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When Letting The Forest Burn Is The Best Option

PNW #2 IMTeam

Fire helped create the forests of our region, but we've spent more than a century working very hard to stop fires from either starting or spreading. 

That has changed in recent years, but it's not an overnight process.  Forest ecologist Kerry Melten is part of the team working to make the Ashland Watershed more fire-resilient. 

He'll join us prior to a "pub talk" set up by ScienceWorks on the issue this evening in Medford.

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.