Life with Fire
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Rapid Fire Episode with Mystery Ranch Backbone Scholarship Winner Junior Lazaro
Life with Fire Podcast, Mystery Ranch Backpacks and the American Wildfire Experience (AWE) have joined forces to bring you this episode with Junior Lazaro—a wildland firefighter wh...
Fire For the People With the Nature Conservancy's Marek Smith
Marek Smith—the North America Fire Director for the Nature Conservancy and member of the Wildfire Commission—came on the show to talk about the Fire Networks, the commission report...
The Wildfire Commission Report with Kelly Martin
The Wildfire Mitigation and Management Commission, established in 2022 at the behest of Congress following the 2021 Infrastructure Act, recently released a substantial report highl...
Humble Fire and Traditional Ecological Practices with Cultural Fire Scholar, Dr. Melinda Adams
You've probably heard of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), but how about Traditional Ecological *Practices*? In this episode, we spoke with Dr. Melinda Adams of the N’dee Sa...
Community-Informed Wildfire Communications, With Isabeau Ottolini
Isabeau Ottolini is one of the foremost experts on imbuing risk communications with values that are informed by communities themselves. As a PhD candidate on community-based commun...
Expanding Prescribed Fire Capacity in Washington State, with Lucas King
We're big fans of the Mt. Adams Resource Stewards here at Life with Fire. You may recall our episode with the organization's Executive Director back in 2022 (episode 28), but we're...
Life after Wildland Firefighting with Luke Mayfield
What can life after wildland firefighting look like? With the issues facing wildland firefighters these days (including but not limited to: abysmal pay, nonexistent benefits and pe...
Forest Resilience Policy at the State Level with Hilary Franz
We'll be honest—we've been hoping to talk to Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz since the podcast's inception. Franz is responsible for the management of ov...
Fire in the Pine Barrens of the Northeast with Emily Dolhansky
Our 50th episode! In today's episode, we spoke to professional forester Emily Dolhansky about the fire-adapted ecosystems of her home state of New Jersey. Perhaps you've seen some ...
The Psychology of Fire and Innovating without Ego with Dr. Natasha Stavros
As indicated by the title of this episode, we covered some SERIOUS ground in our conversation with Dr. Natasha Stavros, Director of the Earth Lab Analytics Hub at CU Boulder. Natas...
The Philosophy of Fire with Amanda Rau, Part Two
In our second episode with Oregon Prescribed Fire Council founder Amanda Rau, we discuss how she has connected the dots between her philosophy degree and her fire career, what othe...
Making Your Own Spark, with Amanda Rau (Part One)
This week's guest Amanda Rau has worked for nearly every fire-adjacent agency or organization that exists in the state of Oregon. From the Forest Service to a contract crew to the ...
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