Episode 23: New types of investments needed to address barriers to scaling up wildfire risk mitigation

streaming on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts

Host: Robert Keane, Editor of Fire Ecology and Retired Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, USA

Guests: Laurie Yung, Department of Society and Conservation, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, USA

Authors: Laurie Yung, Benjamin J. Gray, Carina Wyborn, Brett Alan Miller, Daniel R. Williams & Maureen Essen 

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Laurie Yung at the University of Montana about a study that examined how the wildfire problem is framed, how those frames influence potential solutions, and how reframing can reveal a broader set of solutions which may better address key barriers.


Special thanks to our guests for their participation, to Bob Keane for hosting this podcast series, and to Madeline Scheintaub for volunteering her time to edit the audio recordings.