Congratulations to Joe O’Brien and the Fire Science Technical Support Team.at Clemson on receiving Director’s Awards. O'Brien received the Global Stewardship Award  for “leadership and sustained effort to advance the global mission of the Forest Service as a leader in fire ecology and management of tropical forests.” The Fire Science Technical Support Team received the Director’s Award for Research Technical Support. The team of Mitchell Smith, Gregg Chapman, Helen Mohr, and Ross Phillips was recognized for “sustained excellence and innovations in technical support of research in the fire ecology of the southern United States.”