Jul 18, 2020
As climate change heats up the earth, wildfires are becoming bigger and badder. What are some solutions? How can communities be protected while we fight fire with fire and control the uncontrollable? Check out: Wildfires in a Changing Climate - Interview with Robert W. Gray, expert fire ecologist from British Columbia (BC), Canada. And be sure to check out the Study Guide for the program! Click on the top left where it says "Pdf" above the date! https://multi-hazards.libsyn.com/wildfires-in-a-changing-climate-interview-with-robert-w-gray
Robert W. Gray Bio
Robert W. Gray is Fire Ecologist at R.W. Gray Consulting Ltd; researching fuel treatment effectiveness and effects of past wildfires. He's also a regular contributor to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) TV and Radio and the local Vancouver Sun news on wildfire science and policy.
R.W. Gray Consulting, Ltd. specialises in the research and application of many facets of wildland fire and ecological restoration. Fire research focuses on historic fire regimes and related ecosystem structure and composition, the immediate and long-term effects of applied fire, and integrated wildland fuels management including the use of fuels to produce bioenergy. Ecological restoration focuses on elements of dry forest ecosystems, their historic fidelity and ecological integrity, and the application of restoration strategies. Wildland fire operations include the application of prescribed fire to meet specific resource management objectives. R.W. Gray has been a qualified burn boss in the United States (US) and Canada since 1995. Wildland fire management includes the arenas of fuel hazard analysis and mitigation, policy, education, social acceptance, and training. Clients and collaborators include: Parks Canada, the United States Department of the Interior (USDI) Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Canadian Forestry Service, Government of Mongolia, British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Forests and Range, BC Ministry of Environment, State of Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, The World Bank, University of British Columbia, University of Washington, University of Idaho, The Nature Conservancy (US), Nature Conservancy Canada, City of Cranbrook (BC), City of Kimberley (BC), Chelan County (Washington State), and numerous First Nations, industry, legal, and environmental groups. Robert W Gray has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Montana in both Fire and Forest Ecology.