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Biden-Harris Administration Issues Call for Wildfire Commission Member Applications (www.doi.gov)
The Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are now accepting applications for members to the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission.
The Office of Wildland Fire Quarterly Bulletin (content.govdelivery.com)
The winter 2022 edition of the Office of Wildland Fire's quarterly bulletin discusses a historic investment in wildland fire management, workforce reforms for firefighters, COVID-19 mitigation for the 2022 fire season, and more.
In the News: UN: Wildfires Getting Worse Globally, Governments Unprepared (apnews.com)
A warming planet and changes to land use patterns mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades, causing spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution and other problems that governments are ill prepared to confront, according to a U.N. report.
Interior Announces Plan to Implement Historic Wildland Fire Management Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
The Department of the Interior’s Office of Wildland Fire today announced initial plans for investing nearly $1.5 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to increase the resilience of communities and lands facing the threat of wildland fires and to better support federal wildland firefighters.
Advancing Wildland Firefighter Workforce Reforms (content.govdelivery.com)
Over the next five years, the Interior Department will receive nearly $1.5 billion for wildland fire management, including $164 million for workforce improvements, ranging from a new wildland firefighter classification series to mental health support, improved compensation to additional training.
In the News: ‘A Deranged Pyroscape’: How Fires Across the World have Grown Weirder (www.theguardian.com)
Despite the rise of headline-grabbing megafires, fewer fires are burning worldwide now than at any time since antiquity. But this isn’t good news – in banishing fire from sight, we have made its dangers stranger and less predictable.
In the News: The Unequal Impacts of Wildfire (headwaterseconomics.org)
Variables such as income, age, mobility, and other socioeconomic factors can influence vulnerability to wildfire impacts.
In the News: Extreme Air Pollution from U.S. Wildfires Now Affects Millions of People (www.newscientist.com)
The portion of the western U.S. hit by the unusually high co-occurrence of two air pollutants because of wildfires has more than doubled in the past decade, exposing millions more people to dirty air.
In the News: This Vast Wildfire Lab is Helping Foresters Prepare for a Hotter Planet (www.nytimes.com)
When the Bootleg Fire tore through a nature reserve in Oregon this summer, the destruction varied in different areas. Researchers say forest management methods, including controlled burns, were a big factor.
Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security Jointly Establish New Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission (www.doi.gov)
The Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security announced the establishment of a Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. Establishing this Commission fulfills a key provision of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and represents a critical step in combating the nation’s wildfire crisis and improving resilience in America’s landscapes.