Host Dave Schlom is joined by artist and writer Obi Kaufmann to talk about his documenting of California’s wild and scenic places. Kaufmann is an award winning author and illustrator of six best selling books on the golden state’s ecology, biodiversity and geography. His California Field Atlas and the California Lands Trilogy (The Forests of California, The Coasts of California and The Deserts of California) are must reads for those who love the diverse landscapes of the state. They discuss his latest book, State of Fire: Why California Burns in depth as Obi offers his own personal intellectual evolution when considering how fire, used by humans for thousands of years as a tool and now the cause of mega fires after the cessation of those practices, has shaped and reshaped the California landscape.

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