Wildland fire is both destructive and regenerative. As the climate continues to change, experts say that we’ll have to learn to live with it and be flexible in the face of this new reality. What are the impacts of a fire on the economy, ecology, identity, and personal property of a landscape where fire has burned? How can media and communication help to reconnect people to disrupted communities and begin to put things back together?
This media record is part of a series:
The Fire Story
The University of Oregon Center for Science Communication Research is looking at wildfire and the public’s connection to it through media and science communication. Moderated by SCR Associate Director Mark Blaine and SCR Founding Researcher Dr. Hollie Smith, The Fire Story podcast brings together wildfire experts from diverse backgrounds to discuss the science of communication during a fire event, fire preparedness techniques, the complexities of wildfire response, and how communities and the landscape recover after a fire. The series, which aims to provide established and emerging communication professionals and the public with a more nuanced understanding of wildfire’s multiple dimensions through the lens of recent wildland fires in Oregon