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In this week\u2019s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Emily Browne, who has worked on wildfire prevention and suppression in Alaska with the US National Park Service. On September 27, the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission released a report with recommendations for addressing the challenges that are associated with wildfire in the United States. Browne discusses some of these recommendations, the day-to-day life of working on wildfire mitigation in the wilderness, various wildfire-mitigation strategies, the experience of working with an all-female fire crew, and the gender disparity in the US firefighting workforce.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\n\u201cOn Fire: The Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission\u201d from the US Department of Agriculture Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission; https://www.usda.gov/topics/disaster-resource-center/wildland-fire/commission\n\nUSAJOBS website; https://www.usajobs.gov/\n\n\u201cBraiding Sweetgrass\u201d by Robin Wall Kimmerer; https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass\n\n\u201cThe Big Burn\u201d by Timothy Egan; https://www.timothyeganbooks.com/the-big-burn