It was 30 years ago this August that three young eco-activists from Eugene changed history forever by winning the battle to oppose salvage logging on a 14-acre section of the Willamette National Forest near Oakridge. lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/commun...

Three Tims and a forest: Remembering the Warner Creek blockade, 30 years later

The three Tims were not alone in the success of Warner Creek, but they were certainly the most recognizable.

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Mental, not physical therapy - firefighters take steps to relieve the toll of exhausting, sometimes tragic work. From CPR News tinyurl.com/mental-not-p...

July 27, 2026: The mental toll on wildland firefighters; Denver Art Museum reimagines its Indigenous galleries | Colorado Public Radio

The deadly fire on the Colorado/Utah border has claimed the life of a fourth firefighter. 43-year-old Nathan Matthews, of Lincoln, Nebraska, had been hospitalized since the Snyder Fire burnover June 2...

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On The Climate Brink: We are watching as the world is remade for a warmer climate www.theclimatebrink.com/p/these-wild...

Wildfires are remaking the world

With great sorrow, we watch as the Earth is rebuilt into a different, warmer planet.

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The Wildland Firefighter Family Handbook is a comprehensive, practical guide written by & for partners of Wildland firefighters. From early dating to family planning, this handbook prepares partners for the unique experience of wildland fire families 👇 sites.google.com/fireduppartn...

The country is using nearly all of its wildfire fighting resources far earlier in the season than usual... On July 18, the country reached “Preparedness Level 5” status, the highest possible level on a scale that measures how much wildfires are taxing resources. www.notus.org/climate-envi...?

U.S. Firefighting Resources Are Already Maxed Out — And It’s Only July

National wildfire response coordinators are triaging across fires raging primarily in Oregon, Colorado and Washington.

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"Wildfires can be stochastic and auspicious disturbances that bring great opportunities for ecosystems, firefighters, local contractors, and other parasites." New Spotfire! Blog post: fusee.org/fusee/minnes...

Minnesota Fire Leeches - Spotfire! Blog — Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology

A wildland firefighter's firsthand story of supporting their crew while canoeing in the Boundary Waters Wilderness Area near Minnesota.

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Yes, this whole thread! The increased severity of wildfires across the globe is directly linked to a warmer, drier, and more extreme climate.

Dr. Ramesh Glückler@rglueckler.bsky.social · 2w ago

#Wildfire season is #Disinformation season! 🔥💬 I debunked very common but misleading arguments designed to deny any impact of #ClimateChange. Every year they keep coming back - with catastrophic fires near #Bordeaux and #Madrid, this year is no different. 1/6 volksverpetzer.de/analyse/wald...

Hakiym deserves freedom! You can support the campaign for clemency for this wrongfully incarcerated black firefighter by signing the petition: chng.it/Vf8kvnDhXS Or, you can call Governor Kotek directly and ask her to grant Hakiym clemency! 503-378-4582

We heard from people who were transferred from their home agency within the DOI into the new wildfire service earlier this year without a say in it. The shift was anxiety-inducing because changes came quickly leading up to fire season. tinyurl.com/lookout071426

New firefighters set out in Lane County amid a federal workforce restructuring

As the federal government restructures wildland firefighting after last year's workforce cuts, young firefighters in Lane County have signed up to work with the Oregon Department of Forestry for what'...

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Too much fire prevention education focuses on individual homeowners. But avoiding urban fire disasters requires collective action by whole communities to reduce risk of catastrophic urban fires. Calling all community organizers to wildfire preparation now! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Visit the Lab Where They’re Fighting Fire With Fire, Literally (Gift Article)

As wildfires intensify, threatening more people, a nonprofit is studying how to rethink homes and neighborhoods to prevent catastrophe.

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"For the sake of all the wildland firefighters still out there, and those who will follow, we really need an open, transparent and inclusive process. Then learn those lessons and apply them in our policies going forward." www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...

Safety advocates call for transparency in investigation into deaths of three wildland firefighters in Colorado

Memorials are being held in the hometowns of three wildland firefighters who died while battling a fire on the Colorado-Utah border. Meanwhile, the circumstances surrounding their deaths are still und...

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Oregon! Learn about community-based prescribed fire in your community. 🔥 This meeting is an opportunity to ask questions and share ideas to help shape what the prescribed fire program in your community will become. RSVP: www.firewin.org?mc_cid=6562b...

The Trump administration has reinstated a full suppression strategy applied to every wildfire, resurrecting an almost 100-year-old debate over how to handle wildfires cepr.net/publications...

The Deadly Cost of Misguided Federal Wildfire Policy

Trump's wildfire overhaul revives outdated fire suppression policies, weakening land management and increasing risks for firefighters and communities.

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How can we end America's 'Forever War' on wildfire? 👀🔥 Check out our latest Spotfire! Blog to learn more about the policies fueling this "futile and exhausting campaign of exclusive and aggressive suppression." Read the full blog now: fusee.org/fusee/ending...

Ending America's ‘Forever War’ on Wildfire — Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology

How we got in the dire situation we are with wildland fire in the U.S., what science says, and what needs to change for improved firefighter safety and wildland fire management.

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"There are fewer people having to do a lot more. You're going to be chasing after every fire in any place, in any condition, at any cost. ... Crews are going to be exhausted. They're going to be beat up, banged up and burned out." www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

Stretched resources and low morale as firefighters face an already blazing wildfire season

Adding pressure, the Trump administration has told firefighting agencies to pursue a “full suppression” strategy, meaning agencies are expected to try to snuff out every wildfire by default rather tha...

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FUSEE in the News: The tools firefighters use to protect themselves in the worst of conditions Listen to the interview with FUSEE's E.D. Timothy Ingalsbee: www.kunc.org/podcast/inth...

The tools firefighters use to protect themselves in the worst of conditions

Wildland firefighting is dangerous and often deadly work. That fact was driven home in recent days after three firefighters died fighting a blaze on the Colorado-Utah border. So what tools do firefigh...

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32 years ago, the South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain took the lives of 14 brave wildland firefighters, including helitak crewmembers, Pineville Hotshots, and smokejumpers. What started as a routine & seemingly manageable wildfire turned deadly when conditions changed for the worse.

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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology@fuseefire.bsky.social · last mo.

Join us this Thursday at 5:30PM PST for a watch party, discussion, and letter writing for Hakiym! Hakiym was wrongfully convicted after a racially motivated attack by a fellow firefighter. The fight for his freedom continues! Register for the watch party: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📡 SIGNAL BOOST 📡 Westerners w/ GOP Congress Reps— you can make a difference 🗣️ Simple ask to Reps per @nffe-fsc.bsky.social: “Please sign on as cosponsors for the wildland firefighter health bill Maxine Dexter has drafted" Firefighters give their all. Please lend them your voice. Thank you 🙏

Alt US Forest Service@altusfs.altgov.info · last mo.

BIG THANKS to @repdexteror.bsky.social @neguse.house.gov & @nffe-fsc.bsky.social for action to protect wildland firefighters’ health. #AltCitizen ACTION: If in FIRE-PRONE RED STATE plz reach out to your House Rep to encourage bi-partisan support for this. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Presser on YouTube:

Our hearts are with our wildland firefighters community this week ❤️‍🩹 Mental health resources: fusee.org/mental-healt... WFF resources: wffoundation.org/mental-health

Great question from @fuseefire.bsky.social founder Timothy Ingalsbee: “The question is, why were they attacking that fire in the first place? […] What was actually at risk? If it was a bunch of shrubs on remote mountaintops, what was the real risk that justified putting those firefighters at risk?”

Martha Bellisle@marthabellisle.bsky.social · last mo.

One of the #firefighters killed Saturday worked for the newly created US Wildland Fire Service, established this year under a Trump-admin directive to consolidate firefighters from 4 federal agencies + implement a discredited policy to stomp out wildfires within 24 hours apnews.com/article/wild...

"...Clapping and knocking, these boughs and brush swayed as a strong breeze trembled them. Then smoke, beckoned by the wind, raked across the landscape waist high. Twigs and gravel, driven by blustery gusts, pecked at our boots." Read the blog post here: fusee.org/fusee/cheery-creek-ember-storm

Cheery Creek Ember Storm — Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology

Incendiary Imbeciles #11 Wildland firefighters remain united to safely and ethically work together to improve ecosystems and insure that no one is left behind. During burning out operations, these...

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Join us this Thursday at 5:30PM PST for a watch party, discussion, and letter writing for Hakiym! Hakiym was wrongfully convicted after a racially motivated attack by a fellow firefighter. The fight for his freedom continues! Register for the watch party: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The National Preparedness Level has increased to PL3 as wildland fire activity grows nationwide. Fire activity remains concentrated in the Northwest, Great Basin, Southwest, and Rocky Mountain areas. Read full report: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn Join IMTA: https://ahimta.org/

Watch Duty is an invaluable app for wildfire tracking; this expansion just shows their dedication to public safety and disaster response! We love to see it! ❤️‍🔥

Watch Duty@watchduty.org · 2mo ago

➡️ What's new: The same Watch Duty map you trust for fire now shows clear flood information like National Weather Service warnings, precipitation rates, live river gauge data, and, in the case of catastrophic flooding, real-time human reporting and alerts.

Thanks to The Globe & Mail for covering my work to end the federal misclassification of wildland firefighters. They protect our communities in dangerous conditions, but many are still classified as forestry workers, not firefighters and this has to change. They are firefighters. Full stop.

FUSEE in the News: “The conditions are just ripe for some really bad outcomes.” insideclimatenews.org/news/3105202...

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season - Inside Climate News

With a puny snowpack in the Western mountains and a widespread drought, the nation is a tinderbox. A reorganization of federal firefighting efforts and the departure of many staff qualified to join th...

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Its such an honor to receive a $10,000 grant from the Chambers Foundation and the UO PPM grant making class for our Firefighter Wellness Program! ❤️‍🔥

New Spotfire! Blog post: "In Alaska, there’s a regular joke among firefighters saying that rather than wasting money on doomed project fires, it would be cheaper for the government to contact threatened cabin owners as the fire approaches and offer to buy it." fusee.org/fusee/saving...

Saving Private Cryin’ — Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology

Written by a retired wildland firefighter, the author recounts an experience saving a remote Alaskan ranch from a megafire.

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FUSEE's firefighter mental health advocacy paid off! Hear from USWFS Chief Brian Fennessy in a recent interview: www.boisestatepublicradio.org/health/2026-...

Firefighter health is a top priority in the new U.S. Wildland Fire Service. What could that mean?

The Mountain West News Bureau’s wildfire reporter Murphy Woodhouse recently spoke at length with Chief Brian Fennessy, the inaugural head of the Department of Interior’s U.S. Wildland Fire Service. A ...

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