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Host: Robert Keane, Editor of Fire Ecology and Retired Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, USA
Guests: Alan Taylor, Professor at Penn State and Eric Knapp, Research Ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Alan Taylor and Eric Knapp about how 360-degree photography can help people immersively explore areas previous to fire exclusion.
Virtual Reality tour of the ‘Variable Density Thinning’ study on the Stanislaus-Tuolumne Experimental Forest https://chorophronesis.geog.psu.edu/virtualexperiences/StanislausWebsite/indexSummer2022.html
360-degree imagery from Beaver Creek Pinery, CA https://ishiwildfire.geog.psu.edu/
360-degree imagery from Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, Mexico https://sspm.geog.psu.edu/
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.