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CA Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force Strategic Plan for Expanding the Use of Beneficial Fire, released 03/2022
Follow this link to view the Governor’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force Strategic Plan for Expanding the Use of Beneficial Fire, released in March 2022. The intent of this plan is to expand the use of prescribed fire and cultural burning to build forest and...
Eldorado NF Seasonal Fire Positions, apply by Feb. 7, 2022
The Eldorado National Forest is filling multiple temporary positions for the 2022 fire season. Job announcements close February 7, 2022. Click here to view the flyer. Openings are available at the GS-3, GS-4 and GS-5 levels. These temporary positions have a maximum...
SNC Accepting Proposals for $25 Million Wildfire Recovery and Forest Resilience Grant Program
The SNC is now accepting proposals for its 2022 Wildfire Recovery and Forest Resilience Grant Program. Proposals must be submitted by January 31, 2022 and all projects funded under the current grant cycle must be complete by January 1, 2028. Up to $25 million is...
ProPublica article: California’s Forever Fire, Jan. 2022
Check out an articled published by ProPublica in January of 2022, California's Forever Fire, found here: https://www.propublica.org/article/californias-forever-fire.
USFS Video Series Available: Critical Loads — Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems
The USFS has just recently published the Critical Loads Video Series on their YouTube channel. This video series features "how air pollution, specifically excess nitrogen and sulfur deposition, affects species and ecosystems. It also highlights how land managers can...
USDA Science You Can Use Bulletin (Nov/Dec 2021) — Forests, Fire, and Faucets: What We Are Learning About Lingering Water Quality Effects of High-Severity Wildfires
Click here to view a new article published by in the USDA's Science You Can Use Bulletin (Nov/Dec 2021) out of the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station on high-severity wildfire in the western US and its effects on water quality. The article is titled, Forests, Fire,...
STF SERAL DEIS released 12/10/21, 45-day comment period
The Stanislaus National Forest (STF) released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Social and Ecological Resilience Across the Landscape (SERAL) project on December 10, 2021. Click here or follow the link to go the the SERAL DEIS homepage on the STF...
CAL FIRE CCI Fire Prevention Grants – Now accepting applications through 2/9/22
CAL FIRE is now accepting applications for the California Climate Investments (CCI) Fire Prevention Grants Program. This program funds fire prevention projects (e.g., hazardous fuels reduction, wildfire prevention planning, and wildfire prevention education) in and...
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