In this episode, Lauren Grand invites Jessica Halofsky on the show to discuss the impacts of climate change on Oregon’s forests.
Continue reading Episode 38: Climate Change“Fundamentally, we wanna make sure that forests are healthy. We keep forests healthy, that helps them to be more resilient to effects of climate change”
– Jessica Halofsky, Director of USDA Northwest Climate Hub
In this episode, Lauren Grand is joined by Tiffany Hopkins and multiple members of the Women Owning Woodlands Network to explain how WOWNet educates and empowers female small woodland owners.
Continue reading Episode 37: WOWNet“Everyone can kind of dive in and connect… wherever they wanna grab the bit of the net, they can.”
– Kate McMichael, WOWNet Member
In this episode, Jacob Putney is joined by Steve Denney and Alicia Christiansen to discuss the importance of educating the public about Oak trees and their positive impacts on Oregon’s woodlands.
Continue reading Episode 36: Oak“There’s an overwhelming interest in oaks, and once we explain the importance of oaks, [people] are excited about doing some things.”
– Steve Denney, Umpqua Oak Partnership Coordinator
In this episode, Jacob Putney is joined by Katie Wollstein to discuss strategies to mitigate fires and invasive plant species in Oregon rangelands.
Continue reading Episode 35: Range“Fire resilience benefits everyone, it’s a public good… We can’t keep thinking we’re managing these complicated ecosystems in a vacuum.”
– Katie Wollstein, Rangeland Fire Regional Specialist for Harney & Malheur Counties
In this episode, Jacob Putney and Aaron Groth invite Jon Bonk & Rebecca Muessle on the show to discuss the role incident meteorologists play in fighting wildfires.
Continue reading Episode 34: Fire Weather“Being an Incident Meteorologist is by far the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done in my career.”
– Jon Bonk, Portland National Weather Service Incident Meteorologist
In this episode, Lauren Grand and Graham Frank discuss early seral forest’s importance and key features.
Continue reading Episode 25: Early Seral Forests“I think by and large we’re still short a lot of old forests on our landscapes… and it’s a lot easier to create early seral than it is to create old forest.”
– Graham Frank, OSU College of Forestry Graduate Student
In this episode, Lauren Grand gets to know the members of the OSU Extension Fire Program.
In this episode, Scott Leavengood is joined by Iain Macdonald and Evan Schmidt to discuss how mass timber could play a role in solving climate change.
In this episode, Lauren Grand discusses the importance of pollinators with Jim Rivers.