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Saydee Marie Fujioka is shown wearing wildland firefighter gear, holding a drip torch used to carefully implement fire on a prescribed burn.

Investing in the Future: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wildland Fire Apprenticeship Program

05/02/2023

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service continues to invest in its workforce and build the future of wildland fire management through the Wildland Fire Apprenticeship Program, where potential wildland fire leaders and well-rounded fire practitioners are fostered through a mix of classroom education and on-the-job training. 

A patch of bright green corn lilies glow in the sunlight amid an otherwise barren forest floor and blackened trees stretching toward a blue sky. The lilies indicate the presence of shallow groundwater in a post-fire monitoring plot in the Mendocino Nation

A Research Project Aims to Improve Forest Resiliency to Future Wildfires

02/07/2023

A research project that recently received funding from the Joint Fire Science Program, with support from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, aims to help the Mendocino and Shasta Trinity national forests recover from extreme wildfires while developing forest conditions that will build resiliency to climate change, fires, and other disturbances.

A wildland firefighter with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service helps private landowners adjacent to the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge set a prescribed fire to manage vegetation and reduce the risk of an extreme wildfire. He holds a drip to

Improving Wildfire Risk Reduction through Ecosystem Mapping

02/06/2023

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is providing an additional $20 million to the Joint Fire Science Program over five years to support wildland fire science. One proposal that received funding through the law will develop improved ecosystem maps to support strategic fire and fuel management planning at regional and landscape scales.

Two wildland firefighters from the Snake River Hotshots Crew stand on a small rise overlooking flames burning in tall, dried grass. Black smoke rises from the flames. The fire and smoke fade to the left, and snow-covered peaks are visible in the distance.

Director’s Report: A Historic Down Payment on the Future

01/30/2023

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is a historic down payment on the future that will help overcome the worsening climate crisis and increasingly severe wildfires. Accelerating the pace and scale of the Interior Department’s wildland fire management activities is a priority in 2023.

A three-day fire behavior analysis for the 2022 Moose Fire in Idaho. The analysis was completed in the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS) using LANDFIRE products. This fire behavior simulation helped with decisions by evaluating fire spread.

Welcome to LANDFIRE, Where Consistent Data has Improved Fire Modeling

01/23/2023

Predicting a wildfire’s movement is a complex task. Technology like the geospatial mapping program LANDFIRE makes the process more rapid and accurate.

Reclamation’s National Wildland Fire Management Program Coordinator Laura Harger (right) with the Regional Wildland Fire Management Program Coordinators John Hutchings and Kendra Fallon. They visited Whiskeytown Reservoir, a Reclamation reservoir within W

Addressing the Threat of Wildfires to Water Supplies: Meet Laura Harger

01/04/2023

As the National Wildland Fire Management Program Coordinator for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Laura Harger is developing the bureau’s program to address wildfires and the risks they pose to water supplies and hydropower production.

Members of a Yosemite helitack crew work around a helicopter in a grassy field. Trees border the field, with smoke rising from their midst. Mountains rise in the distance under a stormy sky. Photo by Yosemite National Park.

Director’s Report: Laying the Foundation for Significant New Investments in Wildfire Management through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

11/29/2022

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed one year ago, provides a once-in-a-generation investment to help tackle the climate crisis and improve the resiliency of our lands to wildfire. In 2022, it helped the Interior Department lay the foundation for significant additional investments in wildfire management.

Members of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe fire management team stand in a leaf-strewn clearing staring at the camera with determined expressions. Behind them is a dense, mixed stand of trees and two vehicles. Photo by Claire Everett, The Nature Conservancy.

How One Tribe is Restoring the Fire-dependent Longleaf Pine

11/17/2022

This Native American Heritage Month, we’re highlighting stories of Indigenous fire practices. The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas has a deep cultural connection to the longleaf pine. It has vanished from many areas. The Tribe is striving to preserve this fire-dependent species and recently received an award for those efforts.

Commander KJ Green with the U.S. Public Health Service has accepted an assignment with Interior’s Office of Wildland Fire as the wildland firefighter behavioral health clinical administrator.

Creating a Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program: Meet Commander KJ Green

11/09/2022

Wildland firefighters have unique physical and mental health needs. The Interior and Agriculture departments are working together to establish a program to address those needs. Meet Commander KJ Green with the U.S. Public Health Service, who recently accepted an assignment with the Interior Department to support this effort.

In 2019, the Joint Fire Science Program funded research to compile a unified database of wildland firefighter entrapments and improve our knowledge of factors leading to these situations. This is one example of how JFSP funding is furthering wildland fire

Furthering Research in Wildland Fire Science: Now Seeking Funding Proposals

10/24/2022

The Joint Fire Science Program funds important research to help land managers, practitioners, and policymakers proactively address wildfires. The Joint Fire Science Program is soliciting proposals for funding to advance wildfire research and support land management agencies.

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