Living with Fire
Of Fire and Myth: Will Harling, Bigfoot, and the Power of Place
This story originally appeared on the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network blog, at fireadaptednetwork.org To have stories like this one on Fire Adaption delivered to your inbox weekly, visit bit.ly/FACNetSubscribe. By Lenya Quinn-Davidson I grew up in the heart of Bigfoot Country. Trinity County, California: a place where stories of Bigfoot encounters are common, even…
Read MoreNo More Prescribed Fire Barriers: Lessons from Lamprey
By Lenya Quinn-Davidson On a typical summer weekend in the late 1990s, you might have found me amid other teenagers, all lounging in the sun a few miles up the road from my house at one of our favorite swimming holes. At this place, the cool waters of Hayfork Creek tumble through a series of…
Read MorePODs: A Solution to Fire in the Time of Climate Change
By Joseph Vaile, KS Wild While all of us are focused on the COVID-19 virus and the widespread impacts on our lives and communities, we know that fire season is looming on the horizon. While our lives feel at a total standstill, nature continues onward. Wildfire season will come this summer, and we will be…
Read MoreChanging the Fire Culture: Let’s be Provocative
By Lenya Quinn-Davidson This story originally appeared on the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network blog. Visit https://fireadaptednetwork. org/changing-the-fire-culture-lets-beprovocative/ to access the original post. I love words. I love flowery, superfluous words; I love pithy, intense words; I love concise language, florid language, scientific language, love language—I love language. And I remember the moment I learned…
Read More