"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." –John F. Kennedy Once again, California political leaders failed us in managing the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst Los Angeles wildfires. Their annual preferred media rhetoric promise...
How many gut-wrenching death tolls headlines does it take before we make funding forest management a higher national priority? The horrific Lahaina wildfire deaths once again should call us to action. However, despite alarm bells screaming from...
The loss of life and trauma experienced in Lahaina should never be forgotten. In a recent (Washington Post) Op-Ed, Jennifer Balch wrote about wildfire vulnerabilities. While I agree that we need to promote fire resiliency, fire-resistant building...
Wildfires in Canada are sending air quality to "very unhealthy" levels in large swathes of the eastern United States, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The NWS has issued advisories for Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC, as well...
When anyone mentions wildfires in the news, we immediately want to know how the fire started. Was it intentional, accidental or the result of negligence by the agencies tasked with protecting our forests? The book "Running Out of Time: Wildfires...