Fire Among Giants: Extended Voices Podcast - Portia Halbert

Portia Halbert is a Senior Environmental Scientist with the Santa Cruz District of California State Parks who was on the front lines when Big Basin burned. She understands why the park draws visitors from around the world and how it must contend with the realities of fire, especially in a warming climate.
~About the Podcast~
The redwoods of California’s Big Basin State Park have lived for centuries with fire - a force for both destruction and rebirth. When wildfire engulfed the park in 2020, it was unclear how the ancient trees would fare. Three keen observers who know the forest intimately, returned to take stock of what the flames had wrought for the short film Fire Among Giants [ • What Happened after th... ]. These podcasts episodes share their thought-provoking insights in greater detail.
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~Credits~
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Editor: Rebecca Ellsworth
Associate Producer: Shelley Elizabeth Carter
Consulting Producer: Cidney Hue
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Executive Producers: Shannon Behrman, Sarah Goodwin, Elliot Kirschner
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