Heidi Huber-Stearns, Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments

Heidi Huber-Stearns

Heidi Huber-Stearns

Associate Research Professor
Director, Ecosystem Workforce Program in the Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments
Director, Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice in the Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments
hhuber@uoregon.edu
Practice Areas: Wildfire Risk Reduction, Smoke Communication and Response, Wildland Fire Policy, Prescribed Fire Policy and Management, Environmental Governance, Natural Resource Policy

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Heidi Huber-Stearns’ work focuses on issues of environmental governance and natural resource policy. Research areas include wildland fire and prescribed fire policy and management, organizational roles in accomplishing cross-boundary wildfire risk reduction, and more recently smoke and public health communication and response. 

Recent Media: 
Oregon wildfire, smoke experts weigh in on future risks and 2024 season (Oregon Capital Chronicle, April 26, 2024)
New Institute will help make communities more resilient (Around the O, April 10, 2023)
Research team earns grant to advance wildfire resiliency (Around the O, April, 6, 2023)
World Athletics and University of Oregon collaboration helps advance wildfire smoke impact research (World Athletics, July 2022)
VIDEO: World Athletics Club - World Athletics Championships Oregon 22 Day Five (World Athletics, July 19, 2022)
UO researchers seeking public input on air quality during outdoor events (KEZI-TV, May 19, 2022)
Hayward Field sensors to advance UO wildfire smoke initiative (Around the O, March 4, 2021)
Planned burns can reduce wildfire risks, but expanding use of ‘good fire’ isn’t easy (The Conversation, April 25, 2019)