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Focus on Fire Series
October 27, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Free
Focus on Fire Series
October 27, 6:30 – 7:30pm
10/27- A Landscape Built to Burn: Fire in Our State Parks
Learn about fire ecology in California in general, local native plant adaptations to fire, and the specific response to the CZU fire at the Fall Creek, Big Basin and Butano State Parks.
This presentation’s goal is to make people aware of the impacts that the CZU fire has had on local environments and answer questions that they may have about the future of those parks.
This presentation’s goal is to make people aware of the impacts that the CZU fire has had on local environments and answer questions that they may have about the future of those parks.
Previous in the Series
10/13- The CZU Fire In Their Own Words: Fighting Fires, Losing Homes, and Rebuilding Community
In this moving and powerful film, actors use the words of people who fought the fires and those who lost their homes, speaking about evacuating, losing homes and possessions, battling with insurance companies, and getting community support. Photos and videos from the families and local photographers are woven in. Following the film, the director will answer questions.The film was created and directed by Peter Gelblum and produced by Mountain Community Theater. The director and others associated with the film will be there to answer questions.
The film screening is from 5-6:30 followed by a Q &A with the director 6:30-7pm.
The film screening is from 5-6:30 followed by a Q &A with the director 6:30-7pm.
10/20- People and Fire in California: Then and Now
This presentation will trace the history and shifts in how people view, interact with, and utilize fire in California, from Indigenous stewardship practices through the era of fire suppression and into the burgeoning movement of community-led land management using prescribed fire. Connections between changing fire regimes and the composition of landscapes and human communities are highlighted through historical frameworks and interviews conducted over the past several years with California residents on the topics of wildland fire and prescribed fire use.
