Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 12:00pm
Location: 
Marsh Hall Rotunda See map
360 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511

“Fire Ecology in Grand Canyon National Park: A Landscape Perspective”

Casey Teske

FIRE ecologist, Grand Canyon National parks

Casey has worked in many aspects of wildland fire since 1993, and has been the Fire Ecologist for Grand Canyon National Park since September 2015.  Her previous life includes heavy involvement in research and application development for wildfires using GIS and Remote Sensing tools. During the summer months, she can often be found on wildland fires, whether it is embedded with fire folks on the ground or providing decision support by predicting what fires will do for Incident Management Teams as a long term analyst (LTAN). When the fire season ends, she assists with writing burn plans and implementing prescribed fires at the Park, and puts her technical skills to work doing wildfire research. Additionally, she remains very involved in helping connect students with internships and employment opportunities, specifically related to wildland fire. She completed her Ph.D. in Forestry at the University of Montana in 2012.