Summary: <a href="https://biohabitats.com"></a><br> <br> About<br> <a href="http://www.stephenpyne.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen Pyne</a> became interested in fire as a result of 15 seasons on a fire crew, the North Rim Longshots, at Grand Canyon National Park. He has written a gamut of fire-themed books, among them national fire histories for America, Australia, Canada, Europe (including Russia), Mexico (pending), and the Earth overall, culminating in <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Pyrocene-Created-Fire-What-Happens/dp/0520383583/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RQKB8IGAA41Q&keywords=The+Pyrocene%3A+How+We+Created+an+Age+of+Fire%2C+and+What+Happens+Next&qid=1669992843&sprefix=the+pyrocene+how+we+created+an+age+of+fire%2C+and+what+happens+next%2Caps%2C318&sr=8-1">The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next</a>. Other works include <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/How-Canyon-Became-Grand-History/dp/0670881104/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?crid=35XKCDY08LCHY&keywords=How+the+Canyon+Became+Grand%2C+The+Ice%3A+A+Journey+to+Antarctica&qid=1669992899&sprefix=how+the+canyon+became+grand%2C+the+ice+a+journey+to+antarctica%2Caps%2C88&sr=8-1-fkmr0">How the Canyon Became Grand, The Ice: A Journey to Antarctica</a>, <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Voyager-Exploration-Space-Third-Discovery-ebook/dp/B003NX75VI/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XXTQNACP40TJ&keywords=pyne+voyager&qid=1669992939&sprefix=pyne+voyager%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1">Voyager</a>, and <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Great-Ages-Discovery-Western-Civilization/dp/0816541116/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ZJ4V7PVW2IUW&keywords=The+Great+Ages+of+Discovery%3A+How+Western+Civilization+Learned+About+a+Wider+World&qid=1669992970&sprefix=the+great+ages+of+discovery+how+western+civilization+learned+about+a+wider+world%2Caps%2C86&sr=8-1">The Great Ages of Discovery: How Western Civilization Learned About a Wider World</a>. Presently, he is a writer, urban farmer, and emeritus professor at Arizona State University. Stephen holds a BA in English from Stanford University, and an MA and PHD in American Civilization from the University of Texas, Austin. He is currently writing a fire history of Mexico.<br> Topics<br> <br> * What if Bison could start fires?<br> * How humans created the age of fire.<br> * In the beginning there was lightning. (Or was it fuel?)<br> * When did humanity really start turning on the afterburners on fire and climate change?<br> * How human use of fire affects the oceans.<br> * Good wildfires vs bad wildfires.<br> * The illusion that we have control over large, intense fires.<br> * The wildland/urban fire relationship at the center of all fire policy and mistakes.<br> * Dealing with the huge fire deficit on wild landscapes.<br> <br> Extra Credit<br> <br> * Read Stephen’s interview in <a href="https://www.biohabitats.com">Biohabitats</a> <a href="https://www.biohabitats.com/newsletter/fire-on-the-landscape/expert-qa-stephen-j-pyne/">Leaf Litter</a><br> <a href="https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn">National Interagency Fire Center</a><br> <a href="https://wildfiretoday.com/">Wildfire Today</a>: useful source of fire community news<br> <a href="https://www.firescience.gov/">Joint Fire Science Program</a>: good source of current research and link to regional fire science exchanges<br> <br> Check out the entire issue of <a href="https://www.biohabitats.com/leaf-litter-quarterly/#2022">Leaf Litter</a>, The Biohabitats newsletter:<br> <br> <br> “We didn’t start the fire<br> It was always burning<br> Since the world’s been turning<br> We didn’t start the fire<br> No, we didn’t light it<br> But we tried to fight it” ~Billy Joel<br> <a href="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Episode-99_-Stephen-Pyne-On-Humanitys-Evolving-Relationship-With-Fire-transcript-1."></a>
