by FSEEE | Aug 6, 2026 | Fire Science, Fire Truth, In Depth, Science Notes
Dr. Jack Cohen delivered a keynote presentation at the 2026 Colorado Wildland Fire Conference in Fort Collins entitled “Community Wildfire Risk and Fire Resilient Landscapes.” Just prior to his keynote, we had the opportunity to have a conversation about his work as a...
by FSEEE | May 25, 2026 | Briefly, Fire Science, Fire Truth
Dr. James Hansen, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute and former Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, doesn’t like the Fix Our Forests Act. A Boston Globe op-ed coauthored by Hansen and attorney Dan Galpern questions basic...
by FSEEE | May 22, 2026 | Dispatch, Fire Science, Fire Truth
Government agencies and corporate media consistently emphasize the expansion of wildfire acreage caused by a warming climate. Studies that examine only two or three decades of North American fire history support these claims. “Considering these studies, forest...
by FSEEE | May 19, 2026 | Dispatch, Fire Science
“ A campaign is underway to clear established forests and expand early-successional habitats … with the intention of benefiting specific species.” So begins a 2023 report published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. The authors of that report analyze...
by FSEEE | Apr 7, 2026 | Briefly, Fire Science
In spite of a lack of scientific evidence supporting the effectiveness of aerial fire retardant, in spite of revelations that show toxic heavy metals in fire retardant, and in spite of setbacks in federal court, Agriculture Department Secretary Brooke Rollins signed a...
