Issue #165 (20 August 2014) of the FLN Networker and its attachment. This issue includes news from landscapes, people and projects in Georgia, New Mexico, North Carolina and Virginia. It also includes links to NPS webinar recordings of fire GIS training, a Pheasants Forever brochure on firebreaks, the Forest Service's new FAC page, a report on the cost drivers for western wildfires, articles on fire and oaks and on long-term effectiveness of post-fire seeding in the Great Basin, a video about the Slide Fire, and several videos about the use of prescribed fire. As always, listings are included for webinars, FLN workshops, prescribed fire training exchanges, and conference and workshop opportunities.
Attached is a brief National Association of State Foresters report on communities at risk from wildfire.