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Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers & Scientists

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the North Carolina Prescribed Fire Council present

The Annual NC Prescribed Fire Council Meeting & Workshop

An Era of Change: Rekindling the flame

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Day 1 (August 18) has been approved for 5.5 Category 1 CFEs from the Society of American Foresters.

Day 2 (August 19) has been postponed and we will apply for CFEs when it is rescheduled.

Day 1 - August 18
Speaker Bios available here

9:00-9:10 Welcome and Logistics - Thomas Crate & Jen Bunty 

9:10-9:15 Message from Governor Roy Cooper 

9:15-9:30 Break-out Room Networking

9:30-11:05 Fire in Western North Carolina 

9:30-9:55 Fire History in Western North Carolina - Sharon Bishof 

9:55-10:40 Using Prescribed Fire Through Traditional Ecological Knowledge - Tommy Cabe 

10:40-11:05 The 2016 Wildfires, and What’s Been Done Since - Justin Query 

11:05-11:20 Break/Ballots

11:20-12:15 Award Ceremonies and Updates

NC State Climate Office Weather Outlook - Corey Davis

CAFMS - Helen Mohr 

North Carolina Forest Service - Greg Hicks 

North Carolina State Parks - Jon Blanchard

North Carolina Wildlife Commission - Chris Jordan 

Implementation Committee Updates - Laurel Kays 

NC Prescribed Fire Council Awards - Thomas Crate 

12:15-12:45 Lunch/Ballots

12:45 - 1:45 Air Quality & Smoke Management in the Era of Covid-19

12:45-1:10 - An Evaluation of Air Quality Benefits and Tradeoffs of Prescribed Fire in North Carolina - Sadia Afrin

1:10-1:30 - NCDEQ Air Information Reporter: Accessing Air Quality Data in NC - Bradley McLamb

1:30-1:45 - Smoke on Roadway Pocket Cards - Gary Curcio

1:45-2:00 Break/Ballots 

2:00-3:40 Expanding Prescribed Fire in the Mountains & Beyond

2:00 - 2:25 PBAs: Expanding Prescribed Fire Capacity Private Lands - Phil Wallace & Wesley Sketo

2:25 - 2:50 Prescribed Fire Perspectives of African American Landowners - La’ Portia J. Perkins 

2:50-3:15 From Fire Crew to a Community of Practice - Adam Warwick 

3:15-3:40 Passing the Torch: Putting Fire on the Radar of the Next Generation - Bryan Kerns 

3:40 - 3:45 Announcing Election and Auction Winners

3:45-3:55 Mop-up with the President - Jenn Fawcett 

3:55-4:00 Break

4:00-4:30 Optional Virtual Happy Hour

Day 2 - POSTPONED 
 

STAY TUNED -

Unfortunately, the weather has not cooperated with us to bring you a virtual field trip at this time. We will be in touch with all NCPFC and CAFMS members and all registrants about our plans for a virtual or on-site field trip in the future. The sites we hope to visit are listed below.

 

 Box Creek Wilderness

Box Creek Wilderness is a 7000-acre private property managed as a conservation corridor between public and private lands. The property has been managed with fire for 9 years by Woodlands Restoration Inc. In the beginning 30 acres would have been a good size burn. Over time they have developed good relationships with some very talented folks, neighbors and have trained several people to help along the way. Now their burn units average around 200 acres. The largest fire they have accomplished was 800 acres. As a company they average around 2,500 acres per year on the 130 of Chatham ownership. The Box Creek property is nearing maintenance mode or one fire away from being in maintenance. Box creek is made up for over 130 different natural communities with over 1,100 different plant species documented. Learn about this amazing project and how it has evolved over time.

Lake James Rx Unit

The Lake James burn unit on the Grandfather Ranger District is 1950 acres, and it encompasses the Bear Creek area of Pisgah Game Lands, which is managed by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. The majority of  vegetation of this area is characteristic of pine oak heath, with potential for rare plants like Heller’s blazing star, sweet pinesap, and eastern turkeybeard. This vegetation is also prone to burn frequently, and accumulation of dead trees and shrubs can burn at very high intensity, and it can be difficult to contain, similar to Linville Gorge wildfires. This past spring’s burn was the third for this unit, so the accumulation of vegetative fuel has been reduced and risk to the nearby Bear Cliff development has been mitigated. 

Lake James State Park

Lake James State Park has been utilizing prescribed fire as a management tool for the last 7 years. Prior to 2014 fire was not used as a management tool in the park. The North Carolina Forest Service and Lake James State Park enrolled in the Community Protection Program (CPP) and have been able to introduce multiple prescribed fires across much of the park. Learn about how cooperative partnerships have led to prescribed fire as a management tool for the park.

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