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7th Annual Burning Issues Workshop
&
21st Michigan Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting
Conducted virtually
the mornings of
February 2nd- 3rd- 4th, 2021
Day One - Tuesday February 2, 2021 from 9 AM to 12 PM Eastern
Part One - Panel onWildland Fire COVID Compromises
Panelists –
Kevin Reese, Deputy Fire Staff Officer, USFS - HMNF
Keith Murphy, Fire Management Specialist, MI DNR
Tamiko Rehagen, Volunteer Firefighter, Mattawan Fire Department
Dakota Szczepanski, Wildland Fire Technician – FCTC, Part time firefighter
Kyle Martin, Stewardship Field Manager, Kalamazoo Nature Center
Steve Cross, Private Consultant, NRCS Tech Service Provider, Retired MI DNR
Recording Options for COVID Panel –
There is not a PDF of this Panel
Registrant Questions Link
Chat Box Link
Part Two - Presentations
Building and sustaining situational awareness – Clark McCreedy, USDI-Fish and Wildlife Service
Rx Fire Science: management and science needs for fire-prone Great Lakes ecosystems – Morgan Varner, Director of Fire Science and Senior Scientist, Tall Timbers Research Station
Combined Recording Options for McCreedy and Varner - MP4 or YouTube
Clark McCreedy (starts 00:19:00 and ends at about 00:46:00)
Morgan Varner (starts 00:51:27 and ends at about 01:35:50)
PDF of Presentations
Morgan Varner Presentation
Reference Materials
Situational Awareness References from Clark McCreedy
Prescribed fire science: the case for a refined research agenda
Day Two - Wednesday February 3, 2021 from 9 AM to 12 PM Eastern
Presentations and Panel on Fire History in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region:
Climate and fire in the Midwest across millennia: What the paleorecord tells us - David Nelson, Associate Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Applied historical ecology of fire from Michigan and beyond - Michael C. Stambaugh, Associate Research Professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri
Role of frequent, widespread historical surface fires in Lake States pine forests - Jed Meunier, Disturbance Ecologist, WI DNR, Division of Forestry
Rethinking peatland fire: Fire history of peatlands in the Great Lakes Region - Colleen M. Sutheimer, Graduate Research Assistant, SILVIS Lab, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Panel on Fire History in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region
Combined Recording Options for Fire History Session - MP4 or YouTube
David Nelson (starts 00:07:00 and ends at about 00:39:05)
Michael C. Stambaugh (starts 00:39:21 and ends at about 01:08:55)
BREAK (01:09:00 to 01:19:28)
Jed Meunier (starts 01:19:29 and ends at about 01:50:11)
Colleen M. Sutheimer (starts 01:50:12 and ends at about 02:16:32)
BREAK (02:16:33 to 02:29:25)
Panel on Fire History (02:29:25 to 03:01:18)
PDFs of Presentation
David Nelson Presentation
Michael Stambaugh Presentation (Not Available)
Jed Meunier Presentation (Not Available)
Colleen M. Sutheimer Presentation (Not Available)
Reference Materials
Registrant Questions Link
Chat Box Link
Day Three - Thursday February 4, 2021 from 9 AM to 12 PM Eastern
Presentations and Panel on Prescribed Fire Councils
Pennsylvania RX Fire Council - Jenny Case, The Nature Conservancy
North Carolina RX Fire Council – Laurel Kays, NC State University
Northern California RX Fire Council – Lenya Quinn-Davidson, University of California Cooperative Extension
The Northeast and Midwest Regional Prescribed Fire Council - Jonathan Stober, Chair
Combined Recording for Prescribed Fire Councils – MP4 or YouTube
Jenny Case (starts 00:09:35 and ends at about 00:27:18)
Laurel Kays (starts 00:27:34 and ends at about 00:52:20)
BREAK (00:52:44 to 01:02:36)
Lenya Quinn-Davidson (starts 01:03:12 and ends at about 01:26:18)
Jonathan Stober (starts 01:26:57 and ends at about 01:52:36)
BREAK (01:52:52 to 02:03:12)
Panel on Prescribed Fire Councils (02:03:13 to 02:49:10)
PDFs of Presentation
Jenny Case Presentation
Laurel Kays Presentation
Lenya Quinn-Davidson Presentation
Jonathan Stober Presentation
Reference Materials
Registrant Questions Link
Chat Box Link
NE-Midwest Regional Council – State RX Council Survey Responses
For any questions please contact Jack McGowan-Stinski, mcgowan-stinski.1@osu.edu, 989-287-1734, or Craig Maier, cmaier.tpos.firescience@gmail.com