Kenai Conversation: Our burning wildfire questions

It's Wildland Fire Prevention and Preparedness Week in Alaska. 

This week, staff from the Division of Forestry talk through past and present efforts to mitigate risk and respond to wildfires locally. In the second half of the show, how individuals can avoid fires in their own lives.

Tim Mowry is the statewide public information officer for the division’s Wildland Fire and Aviation program; Howie Kent is the fire management officer for the division’s Kenai-Kodiak area station, in Soldotna; and Drew Anderson is the lead fire prevention officer, also at the Kenai-Kodiak area station. 

Resources mentioned in this story:

• Alaska spruce beetle information
• Firewise USA
• Burn permit information
• Alaska Division of Forestry Facebook & Twitter