Tall Timbers
The mission of Tall Timbers is to foster exemplary land stewardship through research, conservation and education. It is also recognized as one of the nation’s leading land trusts. Visit the website here!
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The Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils (PFCs)
The overarching goal of the Coalition is to establish and maintain a viable coalition of prescribed fire councils by providing encouragement, education, and leadership for the use of prescribed fire across the United States. Visit the website here!
The Fire Networks Blog
Features stories and information from a diversity of perspectives including successes, lessons learned, resources, and even failures related to community wildfire resilience. Weekly blogs. Visit the website here!
U.S. Drought Monitor
The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) is a map released every Thursday, showing where drought is and how bad it is across the U.S. and its territories. Visit the website here!
U.S. Fire Administration
US Fire Administration’s main website. Visit the website here!
U.S. Fire Administration Community Resilience
US Fire Administration’s site direction on fire adapted communities Visit the website here!
University of Oregon Wildfire Resilience Study
This project explored how federal policies interact with social conditions at the community level to reduce wildfire impacts. The goals of this project were to: (1) explain interactions among socioeconomic vulnerability, community adaptive capacity, and wildfire planning and mitigation; and (2) identify how these dimensions influence resilience in rural, fire-prone communities. Notes: Fact sheets were particularly insightful. Visit the website here!
USA Jobs
Apply here for government jobs! Tips: Search with keywords range technician, forestry technician, 0462, smokejumper, hotshot, or fire management Visit USAjobs website here!
USDA Research Stations
Research in the Forest Service is conducted at nearly 80 locations across the United States. Much of the research is organized around five Research Stations, one in each region of the United States. Visit the website here!
Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC)
The Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC) in Reno, Nevada, delivers high-quality climate data services at national, regional and state levels working with NOAA partners in the National Climatic Data Center, National Weather Service, the American Association of State Climatologists, and NOAA Research Institutes. Visit the website here!