Wildfire & Forest Management

Update June 2024 - Idaho Department of Lands has a new wildfire alert system. Sign up here:

https://www.idl.idaho.gov/fire-management/alerts/

in addition, I belong to

North Idaho Fire Watch (Facebook group)

Private group

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21.4K members

and I have the Watch Duty app on my phone. you can also follow online

https://app.watchduty.org/

Since wind is one of the most important factors in wildfire spread, I have Windy app on my phone (Watch Duty also has a winds layer) or access Windy on your computer ( I find it is easier to see on a computer screen)

https://www.windy.com/

I feel sad to say this but there is no cohesion between the different agencies that map forest fires, monitor air and water quality, help people manage forest plans, the list goes on. I did get a postcard in the mail for this new program for wildfire prevention. So let's pray this brings us together on that subject.

National Interagency Fire Center 36k

https://www.facebook.com/NIFCFire

https://www.nifc.gov/

map

https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/

"The Idaho Department of Lands, the USDA Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service are sharing staff, funding, and are joining with a governor-appointed advisory group to identify mutual priorities and cross-boundary forest management opportunities."

I'm not exactly sure what these people do. I have emailed our local coordinator and I will get back here with what I find out. May 2024

The Stewardship Program

https://www.idl.idaho.gov/about-forestry/assistance-for-forest-landowners/forest-stewardship-program/

Fire Effects Information System (FEIS)

Find fire effects and fire regime information by species common or scientific name:

https://www.feis-crs.org/feis/

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Division of Fire of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes' Forestry Department

Learn more through CSKT's Fire on the Land project

https://fwrconline.csktnrd.org/Fire/FireOnTheLand/

"Our forest management plan is a very unique blend of Western science and traditional ecological knowledge...Our plan is really interactive and ecosystem friendly as we see what the land needs. It's not a production forest. It's based on ecosystem balance." - Tony Incashola, Jr., Director of Forestry, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k5-IVNUpP4

"That is why my elders—my father's father and beyond—that is why they would burn: for the animals and for the huckleberries and the medicines."John Peter Paul, Pend d’Oreille elder, circa 1999 - from Fire on the Land website
---------------------------------------------------wildfire news 87kI just noticed this group - worldwide wildfire news with 87k members. should be usefulhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/178993106345666/