Kansas Canopy

In this episode, Blaine Stroble, NE community forester, discusses the vital role community tree inventories play in maintaining healthy and resilient urban forests. Learn how these inventories help communities make informed decisions about tree care, promoting environmental and economic benefits that enhance quality of life for residents. Find your community forester: https://www.kansasforests.org/about/staff/index.html

Join Fuels Specialist Luke Berning as we discuss the important steps to preparing for and conducting a safer burn pile. * National Weather Service: https://graphical.weather.gov/ * K-State Mesonet: https://mesonet.k-state.edu/fire/rh/ * Oklahoma State: https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/managing-brush-piles.html * Great Plains Fire Science Exchange: https://gpfirescience.org/ * Find your DFMO: https://www.kansasforests.org/about/staff/index.html

Join Community Forestry Program Coordinator Matt Norville as we look at what it takes to become a Tree City USA community and why Kansas needs more communities to join the program! * Find your District Community Forester: https://www.kansasforests.org/about/staff/index.html * Learn more about the Tree City USA program: https://www.kansasforests.org/community_forestry/tree_city/

This month we are remembering fallen firefighters, discussing how firefighter training has evolved, and a memorial service to honor those who have fallen in the line of duty and their families. This episode is in honor of Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance. * Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance: https://www.nwcg.gov/committees/week-of-remembrance * National Suicide Hotline: https://988lifeline.org/ * Share the Load Program: https://www.nvfc.org/programs/share-the-load-program/ * National Institute for Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help

You can find us elbow deep in fruit this month as we chat with Lawrence Fruit Tree Project Coordinator, Skylar Adamson. The Lawrence Fruit Tree Project is part of the Sunrise Project and is responsible for establishing and maintaining the Lawrence Community Orchard. Listen now to learn more about this collaborative, community, orchard and how you could begin your own fruit tree project in your community! * https://www.sunriseprojectks.org/ * https://www.facebook.com/LawrenceFruitTreeProject/ * https://www.instagram.com/lawrencefruittreeproject/