Wildfire Matters

About Wildfire Matters

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is a leader in the nation’s wildland fire management. BLM Fire carries out a broad range of actions to protect the public, natural landscapes, wildlife habitat, recreational areas, and other values and resources. The national BLM Fire program focuses on public safety as its top priority, and consists of fire suppression, preparedness, predictive services, vegetative fuels management, prescribed fire, community assistance and protection, and fire prevention through education. To meet its wildland fire-related challenges, the BLM employs highly trained professional firefighters and managers who are committed to managing wildfire on our public lands. The BLM Fire program is headquartered at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho, where it works with seven other federal agencies to manage wildland fire, primarily in the western United States. Wildfire Matters takes you behind the scenes to talk with the people who strive to manage the landscape, protect our precious natural resources, and keep our communities safe as we continue to learn how to live with wildfire.  #WeAreBLMFire To learn more about NIFC or the BLM, please visit our website: www.nifc.gov. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for topics please email them to:  BLM_FA_NIFC_Comments@blm.gov and use ‘Wildfire Matters Podcast’ in the subject line. Follow BLM Fire on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Follow NIFC Fire on Facebook and Twitter: BLM IN: blmfire BLM FB: https://www.facebook.com/BLMFire BLM TW: @BLMFire NIFC FB: https://www.facebook.com/NIFCFire NIFC TW: @NIFC_Fire

Publisher

SB Studios

Category

business · leisure · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Mar 2022

Latest episode

7 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Aug 2025

   Turning Data into Decisions — Behind the Scenes of Fire Intel

   From thermal infrared flights at 10,000 feet to the daily intel reports guiding national strategy, this episode takes you inside the engine room of wildfire intelligence. We sit down with Scott Mayer with the Bureau of Land Management and Rachael Hansen with USDA Forest Service both based at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise to explore how data becomes decisions. They share how real-time intel, coordination, and infrared technology shape the way we respond to wildfires across the country. Whether you're a firefighter, land manager, or just fire-curious, this episode pulls back the curtain on the people and systems we all rely on during fire season.

2. 

   25 Jun 2025

   Two Roles, One Goal: Suppression with Stewardship

   Host Caleb Ashby interviews Dustin Hall, a dozer operator, and Erik Kriwox, a Resource Advisor, about constructing wildfire lines with heavy equipment while protecting ecosystems, balancing suppression and stewardship.

3. 

   6 May 2025

   Land management is fire management: an overview of the BLM Fuels Management program with TJ Clifford, Diane Mastin Dixon, Casey Cheesbrough, and Lance Okeson

   You can’t talk about wildland fire without talking about land. In this episode, we sit down with TJ Clifford, Diane Mastin Dixon, Casey Cheesbrough, and Lance Okeson to break down how fuels management works—and why it’s a cornerstone of BLM’s approach to reducing wildfire severity. From planning and partnerships to boots-on-the-ground treatments, this conversation highlights how managing vegetation today can change the trajectory of tomorrow’s fires.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

59

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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