EP 011 / 45:12
Wildfire, Wonder & Who Gets the Blame
Hosted by Kyle Peczkowski · Board Certified Master Arborist & Urban Forester
Episode Description
California's ecosystems evolved with fire. Certain cones need it to open; certain understories need it cleared. So why does every fire season feel like a catastrophe with a culprit?
We separate fire ecology from fire disaster, look at a century of suppression policy, and talk honestly about the difference between blame and responsibility for agencies, for landowners, and for the people who just live here.
Kyle Peczkowski
Board Certified Master Arborist · Urban Forester
Twenty two years in natural resource management, currently Urban Forestry Advisor for the County of Santa Clara. Canopy planning, wildfire and drought resilience, and decisions that play out over decades.
Author of the Faith Forest Initiative and its framework booklet on faith based community tree planting, reciprocity, and canopy equity at the county level.
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