Climate change is having a massive impact on how fires are burning, adding an urgent need for better wildfire policy that will change how we use, prepare for, and fight fire.But what are politicians doing about this? Is anyone addressing the policy changes that are needed to protect communities - the policy changes that we desperately need to build a different, more sustainable relationship with fire?

In this episode of One Foot in the Black, we look at the policies being presented to address the wildfire crisis impacting the West. We talk to policy makers and fire professionals about what it’s going to take to change our relationship to fire on the landscape. We discuss several wildfire bills that have been introduced, both on the state and federal levels, and we talk to wildland firefighters about ways to address issues on the frontlines of this growing problem.

Links & Resources

2021 Federal Infrastructure Bill - Federal Lands Provisions

Featured guests:

Tim Ingalsbee, Executive Director, Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology (FUSEE)

Pam Marsh, Oregon State Representative, District 5

Susan Jane Brown, Senior Attorney, Wildlands and Wildlife Director, Western Environmental Law Center (WELC)

Belinda Brown, Tribal Partnership Director, Lomakatsi Restoration Project

Jim Whittington, wildland firefighter and fire communications officer

Hosts: Joseph Vaile and Alexi Lovechio

Producer: Jessica Klinke

One Foot in the Black is a production of Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center (KS Wild)