VISIONING THE FUTURE FOREST SPEAKER SERIES - PART TWO
PRESCRIBED BURNS AND SMOKE
Prescribed Burning
Led by FOREST⇌FIRE Co-Creator Michael Llewellyn, we explore the role of fire and the challenges of smoke in forest restoration with US Forest Service specialists.
Why do forest managers want to introduce fire to our vulnerable forest?
What are the differences between wildfire, prescribed fire, controlled burning and cultural burning?
What is the intended outcome of purposely burning the forest?
What about smoke? Isn’t setting fires in the forest bad for air quality?
Does smoke hurt the trees too?
Doesn’t smoke make the atmosphere hotter?
When: Friday, May 13, 2022, 6-7:30pm
Where: Truckee Community Recreation Center, Meeting Room 1
For more information about our two-part Speaker Series go HERE
Our speakers are long time specialists in fire practices and smoke monitoring on the Tahoe National forest:
Linda Ferguson, Fuels Specialist (and Burn Boss), USDA Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District (see bio here).
Leland Tarney, PhD, Physical Ecologist, Air Resource Advisor/Tech Transfer Specialist (detail), Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program, USDA Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District (see bio here).