Network Members in the News
Many of our Fire Network members are regularly featured in news articles, podcasts, and other media discussing a variety of topics ranging from prescribed fire, wildfire preparedness, fire insurance, fire workforce development, and more. Updated monthly, we aim to highlight some of the most recent news from our team.
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Following news from the US Forest Service announcing that they will be halting prescribed burning on federal lands in California, Director Lenya Quinn-Davidson tells the hard truth about the situation. |
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Save the Redwoods League’s I’ll Go If You Go podcast interviews emerging environmental leaders from diverse backgrounds, and have chosen to highlight the Fire Network’s Statewide Coordinator, Katie Low, a fire ecologist. |
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Tune in to this NPR segment where Fire Network Director and one of the founders of Women-in-Fire Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (WTREX), Lenya Quinn-Davidson, was interviewed about the importance of WTREX’s mission within the fire industry.
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Listen in as EcoNews Report interviews Fire Network Director, Lenya Quinn-Davidson, about all things fire-related! Whether you already have fire knowledge or not, Quinn-Davidson’s insight and experience will be sure to enlighten and engage. |
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Conservation Conversations talked with Fire Network Director, Lenya Quinn-Davidson, about the world of prescribed fire, diversity in fire management, traditional cultural fire practices, and more! Here is where you can listen to their enlightening episode.
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In KPBS’ article “Is Chula Vista doing enough to manage its wildfire risk?”, Fire Advisor, Luca Carmignani comments on the wildfire risk in Chula Vista, a city whose wildfire risk is rated ‘extreme’. His comments advocate for the public to familiarize themselves with wildfire and prevention on a personal level. Read more to see how a city and its people can prepare for facing wildfire.
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Russian Television International (RTVI) interviewed Fire Advisor, Luca Carmignani about wildfire and post-fire conditions in California, which he addressed both at large and specifically in regard to what Southern California has been experiencing this summer. If you would like to hear more about what he had to say, see the broadcast interview here. |
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Hear what Fire Advisor, Luca Carmignani had to say to KNX News 97.1 FM about the difficulty of adequately preparing California for fire season.
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Fire Network Director, Lenya Quinn-Davidson was recently interviewed by The Sacramento Bee about the benefit of prescribed fire in mitigating wildfire and what the challenges are to getting it on the ground. Hear what she and other agencies had to say about it amidst the Park Fire, the largest fire in California this year. |
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Read about the first-ever forester-focused prescribed fire training exchange (FTREX) hosted by Fire Advisor Barb Satink Wolfson and the Central Coast PBA! |
Catch Up on Other Fire and Natural Resource News from UC!
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UC ANR Forestry Team Welcomes Ali Azadfar, new Biomass and Forest Products Advisor
This fall, UC ANR's forestry team welcomed new Biomass and Forest Products Advisor Ali Azadfar to the Shasta, Siskiyou, and Trinity communities. Azadfar to comes to UC ANR's Siskiyou office with research and teaching experiences shaped by diverse...
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Ryan Tompkins Wins Award for Outstanding Contributions to California Forestry
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) Forestry Advisor Ryan Tompkins was posthumously awarded the Francis H. Raymond Award by the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board) on November 6, 2024. This award is...
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Whitebark Pine Monitoring Continues at Lassen Volcanic National Park
Early one morning this fall, three National Park Service researchers from the Klamath Inventory and Monitoring Network (KLMN) scrambled over minivan-sized boulders on a remote butte in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Their goal...