Wednesday, June 25, 2014

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.




  • 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.




  • 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.




  • 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.



  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 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.


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


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 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.


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


  • 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.


  • 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).



  • 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.

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