A Step Beyond the Fire podcast was created to educate and engage with listeners of all ages about the use of fire for the benefit of the land - better known as prescribed fire. Join our host named Cully, a conservationist and lifelong outdoorsman from Florida in the field as he seeks to document memorable life experiences told by people who are involved with conservation in the 21st century landscape. He challenges you to join him where the flame ends and new life begins!
A Step Beyond the Fire
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A Step Beyond the Fire podcast was created to educate and engage with listeners of all ages about the use of fire for the benefit of the land - better known as prescribed fire. Join our host named Cully, a conservationist and lifelong outdoorsman from Florida in the field as he seeks to document memorable life experiences told by people who are involved with conservation in the 21st century landscape. He challenges you to join him where the flame ends and new life begins!
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September 6, 2024
How to Start a Successful Fire Program (even if you're broke!)
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Check out this episode to learn the steps you can take to get started with a successful prescribed burning program on your property, even if you don't have much money to begin! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><u><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> Great Resources for Prescribed Burners:</span></u></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Association of Fire Ecology</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://fireecology.org/subscribe"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://fireecology.org/subscribe</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Driptorch Digest:</span></strong> <a href= "https://sites.cnr.ncsu.edu/southeast-fire-update/driptorch-digest/"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://sites.cnr.ncsu.edu/southeast-fire-update/driptorch-digest/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Fire Program Funding Opportunities:</span></strong> <a href= "https://sites.cnr.ncsu.edu/southeast-fire-update/funding-opportunities/"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://sites.cnr.ncsu.edu/southeast-fire-update/funding-opportunities//</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://fireadaptednetwork.org/resources/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://fireadaptednetwork.org/resources/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Hot-Dry-Windy Index</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://www.hdwindex.org/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://www.hdwindex.org/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">National Wildfire Coordinating Group Toolbox:</span></strong> <a href= "https://www.nwcg.gov/wfldp/toolbox"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://www.nwcg.gov/wfldp/toolbox</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Natural Areas Training Academy</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "http://members.naturalareas.org/members/memberinfo/prospect1.php?org_id=AREA"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">http://members.naturalareas.org/members/memberinfo/prospect1.php?org_id=AREA</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">North Carolina State University Extension Forestry</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://apps.ces.ncsu.edu/activecampaign/sign-up/4611AF/24/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> https://apps.ces.ncsu.edu/activecampaign/sign-up/4611AF/24/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Rapid Lesson Sharing</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://www.wildfirelessons.net/resources/rapidlessonsharing"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> https://www.wildfirelessons.net/resources/rapidlessonsharing</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Recorded Lectures/Talks from Oregon State University</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/feature-story/lookout-envisioning-futures-wildfire"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/feature-story/lookout-envisioning-futures-wildfire</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Rx Burn Planner</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://rxburnplanner.com/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://rxburnplanner.com/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Southern Fire Exchange email list</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://us5.listmanage.com/subscribe?u=18313cd6d252b7c69af8d769e&id=ebf459f071"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://us5.listmanage.com/subscribe?u=18313cd6d252b7c69af8d769e&id=ebf459f071</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Southern Group of State Foresters Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (What’s your risk?):</span></strong> <a href= "https://southernwildfirerisk.com/Map/Public/#map-themes"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> https://southernwildfirerisk.com/Map/Public/#map-themes</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Tall Timbers email list (Zach Prusak):</span></strong> <a href= "https://talltimbers.us12.listmanage.com/subscribe?u=4a50b1affbbdbb54a0a019ea7&id=08336fcb26"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://talltimbers.us12.listmanage.com/subscribe?u=4a50b1affbbdbb54a0a019ea7&id=08336fcb26</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">The Ember Alliance</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://emberalliance.org/news/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://emberalliance.org/news/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">UF Calendar</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://programs.ifas.ufl.edu/nata/calendar/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://programs.ifas.ufl.edu/nata/calendar/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Wildfire Today</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://wildfiretoday.com/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://wildfiretoday.com/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Wildland Fire Lessons Learned</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://www.wildfirelessons.net/home"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://www.wildfirelessons.net/home</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">6 Minutes for Safety</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://www.nwcg.gov/committees/6-Minutes-for-safety"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://www.nwcg.gov/committees/6-Minutes-for-safety</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><u><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> Fire Equipment Resources</span></u></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Cascade (sometimes BOGO on hardware and good fire shelter prices</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">):</span> <a href= "https://cascadefire.com/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://cascadefire.com/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Darley</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href="https://www.edarley.com/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://www.edarley.com/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Grainger (yes they have some useful fire stuff too):</span></strong> <a href= "https://www.grainger.com/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://www.grainger.com/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Forestry Suppliers</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/index.php"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/index.php</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Fire Hose Direct</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://firehosedirect.com/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://firehosedirect.com/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">National Fire Fighter Wildland Corp:</span></strong> <a href= "https://www.nationalfirefighter.com/?utm_source=enewsletter120721&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=homelogo&utm_content=header"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://www.nationalfirefighter.com/?utm_source=enewsletter120721&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=homelogo&utm_content=header</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Partzilla</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href="https://www.partzilla.com/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://www.partzilla.com/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Supply Cache</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://www.supplycache.com/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://www.supplycache.com/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Texas Jeans (Good priced Ripstop Nomex):</span></strong> <a href= "https://texasjeans.com/collections/wildland-firefighting"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> https://texasjeans.com/collections/wildland-firefighting</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Wildland Warehouse</span></strong><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">:</span> <a href= "https://www.wildlandwarehouse.com/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">https://www.wildlandwarehouse.com/</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><em>Episode photo courtesy of John McCabe.</em> </span></p>
July 14, 2024
Burning the Second Most Populated County in the US
<p class="MsoNormal">In this episode, Cully interviews John McCabe, the Director of the Department of Resouce Management in the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Illinois. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Want to learn how John and his team are able to consistently burn in a County that is home to over 5 million people, including the City of Chicago? Check this episode out! </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Dont forget to check out this webinar series we mentioned in the episode: https://www.uwsp.edu/wfc/wisconsin-forestry-center/workshops-trainings/prescribed-fire-webinar-series/</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
June 22, 2024
A Solution to the Growing Wildfire Problem
<p>In this episode, Cully meets up with Ben Cossel, the Public Affairs Officer for the Stanislaus National Forest in Sonora, CA. Ben shares the latest on the Wildfire Crisis Strategy Implementation Plan, and how the framework of the plan is taking big steps in solving the century-old problem of destructive wildfires in our Western landscapes. </p> <p>Check out the latest work on the Stanislaus National Forest: <a href= "https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/stanislaus/home/?cid=fseprd1150074"> https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/stanislaus/home/?cid=fseprd1150074</a></p> <p>For some of Ben's great fire photos, check this link out also: <a href= "https://www.flickr.com/photos/194987360@N03/albums/72177720317061556/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/194987360@N03/albums/72177720317061556/</a></p> <p> </p>
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