In 2022, Reed, Trefny and two other students Bradley Massey, a junior at Alabama A&M University, and Alyssa Worsham, who recently completed her master’s at Western Colorado University formed the FireGeneration Collaborative (FireGen, for short), a group that advocates for centering Indigenous knowledge and bringing more young people into the wildfire space.
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Administration officials say the thinning work is making a difference and projects announced so far will lessen wildfire dangers in more than 500 communities across 10 states.