Smokey got it wrong
From the National Post: Smokey got it wrong. Splashed with drops of burning fuel gel, trailing from a helicopter concealed by a roiling column of smoke overhead, the giant pines of Mount Nestor fire up...
View ArticleFort Nelson First Nation uses fire to save bison, limit wildfires
Fighting fire with fire! And also saving bison. From the CBC: Fort Nelson First Nation uses fire to save bison, limit wildfires. Using a helicopter and a machine that pumps out 100 flaming ping-pong...
View ArticleStarved for fire, Wisconsin’s pine barrens disappear
When humans rush to extinguish every wildfire, wildfires are not the only thing extinguished. From Science Daily: Starved for fire, Wisconsin’s pine barrens disappear. A century spent treating...
View ArticleChimps can learn to cook
From NPR: Chimps Are No Chumps: Give Them An Oven, They’ll Learn To Cook. If you give a chimp an oven, he or she will learn to cook. That’s what scientists concluded from a study that could help...
View ArticleLeif Haugen, Fire Lookout
From americanforests.org: Leif Haugen, Fire Lookout. The old tent creaks and buckles under the force of the fierce wind blowing from the west as I sleep. The tall windows of the nearby fire lookout...
View ArticleLondon ‘alight’ for Great Fire retelling
Wow! From the BBC: London ‘alight’ for Great Fire retelling. A giant wooden replica of 17th century London has been set ablaze on the River Thames in a retelling of the Great Fire of London 350 years...
View ArticleCreative and forgotten fire escape designs of the 1800s
Oh my. So many of these are insane! From Atlas Obscura: The Creative and Forgotten Fire Escape Designs of the 1800s. In the morning of March 10, 1860, a crowd of several hundred New Yorkers looked up...
View ArticleFire-scarred trees record 700 years of natural and cultural fire history in a...
I have all kinds of reasons for being interested in the effects that fire has on forests, so this grabbed my attention. And look, it’s full of interesting historical info, too! From phys.org:...
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