Shelby Majors
@playingwfire.bsky.social
Fire practitioner * Land management * Fan of travel, music, good food and drink, and time well spent
www.usda.gov
August 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Satellites and drone swarms: The new high-tech quest to fight wildfires
August 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Satellites and drone swarms: The new high-tech quest to fight wildfires
From 2018 but relevant and revisit following a work meeting were it was discussed that hope is not a plan.“Strategy is not a science; it is an art of big-picture thought, communication, and constant adaptation.”
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/hop...
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/hop...
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...
warroom.armywarcollege.edu
July 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
From 2018 but relevant and revisit following a work meeting were it was discussed that hope is not a plan.“Strategy is not a science; it is an art of big-picture thought, communication, and constant adaptation.”
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/hop...
warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/hop...
A new era of floods has arrived. America isn’t prepared.
July 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A new era of floods has arrived. America isn’t prepared.
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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...
An explosive Grand Canyon wildfire brings terror, loss and tough questions: ‘It came like a freight train’
The decision to let a small blaze burn – before it suddenly erupted – has drawn scrutiny. Now those who love the remote North Rim are reckoning with the destruction
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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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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.
July 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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.
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...
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...
Tell your senators to kill the current reconciliation bill!
The Senate reconciliation package is a disturbing giveaway that will mandate the “disposal” of public lands across the western United States.
act.wilderness.org
June 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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...
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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To save our trees, we must burn down our forests
April 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
To save our trees, we must burn down our forests
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"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.
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.
in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
April 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"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.
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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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...
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...
www.nature.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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...
Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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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.
buff.ly/AXenBR2 #nmfire
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‘Stonewalling’: Forest Service mum on firings during wildfire briefing for congressional staff • 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.
buff.ly
March 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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.
buff.ly/AXenBR2 #nmfire
buff.ly/AXenBR2 #nmfire
“The Trump Administration seems hellbent on dismantling the system of checks and balances which are the pillars of a democratic society,”
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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.
time.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“The Trump Administration seems hellbent on dismantling the system of checks and balances which are the pillars of a democratic society,”
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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-...
Today I published a story about how all such initiatives have been cancelled under the Trump Administration.
19thnews.org/2025/02/dei-...
‘It’s all been scrapped’: 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.
19thnews.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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-...
Today I published a story about how all such initiatives have been cancelled under the Trump Administration.
19thnews.org/2025/02/dei-...