Chad Hanson is a research ecologist and the director of the John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute. His research has focused on fire ecology in conifer forest ecosystems and he is the author of the 2021 book, Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Our Climate.  He became involved in forest conservation work after hiking the entire length of the Pacific Crest Trail with his older brother and seeing firsthand the devastation to forests caused by the commercial logging program on federal public lands in the U.S. RSVP here: