Fire season is now upon us – and local experts are speaking out on best practices for dealing with large wildfires, which seem to be Nevada’s “new normal.”
Living with Fire
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University of Nevada, Reno Extension’s Living With Fire Program in June hosts two events to help Nevadans prepare for wildfire and evacuations.
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Prescribed fire burning operations in southwest Carson City began Tuesday and will start Thursday in Storey and Alpine counties.
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Living With Fire Podcast features a perspective on wildland firefighting, with Truckee Meadows Fire and Rescue’s August Isernhagen (sponsored)
On their latest podcast episode, the Living With Fire team interviewed August Isernhagen, Division Chief of Wildland Fuels with Truckee Meadows Fire and Rescue, about his career as a wildland firefighter.
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Living with Fire releases new podcast on the history of fire ecology in Nevada (sponsored)
Fire behaves differently regions, both historically and today. The guests on the latest episode of the Living With Fire Podcast “Regime Change: History of fire ecology in Nevada,” explain why fire is an important process in Nevada.
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Episode 4 of the Living With Fire Podcast, “Home on the Rangelands: Stories about living and working with fire in Nevada,” explores what life is like in some of Nevada’s high fire hazard areas.
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Washoe Tribe scientists discuss using traditional knowledge to mitigate wildfire risk and restore Tahoe’s Meeks Meadow
Members of the Washoe Tribe have embarked on a project to integrate use of their tribe’s traditional knowledge into current land management strategies to restore Tahoe’s Meeks Meadows.
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Living with Fire virtual series: “Prescribed fire in the Tahoe Basin and Nevada” (sponsored)
University of Nevada, Reno Extension’s Living With Fire (LWF) Program presents an online workshop series: “Living With Fire Virtual Series.” The online series features one or two monthly workshops from April – October 2021. The series covers presentations about landscaping, wildfire preparedness, fire weather, smoke impacts and more.
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The Caldor Fire continues advancing into the Lake Tahoe Basin. Fire activity overnight was active after South Lake Tahoe residents had to evacuate the region.
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Climatologist Tim Brown of the Western Regional Climate Center will discuss the impacts of climate and weather on fire in the fourth session of the Living With Fire Virtual Series.