Theme: Continuing to Advance Prescribed Fire Forward
Thursday, January 26, 2023
1000 – 1200 Registration
- 1200 – 1215 Meeting Opener, logistics (Jenny Case, Josh Fuqua)
- 1215 – 1230 Agency Updates, Election details (Todd Breininger)
- 1230 – 1310 Forecasting and Monitoring Air Quality in Pennsylvania – Sean Nolan (DEP)
- 1310 – 1340 NWS Fire Weather Support – David Shallenberger (NWS)
- 1340 – 1410 How State Parks are Building their Burn Program – Mike DiRinaldo (State Parks)
- 1410 – 1440 Break
1440 – 1520 When Burning is the Easy Part: Succeeding in a Complex Environment – Shari Edelson and Casey Sclar (PSU Arboretum)
- 1520 – 1600 Growing Season vs Dormant Season Fire on Plant Communities – Luke Resop (Mississippi State University)
1600 – 1630 Using Prescribed Fire to Enhance Deer Habitat- Kip Adams (NDA)
- 1700 – 1900 Social in Banquet Room
Friday, January 27, 2023
- 0800 – 0815 Election Results – (Todd Breininger)
0815 – 0900 Evaluating Economic Impacts of Prescribed Fire in the Central Hardwood Region – Dr. Michael Saunders (Purdue University)
- 0900 – 0930 Landowner Burner Program in North Carolina – Wes Sketo (NC Wildfire Mitigation Forester)
0930 – 1000 TREX Event – Helen Mohr (USFS – Southern Research Station and Director of the Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists)
- 1000 – 1030 Break
- 1030 – 1100 Certified Prescribed Burn Manager/NRCS Grant – Zach Prusack (Tall Timbers)
- 1100 – 1130 PA Learn and Burn Presentation – Kip Adams (NDA)
- 1130 – 1200 Wrap Up: How to stay involved, open chat, etc. (Jenny Case)
