VOLUME 4 – ISSUE 3, Sep 2023
Feature Interview with Bob Gray, Wildland Fire Ecologist
and much more…
Fight Fire with Fire: An Interview with Bob Gray, Wildland Fire Ecologist
Listen to Mary Kean reading this article (19:54) Bob Gray was born in Guelph, Ontario to American parents. As a dual national, he learned about forests in British Columbia as well as Montana, New Jersey, and Arizona. In 1980 he was on his first “prescribed burn”, an intentional burning in order to thwart the path of a forest fire. That experience encouraged him to study forestry and fire science at university and to continue doing so for forty-three years. I…
More than Flames, Smoke, and Ash: A Personal Account of the Impact of Wildfire on Life in the Okanagan
Listen to the author reading this article (10:20) On August 17th from my office in the vineyards of East Kelowna, I could see a plume of smoke rising from the…
Growing Food in a Year of Drought and Fire
Listen to the author reading this article (15:04) In August a massive inferno the ‘Bush Creek East’ fire swept through the Shuswap region of British Columbia, forcing thousands of residents…
Fire Keeper
Listen to the author reading this article (11:40) Fire has always fascinated me. Throughout my childhood, my father was the warden of a Boy Scout Association campsite in Worcestershire, England….
Back on the Fire with Gary
Listen to the author reading this article (8:32) Dear Gary, Well, the smoke here is not as bad as in the interior of the province but I still can’t help…
Photo Story: 2023 Fires in British Columbia
These photos come from GTEC Board Member Terry Stone who lives in Salmon Arm. Some of the photos are contributed to Terry from his friends in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
The Burning
Listen to Arden Henley reading this article (9:29) Dead tree standing sunned and whipped dry firewood lichen curls kindle _____Cecily Nicholson How can we dance when our earth is turning?…
Dragons in the Forest: The World is on Fire (Review)
Listen to the author reading this article (11:33) Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast, by John Vaillant. Knopf Canada, 2023. Dark Days at Noon: The Future of Fire, by…
