I work with the Washoe County Sheriff's Emergency Response Team and first responders in Reno, Nevada. We attend an academy and on-going emergency training. We triage, guide traffic, help where assigned in emergencies; spot for lighting fires 🔥 and evacuation if needed. Your SubStack article was well written and appreciated..
Great interview. I actually just listened to NPR's Shortwave podcast. Climate correspondent Lauren Sommer spoke about the impact of the Castle Fire on sequoias, and interviewed folks about how suppressing cultural burning helped lead to extreme fires. I cried. In my car, at 9AM ET, I cried about these trees being obliterated. Thanks for sharing your stories Stacy. To saving the trees, we need them. Literally.
This interview was interesting and portrays the success achieved by hard work in difficult circumstances. The comments such as “climate change is real”, “experiences as a minority”, “colonization” actually detracted from the message that forest management at the local level was the better approach. That was the technique employed by indigenous people for eons. They also faced variations in weather patterns called droughts and floods. They were smart enough to know these were cyclical, not catastrophic. The “colonization” of the west was by Spain followed by the migration from the east to west by predominately white Americans. That was the history and today it is the population growth, it’s location and it’s failed leadership that is placing stress on the forests. IMO of course.
I work with the Washoe County Sheriff's Emergency Response Team and first responders in Reno, Nevada. We attend an academy and on-going emergency training. We triage, guide traffic, help where assigned in emergencies; spot for lighting fires 🔥 and evacuation if needed. Your SubStack article was well written and appreciated..
Appreciated the opportunity to read about your work.
Great interview. I actually just listened to NPR's Shortwave podcast. Climate correspondent Lauren Sommer spoke about the impact of the Castle Fire on sequoias, and interviewed folks about how suppressing cultural burning helped lead to extreme fires. I cried. In my car, at 9AM ET, I cried about these trees being obliterated. Thanks for sharing your stories Stacy. To saving the trees, we need them. Literally.
This interview was interesting and portrays the success achieved by hard work in difficult circumstances. The comments such as “climate change is real”, “experiences as a minority”, “colonization” actually detracted from the message that forest management at the local level was the better approach. That was the technique employed by indigenous people for eons. They also faced variations in weather patterns called droughts and floods. They were smart enough to know these were cyclical, not catastrophic. The “colonization” of the west was by Spain followed by the migration from the east to west by predominately white Americans. That was the history and today it is the population growth, it’s location and it’s failed leadership that is placing stress on the forests. IMO of course.