National Forest Fire Foundation and Gunnison County, Colorado Team Up to Create Stewardship Jobs
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For Shared Stewardship to function at its best it should touch all phases of career development, and provide pathways for those passionate about hands-in-the-dirt, collaborative management.
Using a model that could be duplicated for fire-related landscape restoration and resilience efforts, "STOR Corps" is a jobs-creation program based in-part on the successful Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1920s. Designed in part to elevate on-the-ground conservation work as a legitimate career path, it has attracted environmental professionals with established careers in land stewardship as well as students of Environmental Studies and Recreation Management programs at Western Colorado University.
"For far too long, stewardship has been relegated to a seasonal job, a stop on the way to a more meaningful career. That stigma needs to change in order to have the retention, consistency, and experience necessary to effectively serve in the role of steward to Colorado’s most treasured landscapes."
Funding was secured through supporters like Great Outdoors Colorado and the
Tourism and Prosperity Partnership. |
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Prescribed burn in Caples Creek Watershed, November © 2017 Sierra Nevada Conservancy
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Prescribed Burn Associations Are One Answer to California's Megafires
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This article from Sierra Magazine highlights how the increasing number of Prescribed Burn Associations across California can provide a bottom-up approach to the creation of resilient landscapes and fire-adapted communities.
"They can pave the way for a regular practice that weaves fire management back into the social fabric of communities, one that starts with neighbors, tribes, organizations, and officials working together. And maybe $50 for lunch and beer." |
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USDA Forest Service:
Partner-Focused Research
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The new USDA Forest Service "Research Framework" operating model embraces Cohesive Strategy-style collaboration and shared stewardship by encouraging all partners to continue working together throughout the entire research cycle. Read more |
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Wildfire Risk Reduction Training Goes Digital to Keep Fire-Adapted Communities Training
Moving Forward
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NFPA has received a FEMA grant that will fund the creation of three separate, experiential training programs for homeowners, business owners, and public safety personnel, further expanding and adapting education formats for creating fire-adapted communities. Content will cover WUI fire mitigation practices using interactive web-based formats and engaging simulations in a 3-D virtual environment. Learn more in this Wildfire Today blog post.
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Cohesive Strategy West
Shared Virtual Learning Series
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For Your Holiday Podcast Pleasure
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The Life With Fire Podcast
Hosted by writer and former wildland firefighter Amanda Monthei, Life With Fire features interviews with a broad range of wildland fire professionals, fire managers, a diversity of practitioners, historians, researchers, and more. Through these conversations, Amanda explores human-fire interactions with fire past and present - and how we can better live with fire now and in the future.
Where Can I Listen?
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