Instructor: Peter Kleinhenz is the Executive Director of Aiken Land Conservancy, a local nonprofit dedicated to protecting land in our region. Peter graduated from Miami University with degrees in zoology and mass communications and received his Master of Science degree in environmental education from Southern Oregon University. Description: Fire is as critical to most of our native ecosystems as rain is to a rainforest. Learn about the different natural communities in our area and how fire, as a natural disturbance, shapes them. Key habitats, as well as plant and animal species that occupy those habitats, will be discussed along with ways to restore and protect elements of this unique ecosystem.