KNAU update for Nov. 8 — Burn Bosses, Happy Birthday Morning Edition, and more

Prescribed burns have become the norm for managing forests—especially around Flagstaff, which is a national model for forest management in an age of megafires. But nationwide, there’s a shortage of people qualified to do those burns, and funding is limited. Learn more at KNAU.org.

Forty years ago this week, Morning Edition took the air for the first time just as a big story was breaking — one that would shock the nation and influence the next four decades of news. Learn more at NPR’s special series, Morning Edition Turns 40.

The Coconino County Board of Supervisors has selected Dr. Tommy Lewis as the new Superintendent of Schools. Lewis’ appointment was confirmed by the board Tuesday and he begins work on November 18th. Learn more at KNAU.org.

Sexual harassment, retaliation, buckets of uranium ore … It sounds like the makings of an action-packed thriller, but in reality it describes some of what’s been going on inside Grand Canyon National Park the last few years. Flagstaff journalist and author Annette McGivney recently published a story about it all in Outside magazine. Learn more at KNAU.org.

Fuel producers use air compressors to maintain appropriate pressure at natural gas drill sites. Biologists have found that this intrusion of industrial noise into otherwise quiet environments affects birds nesting nearby. Learn more at KNAU.org.