Please use these links to listen to the podcasts and then answer the questions attached.
What was unique about the Panorama Fire that made it especially devastating? Consider both environmental and architectural factors.
How can fire be helpful rather than harmful? List at least three reasons from the podcasts and class.
What has been our forest fire policy for the past 75 years? How has this policy been helpful and harmful for wildlife and humans?
Based on his research, what does Jack Cohen recommend to reduce the risk of homes from burning in a wildfire? List at least three items.
Why have Jack Cohen’s recommendations not been widely publicized and adopted? List at least three resistances to change in wildfire management.
How are fires linked to floods & debris flows (mudslides)?
Should prescribed burns be part of Western U.S. forest management? Why or why not?
What is the responsibility of home owners vs. the state in fire management? Should governments be allowed to buy private land in the name of protecting entire communities & ecosystems from future fires & floods? Why or why not?
Should Californians in fire prone areas be allowed to rebuild? Why or why not? Consider the recent fires in Montecito, Sonoma County, the Thomas Fire & the Camp Fire as well as the gentleman’s personal reflections from “Fire & Rain”.
Make a connection between this topic of wildfire risk and community rehabilitation, this week’s topic of environmental (in)justice, and previous module’s topic of threats to biodiversity.
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