Robert W. Gray’s Bio

Robert W. Gray is an AFE-Certified Wildland Fire Ecologist and the President of R.W. Gray Consulting Ltd. Robert has over 40 years experience in the research and application of many facets of fire science, including historical and cultural fire regime reconstruction, fire behavior and effects analysis, national and international fire management policy, hazardous fuel management, and the application and science in support of prescribed fire. Most recently Robert has focused efforts on gaining a better understanding of the impact of past fires on future fire spread and severity, fuel treatment effectiveness, and promoting more good fire on the landscape. Robert has been a complex burn boss in the US and British Columbia since 1994. R.W. Gray Consulting Ltd. clients include: US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Parks Canada, The World Bank, State of Oregon, State of Washington, ?aq’am and Ktunaxa First Nation, B.C. Ministry of Forests, B.C. Ministry of Environment, University of Washington, University of Idaho and University of British Columbia, several rural BC communities (Cranbrook, Kimberley), and many others.