Communities at Risk
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Ep 3 - Communities at Risk
Communities in the West are increasingly built in fire prone landscapes—landscapes that have been shaped by fire, adapted to fire, and reliant upon it for ecosystem health. Communities throughout the West, like Merlin, Oregon, are looking for ways to be resilient in the face of wildfire and climate change. While communities like Paradise, California that have been impacted by wildfire are looking for new ways to rebuild. How do we begin to rethink how and where we build our communities, especially those that overlap with fire prone landscape? And how do we start to introduce fire back to the landscapes where we live?
In this episode of One Foot in the Black, we examine communities at risk. We dive into the Wildland Urban Interface and look at ways to protect our homes, our communities, and each other. And we ask the question, how can we better plan and prepare our communities for wildfire and climate change while also learning how to build back better when we are impacted by wildfire?
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Links & Resources
Cited study on the numbers of houses being built in the WUI: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/3/3/50/htm
Press on the Applegate prescribed burn featured in this episode: https://www.mailtribune.com/top-stories/2021/05/22/regular-people-learn-to-do-prescribed-burns/
Featured guests:
Charles Brooks, Rebuild Paradise Foundation
Janet Lancaster, Firesmart Merlin
Chris Chambers, Ashland District Wildland Division Fire Chief
Rich Fairbanks, fire practitioner and founder of Prescriptions for Safety
Aaron Krikava, Rogue Valley Prescribed Burn Association
Hosts: Joseph Vaile and Alexi Lovechio
Producer: Jessica Klinke