Shelby Majors
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Fire practitioner * Land management * Fan of travel, music, good food and drink, and time well spent
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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The Blind Spot at the Top of the World
Slashing Arctic climate science will limit how clearly the U.S. can understand the region.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/02/climate-science-arctic/685990/?gift=wVJzLRXUgZTFU6GfTBBnuOt1hcaFT6CpwraKODZPtcY
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Association for Fire Ecology
10 days ago
The Lake States Fire Science Consortium is accepting proposals for undergraduate internship experiences which address issues associated with northern fire-dependent ecosystems đ„Proposals are due February 24 - learn more at
http://lakestatesfiresci.net/interns_2026.html
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www.vox.com/climate/4777...
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Trumpâs new Wildland Fire Service is failing to ignite
ï»żWildfires are a growing threat. Do we need a new federal agency to help?
https://www.vox.com/climate/477719/wildland-fire-service-trump-forest-wildfire-interior
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www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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Trump admin moves to finalize return of Schedule F
Officials estimate that around 50,000 federal workers will be stripped of their civil service protections beginning in around a month, as unions, employee associations and good government groups decry...
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/02/trump-admin-moves-finalize-return-schedule-f/411239/
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These awards honor the best US civil servants. What âbestâ means may be changing.
Organizations that bestow awards for good governance are adjusting to the Trump administrationâs staff cuts and criticism of traditional civil servant values.
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0120/federal-workers-trump-civil-service
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The Purged
Donald Trumpâs destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/02/trump-federal-worker-layoffs-interviews/685321/?gift=wVJzLRXUgZTFU6GfTBBnuAwPTk_7OyeHX9sSVaNtuPY
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Can someone please explain to Trump that Greenland has a lot of ice, not ICE. Trump vows tariffs on eight European nations over Greenland -
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Trump vows tariffs on eight European nations over Greenland
President Donald Trump on Saturday vowed to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the United States is allowed to buy Greenland, escalating a row over the future of Denmark's...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-vows-tariffs-eight-european-nations-over-greenland-2026-01-17/?utm_source=braze
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 month ago
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
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A history of New Zealand's wildfires - and what's to come
Off the back of two devastating wildfires in Tongariro National Park, Kate Green takes a look back at some of the big ones, and a look forward at future risk.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/582924/a-history-of-new-zealand-s-wildfires-and-what-s-to-come
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And another day where the President continues to amplify the big lie of a stolen election, imply he will change the constitution to run a third term, and weighing using military force to seize Greenland, an autonomous territory of a NATO ally. Among other things.
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January 5, 2026 (Monday)
Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed the U.S.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-5-2026-monday?r=4umh3b&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 1 month ago
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Carl Zimmer
about 2 months ago
The
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Lost Science series continues. Here's my Q&A with a scientist who was studying how wildfire smoke threatens human health when the EPA decided that her research was no longer a funding priority. Gift link:
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Trumpâs Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: Itâs all going to get much, much worse.
https://newrepublic.com/article/204227/trump-immigration-nightmare-happening-here
about 2 months ago
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Don Moynihan
about 2 months ago
For 2026, media could commit to not laundering the administrationâs talking points in their headlines. The EU bans were not triggered by censorship but about misleading X users.
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Katharine Hayhoe (@katharinehayhoe)
Two days ago the US administration announced its plans to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research - the top weather and climate research institute in the US and arguably the entire world...
https://substack.com/@katharinehayhoe/note/c-189229074?r=4umh3b&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
about 2 months ago
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Happy Winter Solstice!
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018- A History of Rome Christmas
Podcast Episode · The History of Rome · 02/28/2010 · 13m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-rome/id261654474?i=1000343455306
about 2 months ago
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky
2 months ago
Please share. Calling all bog lovers and peat aficionados - please drop a thumbs up or comment on this talk, and show TEDx why bogs are the best. My great hope is that we can drum up more bog champions in this world. With love and appreciation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWt9...
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Bogs are real superheroes, cast as villains | Dr. Merritt Turetsky | TEDxBoulder
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWt9IU9Au5E
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âIt takes all of us, meaning state, local, federal, Tribal, NGOs, contractors, all the restâno one organization can do the preventative work or the response work.â
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Hopeâand Many FearsâFollow in the Wake of Trump's Plan to Transform Wildland Firefighting - Inside Climate News
The Departments of Interior and Agriculture announced a new U.S. Wildland Fire Service. But layoffs, confusion and budget cuts have sparked doubts.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16122025/trumps-plan-to-transform-wildland-firefighting/
2 months ago
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Wendy O'Rourke
2 months ago
Lux Interior's Christmas Mixtape
#HolidaySounds
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A well written piece- âOnce you create an agency thatâs only focussed on fire, life and safety become the main focus, and any notion of fire as a multipurpose ecological tool loses its value,â What America Can Learn from Its Largest Wildfire of the Year
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What America Can Learn from Its Largest Wildfire of the Year
When Dragon Bravo ignited, in Grand Canyon National Park, officials decided to let it burn. Then the fire spread out of control.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-america-can-learn-from-its-largest-wildfire-of-the-year
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The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
âYou must refuse illegal orders.â Thatâs what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress.
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-moment-to-pick-a-side-has-come?r=4umh3b&utm_medium=ios
2 months ago
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The Sand Creek Massacre And Why It Still Matters Today
November 29, 1864, marked "one of the most emotionally charged and controversial events in American history"
https://open.substack.com/pub/ourpubliclandsandwaters/p/the-sand-creek-massacre-and-why-it?r=4umh3b&utm_medium=ios
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The mystery of Europe's most famous bog bodies
Denmark's Tollund Man and Grauballe Man are two of the best-preserved bodies from the ancient world.
https://bbc.com/reel/video/p0mg62tn/the-mystery-of-europe-s-most-famous-bog-bodies?ocid=fbfut&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQKNjYyODU2ODM3OQABHmO30Kytk9evxldqonOzsUTX8ksmxJ2Z9aCJjk_z4RA_Q9AdhhsLCBhxn4Q-_aem_BaT2Emh31R1SZc3aD2RxhA
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So, what is peat exactly?
A brief introduction to peat soils, peat fossils, and moss piglets
https://open.substack.com/pub/peatpedia/p/so-what-is-peat-exactly?r=4umh3b&utm_medium=ios
4 months ago
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How indigenous practices can help protect forests
The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2025/tribes-cultural-burning-california-wildfires/
4 months ago
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Don't Bring Us Into This
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyon...
https://open.substack.com/pub/jesspiper/p/dont-bring-us-into-this?r=4umh3b&utm_medium=ios
5 months ago
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https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/08/01/usda-opens-public-comment-period-department-reorganization-plan?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwL83dVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqSPmkOLUdTay3SNolJNwIZgh-NcqhairO7G34uqEGDepD1z8i-DA-kg2bE1_aem_gZ7Ki9eCva0CtMLTkuk3aA
7 months ago
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Satellites and drone swarms: The new high-tech quest to fight wildfires
7 months ago
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From 2018 but relevant and revisit following a work meeting were it was discussed that hope is not a plan.âStrategy is not a science; it is an art of big-picture thought, communication, and constant adaptation.â
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/hop...
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HOPE IS NOT 'A' STRATEGY: IT'S THE ONLY STRATEGY
In "Hope is not a Strategy; It is the Only Strategy," Jeremy Weber shows how American grand strategy has depended on aspiration to drive change and overcome wicked problems. Today's strategy discourse...
https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/hope-not-strategy-strategy/amp/
7 months ago
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Disasterology: July 2025
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined).
https://open.substack.com/pub/disasterology/p/disasterology-july-2025?r=4umh3b
7 months ago
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A new era of floods has arrived. America isnât prepared.
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Evan Frost
7 months ago
Grand Canyon Lodge, the town of Jasper in Jasper NP, Sperry Chalet in Glacier NP -- these iconic structures were built in a different climate & not designed to survive the turbo-charged fires of the 21st century. We can only expect to see more of the same.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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An explosive Grand Canyon wildfire brings terror, loss and tough questions: âIt came like a freight trainâ
The decision to let a small blaze burn â before it suddenly erupted â has drawn scrutiny. Now those who love the remote North Rim are reckoning with the destruction
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/grand-canyon-dragon-bravo-fire
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Mike Flannigan
7 months ago
Area burned in Canada for 2025 is now at 5.6 M ha exceeding the total for the entire 2024 fire season. This fire season is not as bad as 2023 that had 9.37 M ha burned by July 12, 2023. However, 2025 is a very active year with 365 fires out of control and 2 months still left in the fire season.
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This map visualizes the 250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in the Senate budget reconciliation package. Map and analysis by The Wilderness Society using source data from BLM, USFS, USGS, NPS, and SENR reconciliation bill text as of June 16th 2025.
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
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Tell your senators to kill the current reconciliation bill!
The Senate reconciliation package is a disturbing giveaway that will mandate the âdisposalâ of public lands across the western United States.
https://act.wilderness.org/a/senaterec-june25-web
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Here's why they are dismantling the FDA, NIH, and CDC
An honest answer to an honest question
https://open.substack.com/pub/mccormickmd/p/heres-why-they-are-dismantling-the?r=4umh3b
9 months ago
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Kevin M. Kruse
10 months ago
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To save our trees, we must burn down our forests
10 months ago
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Meade Krosby
10 months ago
"De-extinction" is to the biodiversity crisis as geoengineering/carbon capture are to climate change. The false promise of magical techno fixes undermines the actions needed to actually address these problems - and will be exploited by bad actors to do just that.
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Renowned Minnesota wildlife photographer Jim Brandenburg dies at 79
Minnesota friends and photographers recalled the arresting work of Brandenburg, âthe da Vinci of wildlife photography.â
https://www.startribune.com/renown-minnesota-wildlife-photographer-jim-brandenburg-79-dies/601322879
11 months ago
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Here Are the Attack Plans That Trumpâs Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlanticâs editor in chief.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/
11 months ago
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Murphy Woodhouse
11 months ago
The next time you hear someone argue for a suppression-first approach to wildfire with a straight face, please share this paper with them.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned - Nature Communications
Across many North American forests, recent years with exceptional area burned are not unprecedented when considering the multi-century perspective offered by fire-scarred trees. Nevertheless, abundant...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56333-8
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Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isnât True.
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Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isnât True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the worldâs richest men slash aid for the worldâs poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/foreign-aid-cuts-impact.html?rsrc=flt&smid=bs-share
11 months ago
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Source New Mexico
11 months ago
NEW: Even as Forest Service officials laid out the acute risk of wildfire in the Southwest this season during a briefing with congressional staffers this week, they repeatedly refused to say how many employees were fired, a congressional aide told SourceNM.
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âStonewallingâ: Forest Service mum on firings during wildfire briefing for congressional staff âą Source New Mexico
Source New Mexico obtained slides and chats from a tense meeting this week between Forest Service officials and staffers for Southwest members of Congress.
https://buff.ly/AXenBR2
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âThe Trump Administration seems hellbent on dismantling the system of checks and balances which are the pillars of a democratic society,â
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U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist
The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.
https://time.com/7266334/us-human-rights-watchlist-civil-liberties/
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How Forest Service layoffs are hitting one Idaho lakeside town - Marketplace
In Valley County, Idaho, the Forest Service is the areaâs third largest employer. A union steward there reported nearly four dozen layoffs.
https://www.marketplace.org/2025/03/04/forest-service-layoffs-trump-mountain-west/
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Mass firings cut the muscle not the fat - Writers On The Range
The stories are heartbreaking. US Forest Service, National Park Service and other federal workers â some of them within weeks...
https://writersontherange.org/mass-firings-cut-the-muscle-not-the-fat/
12 months ago
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Jessica Kutz
12 months ago
Two years ago I wrote about a women's firefighting bootcamp in Yosemite National park, where I interviewed young women thrilled to fight fires. Today I published a story about how all such initiatives have been cancelled under the Trump Administration.
19thnews.org/2025/02/dei-...
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âItâs all been scrappedâ: Women in wildland firefighting bootcamps canceled after DEI cuts
Women already had an intimidating entry point to the male-dominated field. Trump's orders to dismantle DEI in the federal government could hurt years of progress.
https://19thnews.org/2025/02/dei-women-wildland-firefighting-bootcamps-canceled/
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The Bully-in-Chief Targets an Ally
Zelenskyy resists and refuses to kiss the ring
https://open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/the-bully-in-chief-targets-an-ally?r=4umh3b
12 months ago
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Dr. Samantha Montano
12 months ago
They are simply doing what they said they were going to do.
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Don Moynihan
12 months ago
One of those jobs that we hopefully never need to think about, because if we do that means something has gone badly wrong. But itâs also one of those jobs that someone needs to ensure is staffed appropriately to make sure something does not go badly wrong.
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