Ariel Cowan

Ariel Cowan is a Regional Fire Specialist for Oregon State University Extension and serves Central and South Central Oregon. She spends much of her time offering educational programs on wildfire home protection strategies, fire ecology, prescribed burning, and connecting communities to wildfire resources. Her research has included the impacts of fire on soil and forest recovery. She developed a passion for sharing about fire history and community preparedness through her work as a professor of practice, biologist, stewardship forester, and wildland firefighter.