Ashira Morris

Ashira Morris is a freelance journalist based between Tallahassee, Florida and Sofia, Bulgaria. She’s interested in local environments and the forces that shape them.

Diversifying the Next Generation of Wildland Firefighters

A partnership between the US Forest Service and four HBCUs is shifting the mostly white forestry workforce

By Ashira Morris August 8, 2024

In this story: wildfire, racial justice, environmental justice

Firefighters in yellow hardhats, managing a prescribed burn.

Private Landowners Are the Missing Link for Prescribed Burns

Community organizations teach individuals to manage their land with fire in states like Georgia, where 93 percent of the land is privately owned

By Ashira Morris February 20, 2024

In this story: wildfire, forests, hunting, land use and planning

Two men dressed in yellow PPE and holding fuel canisters set a prescribed burn to a forest in Southwest Georgia.

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Diversifying the Next Generation of Wildland Firefighters

Private Landowners Are the Missing Link for Prescribed Burns

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