The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of the Interior (DOI) and FEMA announced on December 17 the establishment of a Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. Establishing this commission fulfills
The following letter was written by a group of more than 40 fire and forest scientists led by The University of New Mexico’s Matt Hurteau, a professor in the Department
A Wildfire Today piece addresses the wildland fire funding included in the infrastructure bill currently being considered in Congress. The bill included $20 million for the Joint Fire Science Program
To address problematic common names, the Entomological Society of America created a task force charged with spurring action in the entomology community. The task force developed a process called the
A recent JSTOR Daily article addresses issues related to air quality policies for prescribed fire and wildfire smoke. Read the piece here.
In a hearing Tuesday before the House of Representatives Science, Space, and Technology Committee the topic was “The state of federal wildland fire science: examining opportunities for further research and coordination.” Read
On 27 January 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. This Executive Order laid out a series of actions for Federal
The Research Associate III will work in close coordination with Dr. Schultz and as part of the CSU Public Lands Policy Group and Climate Adaptation Partnership, and with Dr. Tony Cheng as part of
