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Wisconsin Winter Fire Workshop

When: January 31, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Where: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point campus, Dreyfus University Center. Laird Room 230, Stevens Point, WI

Presentations:

Lakewood Southeast Project, Lakewood/Laona Ranger District, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
Jay Saunders, East Zone Fire Management Officer, and John Lampereur, Silviculturist, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

Wisconsin’s Northwest Sands: A Fire Landscape
Bob Hanson, Northwest Sands Wildlife Biologist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Treehaven Fire Plots: Effects of Variable Overstory, Fire Frequency and Season in a Northern Mixed Conifer-Hardwood System
Ron Masters, Professor of Wildland Fire Science, UW-Stevens Point

The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin: Fire Management
Eric Mark, Land Manager, The Nature Conservancy

UWSP: STUDENTS OF FIRE
Paul Priestly and Kelly Harkin, UW-Stevens Point Fire Crew

WI Fire History and Fire Effects Research
Nathan S. Holoubek, Research Scientist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Getting More Fire on the Ground: The How, Why and Where?
John R. Weir, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University

Program

The goal of the Winter Fire Workshop is to support interaction among all parts of the prescribed fire and wildfire community across the State of Wisconsin and highlight factors that are common across regions and ownerships. Speakers addressing land management at the workshop span the breadth of fire from wildfire response and prescribed fire on public lands to land management contractors burning for private landowners. We’ll hear from researchers answering management questions in northern and southern ecosystems, as well as from student leaders at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Fire Crew and Fox Valley Technical College.

Keynote speaker John Weir will share his extensive work in prescribed fire in the Great Plains, where he has assisted with the formation of over 30 prescribed burn associations among many other accomplishments. He is a research associate at Oklahoma State University and serves on the board of the National Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils.

After the workshop, please join us for the mixer from 4-5 pm. We end the day with an opportunity to share your fire experience with college students from across the State, connect with colleagues, and discuss future events with leaders of the Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council, Joint Fire Science Program Fire Science Exchanges, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Platteville, and Fox Valley Technical College.

 

Planning Team

Dr. Ron Masters- Professor of Wildland Fire Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Dr. Yari Johnson - Assistant Professor and the Director of Reclamation, Environment and Conservation in the School of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Clayton M. Frazer - Senior Ecologist, Eco-Resource Consulting, Inc. / Pheasants Forever

Nate Fayram - Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council / WDNR Field Ecologist.

Jack McGowan-Stinski - Program Manager, Lake States Fire Science Consortium

Craig Maier, Coordinator - Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Fire Science Consortium

Michele Jasik - Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council

For any questions please contact Jack McGowan-Stinski, or call 989-287-1734