Navigation
.png)
Upcoming Events
January 21: Fueling Collaboration Interactive Virtual Panel Series: Fire and Climate Change
February 2: Burning Issues Workshop and Annual Meeting of MI RX Fire Council
Workshop
7th Annual Burning Issues Workshop
&
21st Michigan Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting
VIRTUAL Workshop
the mornings of
February 2nd- 3rd- 4th, 2021
Over the three virtual mornings we will explore topic areas that are planned with and for the diverse community interacting around fire-related issues, and seek to further understanding and communication to support continued work toward collaborative fire management and research solutions.
Overview of the Workshop
The 2021 Workshop is Virtual
Registration is FREE, but you must register to receive the Zoom Meeting information
Registrants will be asked to submit question(s) for each Panel Discussion via a multiple choice survey
REGISTER at the TPOS Webpage, or Direct Registration HERE
Agenda for the Three Days
DAY ONE - Tuesday February 2, 2021 – Times are listed for Eastern Time Zone |
||
|
(10 minutes) |
Welcome |
Glenn Palmgren, MI DNR |
9:10 – 10:10 AM (60 minutes) |
Panel on Wildland Fire COVID Compromises |
Moderator - Andy Vander Yacht, Michigan State University |
|
|
An interactive panel discussion with representation a MI Fire Department, a Non-Governmental Agency, a Burn Consultant/Contractor, MI DNR, USDA-Forest Service, and Eastern Area Team. NOTE: This panel discussion was built on pre-workshop questions submitted by registered attendees |
|
10:10 – 10:20 AM (10 minutes) |
Break |
|
10:20 – 11:05 AM (45 minutes) |
Building & Sustaining Situational Awareness |
Clark McCreedy, PIO, USDI-Fish and Wildlife Service |
11:05 – 11:50 AM (45 minutes) |
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 |
11:50 – 12:00 (10 minutes) |
Day One Wrap Up |
Glenn Palmgren, MI DNR |
DAY TWO - Wednesday February 3, 2021 – Times are listed for Eastern Time Zone |
||||
9:00 – 9:10 AM (10 minutes) |
Welcome |
Glenn Palmgren, MI DNR |
||
9:10 – 10:10 AM (60 minutes) |
Fire History in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region - Part One |
|||
|
Climate and fire in the Midwest across millennia - What the paleorecord tells us |
David Nelson, Associate Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
||
|
Vignettes of North American fire histories |
Michael C. Stambaugh, Associate Research Professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri |
||
10:10 – 10:20 AM (10 minutes) |
Break |
|||
10:20 – 11:20 AM (60 minutes) |
Fire History in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region - Part Two |
|||
|
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 |
||
11:20 – 11:30 AM (10 minutes) |
Break |
|||
11:30 – 12:00 AM (30 minutes) |
Panel on Fire History in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region |
Moderator - Glenn Palmgren, MI DNR |
||
12:00 – 12:05 (5 minutes) |
Day Two Wrap Up |
Glenn Palmgren, MI DNR |
||
DAY THREE - Thursday February 4, 2021 – Times are listed for Eastern Time Zone |
||||
9:00 – 9:10 AM (10 minutes) |
Annual MPFC Update and Passing of the Torch to New Chair |
Glenn Palmgren, MI DNR |
||
|
|
Andy Vander Yacht, Michigan State University |
||
|
(60 minutes) |
Prescribed Fire Councils - Part One |
|||
|
Pennsylvania RX Fire Council |
Jenny Case, The Nature Conservancy |
||
|
North Carolina RX Fire Council |
Laurel Kays, NC State University |
||
|
(10 minutes) |
Break |
|||
10:20 – 11:20 AM (60 minutes) |
Prescribed Fire Councils - Part Two |
|||
|
Northern California RX Fire Council |
Lenya Quinn-Davidson, University of California Cooperative Extension |
||
|
Northeast Regional Prescribed Fire Council Coordinating Group |
Jonathan Stober, Chair |
||
11:20 – 11:30 AM (10 minutes) |
Break |
|||
11:30 – 12:00 AM (30 minutes) |
Panel on Prescribed Fire Councils |
Moderator – Craig Maier, Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Fire Science Consortium |
||
12:00 – 12:05 (5 minutes) |
Workshop Wrap Up |
Andy Vander Yacht, Michigan State University |
||
For any questions please contact Jack McGowan-Stinski, mcgowan-stinski.1@osu.edu, 989-287-1734, or Craig Maier, cmaier.tpos.firescience@gmail.com
Organizers and Planning Team:
Michele Richards – Michigan Army National Guard
Craig Maier –Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Fire Science Consortium
Jack McGowan-Stinski – Lake States Fire Science Consortium
Paul Charland – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Dave Borneman – Natural Area Preservation (NAP) Manager City of Ann Arbor
Paul Mayer - Michigan Prescribed Fire Council Coordinator
Glenn Palmgren – Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Dakota Szczepanski – Michigan Army National Guard
Andy Vander Yacht – Michigan State University
