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Job Corps Alumna: Maite Olsen’s path to a Forest Service career

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Trapper Creek Job Corps graduate Maite Olsen is scheduled to begin her Forest Service career in mid-March 2023, as a customer service representative on the Wise Ranger District on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. USDA Forest Service photo by Gary Mitchell. COLORADO—After a long journey, Trapper…
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Fires of winter

A wildland firefighter with a propane bottle and torch, burning a pile of fallen branches under the snow.
Pile burning is usually a one-to-two-year process from beginning to end. First brush, or slash is collected and placed in piles. Then the pile will sit for a year drying out to be burned in wetter colder months. (USDA Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt). Snow melts and becomes water, and…
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Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: Initial Landscapes

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In 2022, the Forest Service and our partners identified 10 initial landscapes to receive funding as part of the new Wildfire Crisis Strategy. This fourth installment of "Confronting the Wildfire Crisis" offers profiles on each landscape and outlines the decision process that led to choosing these areas.

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Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: A Chronicle

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The Forest Service and other land management agencies have long worked together to manage a growing wildfire crisis. This document, the third installment of "Confronting the Wildfire Crisis," details how those efforts have evolved from the 1990s towards the National Cohesive Strategy in the 2010s and into the present strategy of the 2020s.

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Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: Implementation Plan

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The implementation of the Wildfire Crisis Strategy details how the Forest Service will work with our partners to identify projects and begin work to mitigate the wildfire crisis. It is the second installment of "Confronting the Wildfire Crisis."

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US and Brazil train to better communicate, inform and educate during wildfires

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A student gives a live, on-camera TV interview to practice communication skills and how to interact with reporters. USDA Forest Service photo by Suelene Couto. Washington, DC—Your coworker arrives in the office and says during her commute she saw smoke in the direction of the forest nearby…
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