Burning Issue:
Sparking Effective Communication about Fire
07-08 February 2017
State College, PA
Thank you for a great meeting!
Thank you all for your participation in this year's meeting and workshop. The presentations will be made available soon. Please check back here and at www.appalachianfire.org for updates. See you next year!
Feb. 7 Day One
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915-1000 Registration
1000-1030 Welcome, Fire Council Meeting
1030-1100 Agency Prescribed Fire Reports
Todd Breininger, PPFC Chair
1100-1200 Resources on Prescribed Burn Messaging
Erin Lane, USFS and USDA Climate Hub
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1430 Resources/Methodology
Sarah McCaffrey, USFS
Neil Gifford, Albany Pine Bush Reserve
1430-1500 Break
1500-1535 Resources/Methodology
Debbie Crane, The Nature Conservancy
1535-1600 Q&A
1600-1700 Keynote
Dr. Henri Grissino-Mayer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Feb. 8 Day Two
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800-845 Welcome/Social Time
845-900 Election Results
900-1030 Success Stories and Challenges
Sharon Becker, NC State Parks
Jenifer Bunty, CAFMS
1030-1100 Break
1100-1135 Success Stories and Challenges
Greg McLaughlin, NJ Forest Fire Service
1135-1200 Panel Q&A with discussion
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1345 Using Landowner Typology and targeted marketing to communicate about prescribed fire: lessons from tools for engaging landowners effectively
Katharine Hollins, Yale Global Institute for Sustainable Forestry
1345-1400 Wrap Up/Evaluation
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The mission of the Pennsylvania Prescribed Fire Council is to promote the exchange of information, techniques, and experiences of the Pennsylvania Prescribed Fire Community, and to promote public understanding of the importance and benefits of prescribed fire.
CAFMS is one of 15 knowledge exchange networks supported by the Joint Fire Science Program. Our goal is to promote communication among fire managers and scientists in the Appalachian Mountains region.
NAFSE is a center for fire science information. We strive to promote communication between fire scientists and fire managers within our region. We also encourage the use of fire science to balance public safety, economic realities, and sustainable ecosystems.
Partners
Hotel reservations can be made at the meeting location, the Ramada Inn in State, College, PA.
(814)-238-3001
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A block of rooms is reserved for the PA Prescribed Fire Council (Group Code CG06PF).
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Reservations must be made by January 20th in order to receive the block rate of $74/night.