Posts Tagged ‘Fire’
Forestry People Who Rock – Alex Harvey from Legacy Land Management – Episode 73
Alex and I sat down and had a conversation about being a consulting forester in his home state of Mississippi and some of the challenges that communities face. He was one of the foresters that began the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Program (www.sflrnetwork.org) by developing and piloting it and he has worked…
Read MoreWildfire Chats with Thomas Martin ~ Episode 63
Thomas is a Canadian Wildfire Professional and we had a great chat since we are in the beginning of what most people know as a fire season, however Thomas dives deep into what fire actually means, how to prevent your area and home from having #fire impacts and this historical First Nations role in fire…
Read MoreOregon Women in Timber ~ Betsy Yraguen ~ Episode 58
This will be a 4 part series with 4 amazing women, this is 4 out of 4 episodes and will be published each Monday in each week of October 2020 for National Forest Products week. Betsy Yraguen of the Douglas County chapter of Oregon Women in Timber talks about the organization and how she is…
Read MoreForest Men Who Rock – Myles Polk – Episode 42
Follow Myles on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/priiimal My name is Myles Vernon Polk, I am originally from San Diego, California and currently reside in Tuskegee, Alabama. I attended The Piney Woods Boarding School in Mississippi for high school and gained a Bachelors of Science Degree in Plant and Soil Science with a focus in Forest Management…
Read MoreFire Women Who Rock – Amanda Rau – Episode 41
We loved interviewing Amanda, in her episode we talked about fire science and the roll Smokey the bear plays. Amanda Rau started working in wildland fire management as a member of a 20-person handcrew based in Springfield, Oregon in 1999. In 2001, after finishing her undergraduate degree in Philosophy at the University of Oregon, she…
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