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“Preface: I’m a forester and a scientist who works with prescribed fire.
This podcast is fine. They do a decent job representing wildlife in the Pacific Northwest, but they fall into the same trap that most people talking about fire fall into: they assume that everything that applies in Pacific Northwest applies to whole of the US. The creators point to fire suppression happening across the USA, but that’s not correct. The Southeast has never stopped burning. More acres of forest are burned in prescribed fire in the Southeast then burn in the Pacific Northwest. The Midwest had some serious fires following land clearance, but since that time there have been almost no fires. Also, the peat lands in Northern Canada have just started burning, and that’s some really serious stuff that should have been discussed if the creators want to claim to be covering fire in the whole of North America.
The creators should have spent a little more time talking to foresters. They kept looking for terms like that exist like succession, reseting succession, disturbance, fire-dependent, and silviculture.
They also fall into the trope “Indians know Mother Nature”. Not to take away from the First Nations, but foresters have know they need to burn. I point to the Southeast where they never stopped burning, and the writings of various scientists from the early 1900’s.
Overall, an alright series, but they needed to do some more broad research if they’d like to claim to be talking about fire across North America.”
studmuffin226922 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/07/19
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“Very well produced podcast. Interesting and kept my attention.”
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United States of America ·
06/25/19
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“I love REI, the store. But this podcast is pretty clunky. So obvious that this guy is reading off of a page. Halting and awkward, like a kid reading the bullet points of his report in front of a classroom. Sounds like a bad powerpoint presentation.”
CuervoMojave via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/10/19
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“Excellent podcast. Always interesting, very informative, and presented with a clear reverence for both nature and for the people who cared for this land long before Europeans came to it.”
pjgirlca via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/24/19
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