There is a mystique to fire that runs deep in our DNA, we are drawn to it, and we fear it because it is a phenomenon that exceeds our control. It is simply bigger than us. We've placed ourselves in it's habitat in the wildland urban interface and so we must become more fire-adapted. Photographs take abstract concepts that come from verbal descriptions and give them a visceral reality. We understand it more when we see it.

The photo essay will be followed by a screening of Unacceptable Risk: Firefighters on the Front Line of Climate Change and a panel discussion with wildfire and mitigation.

Location: The Lyceum, Center for Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College

Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm