Podcasts | Santa Barbara Firesafe Council

The Fire Story

by Nic Elmquist | Jan 20, 2021 | Podcasts

Wildfire is complex. But how we communicate the science of wildfires, wildfire preparedness, response and recovery doesn’t have to be. The Center for Science Communication Research is looking at wildfire and the public’s connection to it through media and science...

Living with Fire Podcast

by Nic Elmquist | Sep 28, 2020 | Podcasts

What are the benefits of prescribed burning? Why have wildfires gotten so severe lately? What can I do to protect my home and community? Living with Fire is a new podcast that aims to answer these questions (and many others) while deepening our understanding of the...

Fire Ecology Chats: A Podcast Series

by Nic Elmquist | Sep 29, 2020 | Podcasts

This podcast is from the Association for Fire Ecology and covers topics such as prescribed fire science, the potential effects of changing climate and fire regimes on Pacific Northwest forests, whitebark pine encroachment into sagebrush grasslands in Montana, and...

Hot and Dry Podcast

by Nic Elmquist | Sep 29, 2020 | Podcasts

A podcast about how climate change is transforming the Southwest and what we should do about it. The series includes an episode on restoring the municipal watershed of Santa Fe and the founding of the Rio Grande Water Fund, and another on how prescribed fire can...

World on Fire Podcast

by Nic Elmquist | Sep 29, 2020 | Podcasts

When your backyard is burning, is anywhere safe? Welcome to World on Fire, a five-part podcast that takes us to the front lines of out of control wildfires in Canada, Australia, and California. Recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic, hosts Adrienne Lamb and Mike...

Last year UC Santa Barbara received an endowment gift to establish a lecture series on the topic of wildfire prevention and policy. Join us in the inaugural event, November 4th, as author Stephen Pyne gives a talk titled "The Pyrocene: America Between Three Fires". Click HERE for the event poster.