The Social Contract of Managing Fire with Stephen Pyne

About this episode

Amanda Monthei interviews fire historian Stephen Pyne about fire management and the recent Dragon Bravo Fire in Grand Canyon National Park.

Welcome to our second episode with THE Stephen Pyne! Stephen is a renowned author and fire historian who, in addition to his academic life, also spent over a decade working on a fire crew on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon early in his career. Given this background, he seemed like quite possibly the perfect person to chat with about the recent Dragon Bravo Fire in Grand Canyon National Park.

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Monthei

Guest: Stephen Pyne

Topics covered

• fire management
• history of fire
• environmental science
• Grand Canyon
• social contract

Keywords

• fire
• Stephen Pyne
• Grand Canyon
• Dragon Bravo Fire
• fire history
• fire management
• environment

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim

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