Hands-on wildfire research for students builds knowledge, connection and resilience
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By mid-July, they could predict the day by the heat. Some mornings started at 6 a.m. to beat the 40C weather. Most days involved long drives, station repairs or scrambling through dry forest understories with armfuls of sampling gear.

But what started as fieldwork for UBC Okanagan students Ainsley Lirondelle, Jed Prentice and Olivier Parrott-Landry soon became something more profound—a crash course in fire science, place-based knowledge and unexpected friendship.

They jokingly called themselves the “Three Amigos,” a nickname born from long hours together and a friendship built on sweat, science and fieldwork.

“We started joking about it partway through the summer,” says Prentice. “We were together every day, driving around and working long hours. It just made sense—we were …

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