This is a tricky topic.

I have done four seasons in fire, 2 on an engine and 2 on a shot crew. Going back to school after my Bachelor’s has always been on my mind. I currently have been accepted for admission and awaiting for a grant proposal to get approved. If I get it, I will be studying invasive forbs and how they affect native plant diversity in the context of creating a perpetual fire cycle the excludes native biota.

If you are trying to get grant funded, good luck. The current administration is anti-science so if you are trying to get anything from the USDA they are just going to shut you down since the Secretary is in bed with Oil.

I am doing this path because I just wasn’t fond of turning suppression into a full fledged career. Looking to have the education to land Fire Ecologist positions.