KTVZ

A novel way to spend spring break: Youth Wildland Fire Career Camp to debut in Central Oregon

Discover Your Northwest has announced the inaugural Youth Wildland Fire Career Camp, a free, multi-day program designed to ...
Boise State Public Radio

The U.S. Wildland Fire Service has officially launched; but Congress has decided not to fund it

The Department of the Interior (DOI) has formally announced the establishment of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service (USWFS), a development that came the same week that the U.S. Congress declined to fund ...
Utah Public Radio

The US Wildland Fire Service has officially launched — but Congress isn't funding it

The new agency will be composed of the multiple fire programs within the Department of the Interior. Congress funded other ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Voices: We need to learn to live with wildland fire. As a firefighter, here is what Utahns can do to help keep each other safe.

I had a rewarding and successful wildland fire and fuels management career, and I feel the ultimate opportunity for giving back is in helping to develop the next generation of wildland fire and ...
USA Today

Veterans find new purpose in federal wildland fire service

After growing up in a Marine Corps family, Tiege Downes enlisted out of high school. As a Marine in a scout-sniper platoon, he deployed overseas and expected he’d go to college after his active-duty ...
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Oregon declares July 2, 2025, as Wildland Firefighter Day

In a show of support for Oregon's wildland firefighters, Governor Tina Kotek has proclaimed July 2, 2025, as Wildland Firefighter Day in the state. This declaration coincides with National Wildland ...