Fired Up for Science with Dr Jenny Briggs

Dr. Jenny Briggs is a biologist who’s spent many years investigating burning questions about fire, wildlife and habitats! For her work she’s done firefighter training, hiked for hundreds of miles, drove big trucks on dirt roads, studied beetles that kill just as many trees as wildfires do, and sometimes even roasted marshmallows during prescribed burns. Quite a change from England where she grew up! In this talk, explore the science of mountain forests and some of the threats they face from fire to insects!