Firewise Landscaping: Campaigning for Wildfire Risk Reduction Practices

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.

Amy Jo Detweiler, Professor and Extension Horticulturist, is responsible for teaching and outreach in community and commercial horticulture in the high desert environment of Central Oregon working with homeowners and green industry professionals. She specializes in sustainable landscape practices including waterwise gardening, firewise landscaping, and backyard food production. She is also responsible for training and managing an active group of master gardener volunteers for a tri-county region.