North America Fire Director for The Nature Conservancy. Interested in pyrodiversity, collaboration, networks, social change & birds. Tweets are my own.
Durham, NC
Joined November 2014
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🇪🇸 🔥Today, the first #TREXMexico finishes.
📍@ecoturixtlan, Ixtlán de Juárez, Oaxaca
🏁This also means the end of our gathering at the Mexico #StudyHub.
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🇬🇧 🗣️Above, 𝐂𝐞́𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬, from @CONAFOR & co-organiser of the Mexico #StudyHub, talks about the Prescribed Fire Training Exchange o #TREX
👉 On the occasion of the 1st #TREXMexico, taking place these days in 📍 Ixtlán de Juárez.
👉More ℹ️ in bit.ly/3ura9xF
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New paper out! ‘Optimising #Wildfire Prevention through the Integration of #PrescribedBurning into ‘Fire-Smart’ Land-Use Policies’ led by @Silvana10_01 et al. mdpi.com/2571-6255/6/12/457 @Fire_MDPI – at Santa Lucía del Camino, Oaxaca
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EXTRA, EXTRA: Applications now open for WTREX 2024 in beautiful Nebraska!! 🔥
We'll be learning and burning together April 22 - May 3, 2024. Applications close Jan 19th, 2024, so check out more information and the application link below:
firenetworks.org/event/women…
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Stanford Researchers Publish First Paper to Quantify How Much Protection We Get From Beneficial Fires <-- my latest for @KQEDscience @KQEDnews kqed.org/science/1985230/sta…
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So excited to see our work on the benefits of low intensity fire on future catastrophic fire out in Science Advances today!
Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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Our longtime partnership with the Fire Learning Network, Indigenous Peoples Burning Network, TREX, and @WomensTREX is now represented in a new website!
While our site remains active, this is a great place for upcoming events and Fire Networks info.
fireadaptednetwork.org/fire-…
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Indigenous Peoples Burning Network workshop, Day 3. Big thanks to TNC for coordinating 🔥 @CulturalFire @FiresticksA @TERATribalEco #goodfire
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FAC Net is proud to be part of a larger partnership in the movement for fire adaptation, known as the Fire Networks.
Together, we launched a new website that articulates the work we do as a partnership and also as individual networks. Check it out here:
firenetworks.org/
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We're thrilled to see firenetworks.org - a shared online resource for the interconnected Fire Learning Network, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Indigenous Peoples Burning Network, @WomensTrex & Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges!
🔥 WTREX is part of a larger partnership within the movement for #GoodFire, known as The Fire Networks.
We recently launched a website, which includes info and resources about the partnership and each individual network.
🔗 Check out the WTREX page here!
firenetworks.org/wtrex/
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A national online survey to reach those outside of state and federal agencies that support, plan or implement #RxFire in order to assess capacity and needs was conducted. Check out the policy brief and directory of local U.S. prescribed fire practitioners.
ruralvoicescoalition.org/rxf…
ALT Words read, "Prescribed Fire Implementation & Insurance Survey."
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This week in Santa Fe with the Indigenous Peoples Burning Network! nativeamericacalling.com/fri…
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WTREX Portugal applications are open! 🇵🇹
It will take place Feb. 1-10, 2024, and is open to applicants of all genders and backgrounds.
Check this link for more details and to apply. The application period is short, only two weeks, so don't delay 🌱
firenetworks.org/event/wtrex…
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Indigenous Peoples Burning Network - field trip with local Pueblos to Valles Caldera. Highlight for me was Obsidian Valley #goodfire
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"I believe our success in achieving fire resilience is inextricably tied to community support. A fire-adapted community is one in which fire resilience is directly woven into everything we do."
-Cordi Craig, Prescribed Fire Program Manager, @PlacerRCD
fireadaptednetwork.org/givin…
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🔥Attention Oregon Prescribed Burners🔥
@ORDeptForestry has released the application for the Certified Burn Manager program! Consider applying if:
-You are an RXB2 or have prior experience leading burns OR
-You want to become a training provider
oregon.gov/odf/fire/pages/pr…
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ALT A contractor is using a driptorch to light a prescribed burn under a forest canopy.
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"We need major and massive investments in infrastructure, community risk reduction programming, and natural resource management that can help us resist these kinds of impacts." Excerpt from Elizabeth's recent talk on @NPR. #PrepForFire #hawaiifires npr.org/2023/08/14/119369370…
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🔥SFE Webinar Today at 1pm!
"Climate-Driven Changes in Prescribed Fire in the Southeast: Burner Concerns, Needs, & Alternatives"
🔸Register here: ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register…
🔸Presented by Megan Johnson, PhD, @ORISEconnect Post-Doc at @forestservice
#climatechange #rxfire #fire
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Help us gather insight about Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs)!
We're developing a California-specific CWPP toolkit. If you have ideas on how to best plan for community wildfire adaptation, please fill out our 15 mn survey:
surveymonkey.com/r/CWPPTOOLK…
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Our new article 'Revitalising Indigenous cultural fire practice: benefits and partnerships' is now out - use the link below for free access @Pyrogeographer @CostelloOli #goodfire #fireback #INDIGENOUS #wildire
authors.elsevier.com/c/1hZnQ…