Lecture: A Walk with Wildland Fire
SPEAKER: John Bailey
Lecture: A Walk with Wildland Fire
SPEAKER: John Bailey
John Bailey will walk us through our complex relationship with fire in landscapes like Oregon that have a rich fire history/ecological underpinning not fully understood or appreciated until recently by Western science and management. His perspective draws from personal and professional experiences that span four decades of forestry work (including firefighting), research and teaching. He will include an update on the 2025 wildfire season with an explanation of why wildfires seem to be getting worse overall – with time for plenty of audience questions about wildfire and community safety.
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About the presenter
John Bailey is the Professor of Silviculture and Fire Management in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University (OSU). He obtained his BS and MF degrees from Virginia Tech (as a native Virginian), where he was a squad boss with the Virginia Department of Forestry and USDA Forest Service. After graduation, he worked for 6+ years with the Environmental Protection Agency on several forest stressors. He completed his PhD at OSU and joined the faculty at Northern Arizona University in 1996, where he worked in ponderosa pine silviculture, fuels management and ecological restoration. He returned to OSU in 2006 to rebuild a wildland fire curriculum and continue research on fuels/fire management and sustainable forest management.
