Photo courtesy of Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation
Join the University of Nevada Reno Extension Living With Fire Program to find out what we can learn about current and historic wildfires in Nevada through exploring the Oxbow Nature Study Area. Participants will learn how we have arrived at our current challenges with wildfire and the many relationships between how humans use land, plants, and wildfire. This event will include up to 1 mile of walking with many hands-on stops along the way.
Space for this event is limited and registration in advance is required. Register through Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation using the link below.
About Living With Fire
The mission of the Living With Fire Program is to provide recommendations to residents on preparing for wildfire and reducing wildfire threats to homes and communities. Since its inception in 1997, the program has created materials for residents that have been shared and applied to fire-prone regions throughout the country. It provides resources to homeowners, educators, community groups and firefighting professionals to improve defensible space, ensure homes have proper building materials, manage native and non-native vegetation and prepare for evacuation. Through community outreach events, peer-reviewed publications, social media and television and radio interviews, the program team brings the most up-to-date information on wildfire preparedness to Nevada residents and others across the country.
Sagebrush to Sandstone is a series of creative gatherings and events that highlight the arts and humanities alongside Nevada nature, produced jointly by Nevada Humanities and Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation. This program is supported with funding by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
