Twenty-five Democratic congressional leaders from California sent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan a June 13, 2023, letter expressing concern that a proposed rule to strengthen the national ambient air quality standard “could...
National Fire Science
Varner provides Senate testimony to help shape wildfire policy
On March 8, 2023, Morgan Varner, Tall Timbers’ Director of Research and Senior Scientist, testified as an expert witness before the United States Senate, Committee on the Budget. Dr. Varner was invited to the “A Burning Issue: The Economic Costs of Wildfires” hearing...
How Western States Can Encourage Prescribed Fire on Private Lands
Burn Back Better: How Western States Can Encourage Prescribed Fire on Private Lands provides an analysis of western state policies and focused recommendations to help increase private lands prescribed fire. Released in January 2023, the report is a collaboration...
The 2023 Farm Bill is a Big Opportunity for Land Stewardship and Prescribed Fire
Every five years, the federal government must reauthorize the Farm Bill. This sweeping legislative package is made up of a variety of different policies from conservation to nutrition to rural development that authorizes the U.S. Department of Agriculture to carry out...
Tall Timbers joins Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Policy Council
This summer, Tall Timbers accepted a position on the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Policy Council, a national non-profit coalition of conservation organizations and related outdoor entities that works to guarantee quality areas for hunting and fishing...
Training for National Fire Use
National Fire Use — The Risk Demands the Best Training Possible Originally published in the 2022 Tall Timbers eJournal. In much of the Southeastern Coastal Plain the prescribed fire practitioner community does a great job applying prescribed fire. We are fortunate to...