Prairie Fire Lines
Prairie Fire Lines
Podcast Description
Prescribed fire, a practice in which fire is intentionally applied to vegetation to meet land management goals, is a key contributor to restoring Canada’s endangered prairie grasslands.
Join Cat Zens, Communications and Outreach Officer for the Canadian Prairies Prescribed Fire Exchange (CPPFE) — an inter-agency collective offering prescribed fire resources across the Canadian Prairies — as she explores how prescribed fire is helping protect Canada’s prairie grasslands, one guest at a time.
This is Prairie Fire Lines - where we keep the conversation burning.
Visit grasslandfire.ca to learn more about the CPPFE!
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on environmental management, conservation practices, and the benefits of prescribed fire, with episodes covering topics such as restoring ecosystems, managing invasive species, and discussing specific fire programs like that of Meewasin Valley Authority.
Prescribed fire, a practice in which fire is intentionally applied to vegetation to meet land management goals, is a key contributor to restoring Canada’s endangered prairie grasslands.
Join Cat Zens, Communications and Outreach Officer for the Canadian Prairies Prescribed Fire Exchange (CPPFE) — an inter-agency collective offering prescribed fire resources across the Canadian Prairies — as she explores how prescribed fire is helping protect Canada’s prairie grasslands, one guest at a time.
This is Prairie Fire Lines – where we keep the conversation burning.
Visit grasslandfire.ca to learn more about the CPPFE!
What goes into planning a week-long TREX for 60 participants? How do we choose which sites to burn? How do shifting weather conditions shape each day on the fire line?
In this new episode of Prairie Fire Lines, we unpack these questions and more through a reflection on the 2025 Canadian Prairies TREX, held in Saskatoon from October 20–24, 2025.
Cat brings together TREX Incident Commander Renny Grilz, Planning Chief Roy Vera-Velez, Operations Chief Kerry Hecker, and trainers Brad Elder, Melanie Schmidt, and Ryan Schmidt for a deep-dive Zoom conversation about how TREX unfolded – from early planning to the final day of burning.
Tune in for an inside look at what it takes to organize a prescribed fire training exchange in the heart of our prairie grasslands.
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