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Arizona and Rim Countryâs changing climate â and creation of a new âClimate Mastersâ outreach program through the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension â are topics to be discussed at this weekâs gardening webinar. The free webinar is at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 29.
Guest speaker Anne Mottek holds degrees in forestry and sociology. Her work focuses on social science research and its application in resource management.
Sheâs also engaged in collaborative organizations such as the Four Forest Restoration Initiative stakeholder group, Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership, Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, and Arizona Fire Adapted Communities.
As the flowers start blooming and days get warmer, it means fire danger increases. Living alongside the wilderness in a region where fire is part of the landscape, spring is an important time for residents to get prepared for wildfire.
Each spring, re-evaluating defensible space and home hardening techniques is part of life in the basin. While it’s important to focus on the vegetation around the home, it’s also key to reduce the risk from the infrastructure as both play important roles in protecting property.
Several fire scientists and agencies from both California and Nevada collaborated to produce a step-by-step 20-page guide for homeowners to retrofit their homes to be more suited, resilient and less vulnerable to ignition from wildfire. It’s called the Wildfire Home Retrofit Guide which was funded primarily by Cal Fire.