February 19, 2025

National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy: Community Resilience through “Neighboring”

By Dakota Wagner This blog was inspired by a FAC Net article by David Burchfield about “neighboring” in June 2024. That blog post can be read here: https://fireadaptednetwork.org/neighboring-and-fire-adaptation-efforts/  When we say community resilience, we’re talking about you and your neighbors.  Community resilience is a key focus in the recently updated National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management…

February 03, 2025

Navigating NAAQS, PM 2.5, and Wildland Fire Smoke

By Dakota Wagner & Jennifer Fawcett Introduction PM2.5 (also known as fine particulate matter) is the primary pollutant found in smoke from wildland fires, and plays a significant role in air quality and public health. As land managers set ambitious goals to increase prescribed burning for habitat stewardship and wildfire mitigation, the resulting rise in…

January 09, 2025

Hurricane Helene’s Impact on Wildland Fire: Where Do We Go From Here?

By Dakota Wagner Information in this article was primarily drawn from conversations with fire managers in Western North Carolina. The management suggestions in this article are written from the perspective of inland hurricane and tropical storm impacts. For additional information, and more information about impacts in coastal systems, check out the Hurricane and Tropical Storm…