recovery and Restoration in Colorado

Newsletter #28

• Secretary Jewell signs Order for New Sagebrush and Rangelands Strategy

• Long Term Thinning Pays Off in Arizona

• Preparing for Next Fire Season in North Central Washington

• University of Alaska Sponsors New Hand Crews

Newsletter #27

• 2014 Fire Siege Video  

• Cameras Spotting Wildfires in Lake Tahoe

• CWPP Updates in Hawaii

• Emissions and Smoke Web Portal

• Council of Western State Foresters 2014 Accomplishment Report

Newsletter #26

• Strategizing to protect greater sage grouse habitat in the Great Basin  

• Western Regional Strategy Committee meets and agrees on aggressive implementation plans for 2015

• Flagstaff Wildfire Cost Avoidance Study justifies fuel treatments to protect watersheds

• Forest Service exceeds land restoration goals for 2014

• Accounting for the true costs of wildfire

Newsletter #25

• Tripod Fire Study finds fuel treatments affect burn severity even decades after treatment;

• Lake Tahoe Basin Fuel Reduction and Wildfire Prevention Strategy 2014 update, plus BAER team assesses King Fire site - Youtube video on hydrophobic soils;

• The emotional impacts of wildfire;

• Prescribed Fire Councils host TREX trainings;

• Karuk Tribe returns fire to the land through TREX training;

• US Forest Service Partnership Guide for Tribal Governments.

Newsletter #24

• TREX - Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges Reduce Fuels and Protect Communities;

• Snag Canyon Shows Logging Can Help;

• Wildfire Impacts on Hawaii's Coral Reefs;

• Wildfire Partners Program for Defensible Space in Boulder County.

Newsletter #23

• Four-part video series Colorado's Forests: Challenges and Opportunities, https://vimeo.com/87307649

• Study finds cost-share effective for motivating homeowners to create defensible space

• Weaverville California, a fire adapted community survives the Oregon Fire

• Oregon offers new class: Citizen Fire Academy

• Klamath National Forest creates Hospital Liaison program

• Study of western CWPPs finds room for improvement

Newsletter #22

• Web Portal for Colorado Westwide Risk Assessment Info (CO-WRAP)  http://www.coloradowildfirerisk.com

• New Mexico Protects Watersheds and Water with Fuel Treatments

• Utah Develops Catastrophic Wildfire Reduction Strategy

• Keep Oregon Green Kicks Off Football Themed Education Campaign

• Arizona Manages Fire for Resource Benefit

• San Diego Utility Pays for Helicopters for Firefighting

Newsletter #21

• Smokejumpers job description with a video, 

• Military surplus equipment program reinstated, 

• 2013 NASF Communities at Risk report, 

• How national fire policy affects small woodland owners, 

• Wildfires & climate change video, 

• Upcoming events.

Newsletter #20

• California Adds National Guard Resources and 2 C-130J Tankers with MAFFS;

• Videos on Prescribed Fire in Pacific Northwest and Oklahoma

• Stephen Pyne essay Squaring the Triangle: Fire at San Carlos;

• SAF Position Paper on Wildland Fire Management;

• San Juan Fire Proves Forest Thinning Works;

• Fire Management Today issue on Fire Adapted Communities

Newsletter #19

• President Obama declares areas of Washington State a disaster area due to the Carlton Complex Fire;

• Using Satellites, Lasers and Drones in Firefighting;

• Landscape Resiliency One Year After the West Fork Complex Fire;

• Juniper Wood Industry in Oregon (video);

• "After the Fire" Toolkit;

• Speakers Sought for 2015 Backyards & Beyond Conference.

Newsletter 18 July 11, 2014

• Oregon's East Face Forest Restoration Project;

• New Mexico Creates an "After Wildfire" Guide, link to the online Guide

• Memories of the South Canyon and Yarnell Hill Fires, links to National Geographic article and a training video on 1994 South Canyon Fire;

• California is facing the driest fire season;

• Stephen Pyne article on western wildfire policy; includes a link to a video on management of the Slide Fire in Arizona using the "box and burn" technique.

Newsletter 17 June 27, 2014

• Number of available air tankers increases in 2014; 

• Sage-grouse habitat conservation policy in Idaho;

• "Catching Fire: Prescribed Burning in Northern California" YouTube video;

• California to award funds for fire prevention;

• Western Cohesive Fire Management Strategy blog;

• Fire Adapted Communities and Fire Learning Network meeting 

Newsletter 16 June 13, 2014 

• Western Governors Discuss Wildfire with President Obama and Adopt Policy Resolution to Develop Regional Resources for Firefighting; 

• Joint Information Center used Social Media Effectively on Two Bulls Fire; 

• Clearwater Basin Collaborative Reaches Agreement; 

• "One Less Spark" Wildfire Prevention Campaign Wins Award;

• National Strategy Brochure Available; 

• Funny River Fire Thank You.

Newsletter 15 May 30, 2013 

• Restoration Project Assists Firefighters at the Slide Fire in Arizona;

• Chaparral Institute Makes New Recommendations to Protect Homes; 

• Wolf Pups Saved from Funny River Fire; 

• Colorado Approves Firefighting Air Fleet; 

• Fire Behavior Assessment Team Studies Fire with Cameras; 

• Videos Explain the Cohesive Strategy.

Newsletter 14 May 16, 2014 

• Oregon's Worst Fire Season - 2013; 

• New Biomass Plant Near Lake Tahoe; 

• Prescribed Fire Training in Nebraska; 

• Study Shows Western Wildfires Bigger and More Frequent; 

• USAA Offers Insurance Discounts in California Firewise Communities; 

• Photos from Community Wildfire Preparedness Day.

Newsletter 13 April 21, 2014 

• Colorado Studies Firefighting Air Fleet; 

• California Hiring Firefighters Earlier Than Usual; 

• National Cohesive Strategy Report Released; 

• Jack Cohen Interview on Messages for Homeowners; 

• Fire Adapted Communities Program Adds New Pilot Communities; 

• Community Liaisons Assist During Fire Events; 

• Economic Study Shows Fuel Treatments Make Sense in the Sierras.

Newsletter 12 March 14, 2014 

• Rio Grande Water Fund Protects Water and Forests; 
• McGinnis Cabin Stewardship Project; 
• New Biomass Plants in Colorado; 
• Wildfire Community Preparedness Day; 
• Payson, AZ Rejects WUI Building Code.

Newsletter 11 February 14, 2014 

• Four Mile Canyon Study Holds Clues to Preventing Home Losses; 
• Stephen Pyne Essay "Burning Like a Mountain"; 
• Northern Cheyenne Tribes Thin Forest; 
• Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership; 
• School Children Make Firewise Video.

Newsletter 10 January 21, 2014 

• Lewis and Clark County Fire Safety Ordinance; 
• Effectiveness of Structural Protection Study; 
• "Fireline - Wildfire in Colorado Video"; 
• FY14 Budget Passes with Expansion of Good Neighbor Authority; 
• National Cohesive Strategy Year in Review.

Newsletter 9 December 13, 2013 

• Clear Creek Watershed and Meadow Restoration Project; 
• Karuk Tribe is Ready for Wildfire; 
• Falls Creek Ranch Firewise Community; 
• Open Space Planning in Marin County; 
• Collaboration Leads to "Zones of Agreement"; 
• WRSC Cohesive Strategy Brochure.

Newsletter 8 November 22, 2013 

• Rangeland Fire Protection Associations; 
• Direction to DOI Leadership; 
• Prescribed Fire Training; 
• WRSC Annual Meeting; 
• Managed vs. Unmanaged Land.

Newsletter 7 October 28, 2013 

• Island Park Cohesive Strategy Project; 
• Wildfire Threatens Sage Grouse Habitat; 
• How to Motivate Homeowners; 
• "Roadmap for Collaboration Before, During And After the NEPA Process", 
• Spotting Fires by Satellite.

Newsletter 6 September 30, 2013 

• Secure Rural Schools Extended; 
• Backburning Saves Sequoias from Rim Fire; 
• City of Helena Protects its Water Supply with Fuel Treatments; 
• Letter from Chief Tidwell; 
• Scenes from Lodgepole Fire; 
• Horseshoe Lake Fire in Mitigated Area Video.

Newsletter 5 September 13, 2013 

• Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project Video; 
• National Forest Foundation Poll; 
• Fuel Treatments Protect Homes in Chumstick, WA; 
• NPR Interview with Steve Pyne and Chris Topik, How Firelines Contain Wildfires.

Newsletter 4 August 30, 2013 

• Cooperation and Collaboration on the Rim Fire; 
• Anchor Forest Pilot Project; 
• Fuel Treatment Effectiveness.

Newsletter 3 August 12, 2013 

• Blue Mountain Cohesive Strategy Project; 
• wildlandfires.info Website; 
• Defensible Space Saved Homes In Yarnell; 
• Flagstaff Raises $10 Million to Treat Fuels on Public Land; 
• "Driving Innovation on the Fireline"; 
• Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Fire; 
• National Cohesive Strategy comment period.

Newsletter 2 July 24, 2013 

• Think Locally for Preparedness; 
• Tribes Reduce Fuels and Increase Biomass Utilization; 
• Defensible Space Regulations Make a Difference; 
• Western Governors Support Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTMA).

Newsletter 1 July 9, 2013 

• 19 Firefighters lost in Yarnell Hill Fire; 
• "After the Yarnell Hill Fire"- Op-ed by Stephen Pyne; 
• Yarnell Hill Fire Conditions; 
• Cohesive Strategy is Collaboration and Coordination video; 
• Mitigation Saved Homes in Waldo Canyon; 
• Wildfire X Website.