Today’s episode is a rebroadcast from January 7, 2019. As wildfire season approaches again, we return to this conversation with guest Dave Lowe, who works for the US Forest Service and is one of two fireline archaeologists in the state of Wisconsin.

Over the course of the hour, he and Patty discuss the particular hazards of his job, last year’s deadly fire in Paradise, California, public education about fire-resistant design and landscaping, the role of prescribed fires, the effect of the 2018–2019 government shutdown on potential natural disasters, and much more.