Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burk Minor making a presentation Executive Director Burk Minor making a presentation. The Wildland Firefighter Foundation is a ...

I had a rewarding and successful wildland fire and fuels management career, and I feel the ultimate opportunity for giving back is in helping to develop the next generation of wildland fire and ...

Burk Minor, the executive director and co-founder of the Boise-based Wildland Firefighter Foundation, isn’t much for talking about himself. He’ll make public appearances on occasion, but the accolades ...

In a show of support for Oregon's wildland firefighters, Governor Tina Kotek has proclaimed July 2, 2025, as Wildland Firefighter Day in the state. This declaration coincides with National Wildland ...

The reversal of a decades-old U.S. Forest Service policy means that federal wildland firefighters can now mask up if they want to — something Washington’s state wildland firefighters have been able to ...

After growing up in a Marine Corps family, Tiege Downes enlisted out of high school. As a Marine in a scout-sniper platoon, he deployed overseas and expected he’d go to college after his active-duty ...

U.S. Forest Service firefighters work on containing the Eaton fire, a wildfire that burned 14,000 acres in Los Angeles County in January. (Photo by Jeremy Lindenfeld/Capital & Main) This article was ...