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BLM awards contracts for Alaska village-based wildland firefighting crews (akfireinfo.com)

04/10/2020

The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service awarded three contracts for Type 2 wildland firefighting hand crews based in rural northeastern and Interior Alaska villages for the 2020 fire season.

Study synthesizes what climate change means for northwest wildfires (www.usgs.gov)

04/10/2020

A University of Washington study published in Fire Ecology paints a comprehensive picture of future wildfires in the northwest.

Wildfire risk to communities (wildfirerisk.org)

04/09/2020

Wildfire Risk to Communities is a free, easy-to-use website with interactive maps, charts, and resources to help communities understand, explore, and reduce wildfire risk.

Flood on the fireground: a day in the life of an American task force in Australia.

04/08/2020

In the winter of 2019/2020, hundreds of American firefighters deployed to assist Australia during an historic bushfire season. Join the members of Task Force 3B as they work through flat tires and flash floods to clear hazard trees along a remote road in Victoria.

Meeting the challenges of COVID-19

04/03/2020

In a matter of months, an epidemic grew into a pandemic that now affects every facet of our lives. The need for social distancing has led many people to wonder how Federal agencies will respond to wildfires given these restrictions.

Final Environmental Impact Statement for Tri-State Fuel Breaks Project (www.blm.gov)

04/03/2020

The Bureau of Land Management is announcing the availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Tri-state Fuel Breaks Project, an effort to reduce flammable vegetation adjacent to roadways.

Prescribed fire in the Lathrop Bayou (www.blm.gov)

04/02/2020

The Bureau of Land Management conducted a prescribed fire on 536 acres of the Lathrop Bayou Management Area of Conservation in Florida between Feb. 22-23, 2020.

Interior improves strategies to combat wildfires across 223 million acres in the Great Basin (www.doi.gov)

04/01/2020

Bureau of Land Management to strategically implement 11,000 miles of fuel breaks across a 223-million acre area in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

In the News: Southwest Wildfire Awareness Week (nmfireinfo.com)

03/30/2020

The federal, state, and tribal partners of the Southwest Wildland Fire Prevention and Information Committee announce Southwest Wildfire Awareness Week, March 29 – April 4, 2020.

Wildland Fire and Fuels Management (blm-egis.maps.arcgis.com)

03/25/2020

Explore the history, strategy, and science behind the Bureau of Land Management's fire program in Redding, California.

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