Annual Meeting Agenda

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

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)