Watch as President Obama’s Science Advisor Dr. John Holdren explains–in less than three minutes–how climate change is making America’s wildfires more dangerous and why we must act now.

Western Governors have reiterated their strong support for an end to the practice of “fire borrowing” in outreach to President Obama and Congressional leadership.The outreach — signed by WGA Chairman and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and Vice Chairman and Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber — was delivered to the President, House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Agriculture..

Being married to an Aircraft Crash & Rescue Firefighter has some privileges ..I’ve been watching these bad boys come and go all summer. They are simply breathtaking.  Adding VLATs to the firefighting air fleet over the last couple years has stepped up the game towards the goal of Safe & Effective Wildland Fire Response…..check it out in..

I read through over a hundred articles each week about wildfire.  This one is worth sharing.  In an attempt to better support Safe & Effective Wildland Fire Response, fire crews on the Coffee Fire in the Shasta-Trinity Forest in northern California are relying on mules to carry supplies across rugged terrain.  Yes, MULES.    Mules..

Happy Friday everyone!  The latest edition of our eNewsletter is out!  Special shout out to Cheryl Renner, who chases all these great stories down and gets some awesome photos!  Remember you can always check out older versions of the newsletter at the link to the right!    Stories featured in this edition: California Adds National..