Expanding the Prescribed Fire Workforce: A Partnership in Action

Prescribed fire workforce development is essential to mitigating wildfire risk and restoring fire‑adapted landscapes, yet a shortage of trained practitioners continues to limit its use. Set in Idaho, on the Caribou‑Targhee National Forest, “Expanding the Prescribed Fire Workforce” highlights a public‑private partnership between the USDA Forest Service and The Nature Conservancy that builds prescribed fire capacity by providing sometimes difficult-to-get experience and training and delivers prescribed fire to some of the places that need it most. The video shows how investing in people can support safer, more resilient landscapes. To see more videos in this series, visit firenetworks.org/manypaths.