Thomas is a Canadian Wildfire Professional and we had a great chat since we are in the beginning of what most people know as a fire season, however Thomas dives deep into what fire actually means, how to prevent your area and home from having #fire impacts and this historical First Nations role in fire and why we have been ignoring those practices and need to bring them back to our landscapes. #wildfire #talkingforests His Twitter is: https://twitter.com/ThomasforBC  Thomas Martin is a Wildfire Project Manager in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. He spends his working hours on wildfire mitigation projects, community wildfire plans, and landscape level plans. In his spare time he and his wife climb, bike, hike, and ski. @thomasforbc on Twitter. Voice By Gordon Collier in Introduction: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgordoncollier/    Spring by Ikson  www.soundcloud.com/ikson    Music promoted by Audio Library www.youtu.be/5WPnrvEMIdo --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkingforests/support

Joe Buck In Nature and I had a great chat with each other. He loves Twitter and has built a SAFE community you should be a part of. I felt very safe in this interview and he also interviewed me on Fireside Ch@s, check that out on his YouTube soon!  Joe Buck is a dendrochronologist, ecologist, science communicator, and mental health advocate. Joe owns and runs Cross Timbers Dendro, a forest consultancy based out of Central Oklahoma. His YouTube channel, JoeBuckInNature, features Fireside Ch@s, a SciComm series highlighting scientists via informal virtual chats to provide a sense of community and connection to the scientists we see on social media, but haven’t all had the pleasure to meet. Joe also utilizes social media to help advocate for and normalize mental health adversities. You can follow Joe: Twitter: @JoeBuckInNature  https://twitter.com/JoeBuckInNature Instagram: @JoeBuckInNature   https://www.instagram.com/joebuckinnature/ YouTube: JoeBuckInNature  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1_JZmFwxuiN9meXJ5KbpMw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-buck585266186/ Website: www.joebuckinnature.com Cross Timbers Dendro: www.oldtrees.co Joe's mental health resource links: Made of Millions: www.madeofmillions.com International OCD Foundation: www.iocdf.org American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: www.afsp.org Dragonfly Mental Health: https://dragonflymentalhealth.com Voice By Gordon Collier in Introduction: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgordoncollier/  Spring by Ikson  www.soundcloud.com/ikson  Music promoted by Audio Library www.youtu.be/5WPnrvEMIdo --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkingforests/support

"Evolution of Knowing Your Worth and Why it Matters in Business". Candra talks about being burned, burning out, drawing boundaries, and how to measure your worth in business. From getting your 1099's, to wording contracts, to saying "NO" to business that you cannot do. Listen in!  Voice By Gordon Collier in Introduction: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgordoncollier/ Spring by Ikson  www.soundcloud.com/ikson Music promoted by Audio Library  www.youtu.be/5WPnrvEMIdo --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkingforests/support

We had a great interview with Janelle Leafblad from WoodWorks. She wanted to do this timely interview because of Mass Timber Month and Women's History Month. She has been a pioneer in wood and started with architecture and worked in the US Forest Service Wood Products Lab back in the day. Her current role is a great resource for those wanting to know more about building with wood education, mass timber, and more!  Janelle has been an active building technology consultant since 2002, primarily in the area of wood technology, investigation and design of building envelope components, and construction for both historic and contemporary structures. She earned her BS in Architectural Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and her MS in Wood Science and Technology from the University of California at Berkeley. Janelle has been with WoodWorks for over seven years and provides assistance on non-residential and multi-family wood projects to designers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, and Hawaii. She is a licensed professional engineer in the state of California. Want to be featured? Schedule your interview with Talking Forests on this link: www.calendly.com/talkingforests Voice by Gordon Collier www.linkedin.com/in/jgordoncollier/ Spring by Ikson www.soundcloud.com/ikson Music promoted by Audio Library www.youtu.be/5WPnrvEMIdo --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkingforests/support

Candra Burns a military spouse talks about moving overseas as military in the middle of a pandemic and we are back! We talked about the safe way of traveling and the process of moving for us. We wanted to give you updates and the reason why we were out. Candid audio here! Voice By Gordon Collier in Introduction: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgordoncollier/  Spring by Ikson  www.soundcloud.com/ikson   Music promoted by Audio Library  www.youtu.be/5WPnrvEMIdo --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkingforests/support

This will be a 4 part series with 4 amazing women, this is 4 out of 4  episodes and will be published  each Monday in each week of October 2020  for National Forest Products week. Betsy Yraguen of the Douglas County chapter of Oregon Women in Timber talks about the organization and how she is involved in to help promote the timber industry for the greater good!  Betsy Yraguen is the Account Executive and Integrated Media Specialist at KEZI 9 ABC News partnered with MeTV Western oregon which is Western Oregon’s news leader—with Live, Local, Late  Breaking coverage and more local news than anyone else. People depend on KEZI 9 ABC  News for the most important local news stories from where you live in Oregon.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkingforests/support

This will be a 4 part series with 4 amazing women, this is 3 out of 4  episodes and will be published  each Monday in each week of October 2020  for National Forest Products week. Vanessa and I chatted about what working in the woods with a doggo partner is like and how she would like to see forestry change for our future!  Howdy! Vanessa here. Originally from a small town in Northern California, Eureka. I earned my bachelor in science in Forestry, Natural Resources and Conservation at Oregon State University. Summer of 2019 I spent time overseas in Malaysia learning about the palm oil plantations and the effects on orangutan habit as well as other wildlife. My role currently is as technical forester with Rayonier in the coos/curry area on the south coast of Oregon. I love my role. I take my co-partner in the field, “Cruiser”, he is my dog. He’s been cruising with me since he was a wee- pup. I am an active member of the OWIT as well as the secretary of the OWIT chapter here in coos/curry. In my downtime I like to take Cruiser to the park, or beach or whatever adventure we can find. And, I like to read, sleep and eat good food. “Go Beavs!” Voice By Gordon Collier in Introduction: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgordoncollier/ Spring by Ikson  www.soundcloud.com/ikson  Music promoted by Audio Library  www.youtu.be/5WPnrvEMIdo --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkingforests/support

This will be a 4 part series with 4 amazing women, this is 2 out of 4 episodes and will be published  each Monday in each week of October 2020 for National Forest Products week. Melissa and I chatted about working in business in the forest sector. She enjoys OWIT so much!  My name is Melissa Fullerton. I grew up in rural Montana in a small town called Florence. I graduated from the University of Montana with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. I married my high school sweetheart and we moved to Colville, WA where he began his career as a forester with Boise Cascade in 1992. I found work with an accounting firm in Colville shortly after arriving in Colville. In May of 1993 my husband accepted a job for Boise Cascade in Elgin, OR so we relocated to La Grande. I began my career with Boise Cascade in November of 1994. We have been in La Grande since then. We have two children, a son and a daughter that we are very proud of. My husband is still a forester with Boise Cascade and I have since moved on to Woodgrain as their lumber division controller. Voice By Gordon Collier in Introduction: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgordoncollier/ Spring by Ikson  www.soundcloud.com/ikson  Music promoted by Audio Library  www.youtu.be/5WPnrvEMIdo --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkingforests/support

This will be a 4 part series with 4 amazing women and will be published each Monday in each week of October 2020 for National Forest Products week. Amanda Astor and I recorded this episode before the devastating fires in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. We chatted about forest fires and what Oregon Women in Timber does to make each member special and a part of the community.  Growing up in Minnesota, Amanda fell in love with the colorful hardwood forests of the midwest. A handful of woodland adventures and camping trips solidified her passion for nature and started her on the path towards a career in natural resources. Amanda obtained undergraduate degrees in Forest Management and Forest Biology with a minor in Botany from Colorado State University and a Graduate Certificate in Forest Carbon Science, Management, and Policy from Michigan State University. Amanda now serves as Southwest Oregon Field Forester for the American Forest Resource Council (AFRC). As an advocate for federal timber purchasers and manufacturers, she works to secure a robust and sustainable timber supply from federal lands through the development of operationally feasible, economically viable, and environmentally conscious projects. As a liaison between industry and federal agencies, Amanda encourages legally sound and science based management practices on lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management across the Southwest Oregon region. Before coming to AFRC, Amanda worked as a Pre-Sale Forester for the U.S. Forest Service on Michigan’s Hiawatha National Forest. In this position she developed field knowledge of timber sale preparation, statistically sound cruise design, and timber sale contracting tools while cross-training in silviculture, wildland and prescribed fire operations, and environmental planning and analysis. Voice By Gordon Collier in Introduction: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgordoncollier/ Spring by Ikson  www.soundcloud.com/ikson  Music promoted by Audio Library  www.youtu.be/5WPnrvEMIdo --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkingforests/support

Amanda Hamsley Lang is the COO & Vice President of Client Services, Forisk Consulting and we had a great chat about women working up to leadership positions in forestry companies. Have kids and being a mom is not easy, but worth it and when you work for a flexible team like Forisk, it makes the journey better.  Reach her at: [email protected] Amanda Lang is a Partner and, as COO and VP of Client Services, leads all of Forisk’s operating, project management and Forisk Subscriber Support activities. She leads Forisk’s mill capital investment research program, and she teaches workshops and delivers presentations related to tracking and evaluating wood markets and forest industry capacity. Prior to working with Forisk, she interned with International Paper and conducted award-winning forestry operations research at the University of Georgia under Dr. Dale Greene. In 2016, she was named one of the UGA Alumni Association “Forty Under Forty”, and was named the Warnell “Young Alumni of the Year.”  She serves on the Georgia Forestry Association Board of Directors and is the chair of the Southeastern Society of American Foresters.  Ms. Lang received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Forest Resources from the University of Georgia. Voice By Gordon Collier in Introduction: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgordoncollier/ Spring by Ikson  www.soundcloud.com/ikson  Music promoted by Audio Library  www.youtu.be/5WPnrvEMIdo --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkingforests/support