Sarah Coefield - Federation of American Scientists

Staff Fellow

Sarah Coefield

Sarah Coefield has more than a decade of experience in wildland fire smoke management and communication. As an air quality specialist for Missoula Public Health, she issued wildfire smoke forecasts and health advisories, regulated debris burning and prescribed fire, and worked with nonprofit, government and research partners to grow smoke preparedness in her community.

publications

Environment

Issue Brief

Seeing Through the Haze: How the federal government does (and doesn’t) work to reduce public exposure to wildland fire smoke

As the wildfire season has grown longer in the West, smoke events now sometimes stretch for weeks and across the continent. What is the federal government doing about wildland fire smoke, and who’s doing it?

09.13.23 | 24 min read