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For the first episode of our mini-series on land use planning for fire resilience, we spoke with Molly Mowery about her background as a land use planner with a specific interest in preparing communities for wildfires, as well as about her work with the Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire program. Listen in for some perspectives on community wildfire resilience, and stay tuned for the rest of the mini series, which will include interviews with other planners, builders and architects.

Land Use Mini-Series: Planning Developments for Fire Resilience With Molly Mowery

In this episode we spoke with <a href="https://twitter.com/wildland_zko?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Zeke </a><a href="https://twitter.com/wildland_zko">Lunder</a>, a pyrogeographer with a background in GIS and mapping on wildfires, and more recently with helping out on prescribed burns all over the West. We spoke about how the advancement of mapping and technology for use in fire suppression is misguided—and how those tech solutions would be better used as a way to get more prescribed fire on the ground. Zeke is from Chico, California, so we also spoke about the impacts of the Camp Fire and the North Complex/Bear Fire on his community, and how repetitive large fires re-traumatize communities like his.

Wildfire Technology, Trauma and Other Tidbits, With Zeke Lunder

In this episode, we spoke with wildfire research extraordinaire <a href="http://www.pyrogeographer.com/">Crystal Kolden</a>, who is an assistant professor at UC-Merced. Crystal has a breadth of interests and areas of expertise, and is probably one of our favorite follows on &#8220;Wildfire&#8221; Twitter. We discussed her humanities background and what led her to an interest in wildfire, the wildfire misconceptions that most irk her and how we can better talk about wildfire impacts and wildfire topics in general.



For more information on Crystal and her research, check out <a href="https://twitter.com/pyrogeog">her Twitter</a> or <a href="http://www.pyrogeographer.com/">her website</a>.

Wildfire Perceptions and Misconceptions With Crystal Kolden

In this episode we spoke with Will Harling about his work with the <a href="https://www.mkwc.org/">Mid-Klamath Watershed Council</a>, as well as his experiences of growing up in Northern California on the banks of the Salmon and Klamath Rivers. Will had some fantastic insights on how prescribed fires are burdened with immense liability, restrictions and permitting, while wildfires are not treated the same—despite that modern wildfires are more severe because of human behaviors like full suppression firefighting and climate change. Will argues that modern wildfires are no longer an act of God, and that things like managing wildfires for prescriptive purposes could be a good step towards meeting forest management objectives. For more information on the Mid-Klamath Watershed Council—which Will is the executive director of—check out <a href="http://www.mkwc.org/">their website</a>.<a href="https://lifewithfirepodcast.com/episodes/wildfire-perceptions-and-misconceptions-with-crystal-kolden"></a>

Is Suppressing Wildfire Actually More of a Liability Than Prescribed Burning? With Will Harling

In this episode, we speak with anthropologist <a href="https://www.lindseyraisa.com/">Dr. Lindsey Raisa Feldman</a> about her research on incarcerated fire crews in Arizona. Lindsey actually worked on the ground with these crews—and despite her assertion that she wasn&#8217;t a very good firefighter, she did come away with some important insights about the nature of incarcerated firefighting, as well as a few profound experiences of her own. Lindsey&#8217;s work can be found on <a href="https://www.lindseyraisa.com">her website</a>.

Exploitation, Transformation and the Paradox of Incarcerated Firefighting With Dr. Lindsey Feldman

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Episodes

Ep. 15—Land Use Mini-Series: Planning Developments for Fire Resilience With Molly Mowery

Ep. 14—Wildfire Technology, Trauma and Other Tidbits, With Zeke Lunder

Ep. 13—Wildfire Perceptions and Misconceptions With Crystal Kolden

Ep. 12—Is Suppressing Wildfire Actually More of a Liability Than Prescribed Burning? With Will Harling

Ep. 11—Exploitation, Transformation and the Paradox of Incarcerated Firefighting With Dr. Lindsey Feldman

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