Firescapes of the Mid-Atlantic: A Promethean Promise

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Downsbrough Community Room, Schlow Library
Dr. Smithwick reviews the socio-ecological barriers and opportunities for incorporating fire, sustainably, into landscape management, with implications for understanding fire-prone ecosystems globally. By using Pennsylvania and New Jersey as case-studies, we begin to understand the challenges of Prometheus’ “gift” of fire to humans.