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Community-Led Burning: Building a Grassroots Culture of Prescribed Fire
We sat down with Joe Hill, Forest and Community Resilience Specialist with Cascadia Conservation District, and Colin Sternagel, private landowner, to learn about their recent work in developing local...
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Community-led Burning: Building Capacity for Prescribed Fire
We sat down with Sarah Allaben, Fire Adapted Communities Coordinator with Mount Adams Resource Stewards (MARS) to learn about her recent work in developing local community burning programs. Why does...
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Building an Equitable Mitigation Program in the Methow Valley
Like many places in the Western US, the Methow Valley in north central Washington state faces high wildfire risk and a widening socioeconomic disparity among its residents. For Fire Adapted Methow...
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From Around the World: Safe Communities Portugal (Part 1 of 2)
About the Author: Kirsten Cook is a freelance communications professional with a background in environmental education and wildfire adaptation. From 2011-2021, she worked for the Okanogan Conservation...
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From Around the World: Safe Communities Portugal: An interview with David...
Kirsten Cook hiking through typical mixed holm and cork oak forest in March 2023. Sadly this area burned in a large fire in July 2023. Photo: Kirsten Cook About the Author: Kirsten Cook is a...
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Chelan County Fire District 1’s simple, effective tool just about anyone can make using free software and a handsaw. The focal point of any Chelan County Fire District #1 public education event is a...
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Member Spotlight: Jim House, Coalition for Inclusive Emergency Planning
Meet one of our newest members, Jim House! Jim is the Disability Integration Manager for The Coalition on Inclusive Emergency Planning (CIEP). He recently joined us in a question and answer (Q&A)...
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Feed the Beast! Using Social Media to Drive Action
WAFAC sat down with three staff from Cascadia Conservation District, a WAFAC member since 2015. Their outreach efforts span a wide range of audiences across Chelan County in central Washington. With...
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Washington Post-Fire Recovery Gathering: Building Connections for a Resilient...
On April 30, 2024, approximately 60 people gathered in Spokane, Washington, for a post-fire recovery workshop to address recovery and post-wildfire response. Hosted by the Washington Department of...
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Member Spotlight: the Columbia River Gorge Commission
If you’ve ever had the chance to travel along the western Columbia River, which forms the border between Washington and Oregon, you’ve likely found yourself in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic...
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