Friends of Fire

Feb 08 2024 7 ep. 44 mins 33

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Friends of Fire discuss a variety of fire science topics relevant to southeastern US ecosystems. Produced by the Southern Fire Exchange, a regional program for fire science delivery in the Southeast, to help bridge the divide between the fire science and natural resource management communities. Subscribe to our Fire Science Newsletter + SFE Updates: http://bit.ly/SFEsubscribe

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Collaborative Research Burns - The Future of Fire Science

Feb 08 2024 54 mins

Learn all about collaborative research burns with James Furman, a Fire Management Specialist with the USDA Forest Service. James currently serves as Wildland Fire Subject Matter Expert for DoD’s environmental research programs and leads an Integrated Research Management Team (IRMT) to facilitate DoD-funded collaborative prescribed fire research campaigns. In this episode we discu

Developing an Effective Communication Plan to Help Drive a Successful Burn Program

May 26 2022 58 mins

As fire managers, we have a duty to consider everyone who is going to be impacted by our actions, whether it be the neighbors adjacent to your burn or a town three counties away where the smoke is settling down. In this episode of Friends of Fire, Ludie Bond, Public Information Officer (PIO) / Wildfire Mitigation Specialist with the Florida Forest Service, imparts that “You may n

Call-When-Needed Fire Crew Model - Part 2

Jul 13 2021 53 mins

This episode continues the discussion of the call-when-needed prescribed fire crew model with Adam Warwick, Stewardship Manager with The Nature Conservancy. Adam is also the creator and director of The Nature Conservancy’s Southern Blue Ridge: Call-When-Needed Fire Crew. In this episode, we discuss crew recruiting, costs and funding, partnerships, equipment needs, benefits and ch

Call-When-Needed Fire Crew Model - Part 1

Jun 04 2021 36 mins

This episode is part one of two discussing a call-when-needed fire crew model with Adam Warwick, Stewardship Manager with The Nature Conservancy. Adam is also the creator and director of The Nature Conservancy’s Southern Blue Ridge: Call-When-Needed Fire Crew. We discuss the general design of the crew, what makes this crew unique, how to support crew cohesion, supporting diversit

Wild Turkeys and Prescribed Fire - Part 2

Dec 30 2020 34 mins

This episode continues the discussion on Wild Turkeys and Prescribed Fire with Jay Cantrell and Dr. Michael Chamberlain. We discuss challenges of managing for wild turkeys, public perception of prescribed fire’s effect on turkeys, the effect of growing season / nesting season fires on turkey habitat and survival, potential effects of climate change on the bird, and the benefits a

Wild Turkeys and Prescribed Fire - Part 1

Nov 27 2020 35 mins

This is part 1 of a 2-part discussion where Jay Cantrell (Assistant Big Game Program Coordinator with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources) and Dr. Michael Chamberlain (Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia) discuss the relationship between Eastern Wild Turkeys and prescribed f

Reintroducing Fire into Long Unburned Pine Forests

Oct 19 2020 35 mins

Dr. Ajay Sharma, a fire researcher - Assistant Professor, at the University of Florida, and Shan Cammack, a fire practitioner - wildlife biologist and fire safety officer, with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), discuss what happens when fire is removed from a fire adapted ecosystem, best management practices of reintroducing fire into long unburned pine ecosystems,