Photo: BLM Utah Living With Fire in 2020 What does "living with wildland fire" look like in the 2020 fire year, given the current social, health, political, and economic challenges? The Cohesive Strategy continues to provide strategic options to make meaningful progress towards the goals of Resilient Landscapes, Fire Adapted Communities and Safe, Effective Wildfire..

Original art by Ava Schmidt, age 12 Project Firehawk: Risk, Ripeness, and the Case for Paper Bags Read about the differences in collective efforts and outcomes in two hypothetical communities faced with wildfire risk: Apple City and Banana Town! In this scenario, imaginatively and effectively crafted by Annie Schmidt, the difference in results had nothing..

Cohesive Strategy Workshop Postponed After careful consideration, we've made the decision to postpone the 4th National Cohesive Wildland Fire Strategy Workshop to October 4-8 2021. This doesn't mean you won't be hearing from us! We'll have some great opportunities to stay in touch until we meet again in person. Stay tuned and we hope to..

Community Adaptation, Landscape Resilience, and Safe & Effective Response for COVID-19 This Fire Adapted Colorado blog post points out the parallels between facilitating safe, effective response for wildfires AND pandemics "Social distancing is the same epidemiological concept as creating a fuel break. This levels the infection rate in a population in the same way that the..

Some of us are heading into week number four of "Stay Home, Stay Safe" due to COVID-19 and the strong guidance coming out of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has left us wondering how fire and land managers and communities will address the multitude of issues that are looming over the 2020 fire year.Over the last..