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Personnel complete a joint USFWS and CAL FIRE prescribed fire.

Keeping Good Company: A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and CAL FIRE Partnership, Part 3

03/04/2022

Partnerships will be key to addressing the new norm of more frequent, severe wildfires and implementing the historic new funding for federal wildland fire management provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. A partnership in California showcases how two agencies can collaborate to more effectively respond to wildfires on both state- and federally-managed lands. This third installment explores the importance of that partnership around national wildlife refuges in Merced County.

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CAL FIRE-San Diego County Fire Authority Station

Keeping Good Company: A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and CAL FIRE Partnership, Part 2

03/03/2022

Partnerships will be key to addressing the new norm of more frequent, severe wildfires and implementing the historic new funding for federal wildland fire management provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. A partnership in California showcases how two agencies can collaborate to more effectively respond to wildfires on both state- and federally-managed lands. This second installment explores the effectiveness of that partnership in the San Diego area.

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National Park Service fire and aviation management personnel monitor a prescribed fire in Florida from the air.

Teaming Up to Take On the Double Threat of Invasives and Wildfires

03/01/2022

Invasive species and wildfire pose a dual threat to the nation’s communities, natural landscapes, and cultural resources. As we recognize National Invasive Species Awareness Week, we are also looking forward to how new, historic funding will support a strategic approach to combating these threats across government agencies.

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The Bondurant Fire in Wyoming in 2016.

Director’s Report: Shaping Wildland Fire Management for the Future

02/22/2022

As our nation has experienced increasingly severe wildfire activity in recent years, significant new funding for wildfire management demonstrates the importance the country has placed on addressing this crisis together. This funding will help us shape a wildland fire management program geared toward the challenges that lie ahead.

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