Thanks to Foto for forwarding the link to this podcast(http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201109231) on the Arizona fires, with Dr. Wally Covington and others. From Science Friday.
Managing Forests To Manage Wildfires
Plant-covered land is red in the June 21 false-color image of the Wallow fire burn scar. Patches of unburned forest are bright red. Flecks of black indicate some burning. The charcoal-colored areas burned severely. NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen using data from the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.
Record breaking fires in the Southwest have burned thousands of acres, disrupting people and animals, and leaving muddy, flood-prone landscapes in their wake. In this remote broadcast from Flagstaff, Arizona, Ira Flatow and guests discuss fire ecology, and how new forest management strategies may help stifle the blazes.
GuestsWilliam Wallace Covington
Regents’ Professor of Forest Ecology
Executive Director, The Ecological Restoration Institute
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, ArizonaMary Lata
Fire Ecologist
U.S. Forest Service / USDA
Flagstaff, ArizonaPaul Summerfelt
Firefighter, Type 1 Team Incident Commander
Wildland Fire Management Officer
City of Flagstaff
Flagstaff, Arizona
Here’s the proper link to the podcast.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201109231
The panel seems remarkably non-political in discussing the issues and answering questions from the audience. There appears to be a longer audio file for the conference they were at.
I think I edited the link so it’s correct. The usual link feature in WordPress did not seem to be working tonight.