This webinar featured a panel of Stanford scholars and U.S. and Canadian experts on wildfire management who examined best-practices and shared lessons learned on traditional forest treatment, how practitioners must adapt to new climate factors public perceptions of controlled burns, and the policies and measures needed to help reduce wildfire risk. The discussion also included paths to building resiliency, particularly in communities at highest risk from wildfire and wildfire smoke.
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October 27, 2022
Speakers:
Rana Sarkar, Consul General of Canada, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
Amy Cardinal Christianson, Indigenous Fire Specialist, Parks Canada Agency
Alexandra Konings, Assistant Professor, Earth System Science, Stanford University
Frank Lake, Research Ecologist/PSW Tribal Liaison, U.S. Forest Service
Chris Field, Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
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0:00 Introduction from Chris Field
4:30 How the U.S. and Canada can collaborate to address wildfire
12:22 What are the primary factors contributing to the increase and severity of wildfires?
15:24 Roles, limits, and potential for "good fire"
18:12 Incorporating Indigenous practices into fire management
22:17 Compounding impacts of climate change on wildfire
25:42 Allocating resources equitably for wildfire resilience
30:13 Traditional Ecological Knowledge and cultural burning
33:16 Barriers to Indigenous-led stewardship
36:15 Remote sensing technology for understanding large-scale impacts
41:26 Limitations to reintroducing fire
44:39 Role of wind speed
45:46 Improving permitting process for cultural burns
50:14 Indigenous sovereignty and partnerships on wildfire management
54:05 Success stories from North America
