Playing with Fire with NJ Forester Bob Williams

Raging fires have been in the news quite a bit recently; Are they due to climate change, mismanagement, both, or others? We'll get NJ Forester Bob Williams's perspective. Bob recently wrote an article in Forest Landowner magazine--"Playing with Fire--Years of poor public forest management has created the perfect storm for wildfires. Prescribed burning and other familiar techniques could go a long way to solving the problem."

Bob Williams is the owner and founder of Pine Creek Forestry LLC. Bob graduated with an Associate's degree in forestry in 1972 from Centralia College and a Bachelor's Degree in Forestry from Rutgers University, New Brunswick in 1975.  Bob has 43 years of experience in the field of forestry. His experience includes working for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, the US Forest Service in Alaska and Washington, and Scott Paper Company as a logging engineer. Since 1985, Bob has worked as a consulting forester in New Jersey working with both private and public landowners to achieve management and stewardship goals for natural resources. In addition to consulting work, Bob has authorized many forestry activities, as well as newsletters put out by various forestry organizations.