Kelly Martin

Here is another wild ride. All federal fire agencies under one roof DOI💥

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A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned - Nature Communications Across many North American forests, recent years with exceptional area burned are not unprecedented when considering the multi-century perspective offered by fire-scarred trees. Nevertheless, abundant...

The next time you hear someone argue for a suppression-first approach to wildfire with a straight face, please share this paper with them. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Senate Passes Legislation Permanently Increasing Wildland Firefighter Base Pay. The measure now becomes law, ending the constant threat of a pay cliff.

The CR is obviously a controversial piece of legislation, but it contains a permanent pay raise for federal wildland firefighters. This is a major victory 4 WFFs and their advocates, and is the fruit of years of dedicated work. I'll be following up on this next week open.substack.com/pub/thehotsh...

This looks BIG - could be a game changer for affordable housing finally…

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The Department of the Interior Announces Permanent Pay Increase for Wildland Firefighters to Bolster the Nation’s Wildfire Response | U.S. Department of the Interior The Department of the Interior announced today permanent pay increases for federal and tribal wildland firefighters across the United States

Hard fought and hard won. THANK YOU for all the support this last 1/2 decade!!
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