Annual NAFSR’s Membership Meeting

May 20-22, 2004

Optional Field Trip – May 23, 2004


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Forest Health – Implementing the Vision

 

May 19th, Wednesday

 

Travel day

 

May 20th, Thursday

 

0800 – 1200 Board of Directors Meeting with membership invited to attend

 

1200 – 1300 Lunch at nearby restaurants

 

1300 – 1630 Tour of the Wildland Fire Training & Conference Center with presentations

                     by the staff on its operations.

 

1730 – 1900 No host pasta bar

 

1930 – 2030 Video presentation – ”Fire in the Sierra Nevada”

 

May 21st, Friday

 

Field Trip: Tahoe National Forest – Forest health solutions on the Tahoe NF

                                                          (box lunches will be provided)

 

May 22nd, Saturday

 

0830 – 0900 Introduction and meeting objectives – Douglas Leisz

                     Keynote: Forest Health Legislation – Congressman Richard Pombo

                                                                                 or Douglas Crandall          

 

0900 – 1000 Panel I: Implementing Strategies – Moderator: Dick Pfilf

                                  Mike Chrisman, Secretary of Resources, State of California 

                                       (will also report on the “Blue Ribbon Committee”)    

                                  Sally Collins, Associate Chief of the Forest Service

                                  or Tom Thompson

 

1000 – 1030 Break

 

 

1030 – 1200 Panel II: Implementing Programs – Moderator: George Leonard

                                    Forest Service – Jack Blackwell, Regional Forester

                                    PSW Forest and Range Experiment Station – Jim Sedell, Director

Bureau of Land Management,  Mike Poole, State Director

                                    Fish and Wildlife Service, Steve Thompson, Operations Manager

                                    State Forester

 

1200 – 1300 Lunch: Fire Center’s Cafeteria Room

 

1300 – 1330 Presentation: Lake Arrowhead without Vegetative Management – Phil Aune

 

1330 – 1515 Panel III: Local Solutions – Moderator: Bruce VanZee

                                     1) Finding local solutions on a national scale –

                                                Randy Shipman, Rocky Mountain Region PFUSA

                                     2) Rural county response –

                                                John Hoffman, Regional Council of Rural Counties

                                     3) Collaborative local solutions –

                                                Bill Coats, Quincy Library Group

                                     4) Solutions for local communities –

                                                Frank Stewart, Fire Safe Council

                                     5) Positive Results for Air Quality and Forest Health

                                                Deputy Director – Air Resources Board

 

1515 – 1530 Where do we go from here? – Doug Leisz

 

1530 End of meeting

 

May 23rd , Sunday

Optional Field Trip

 

Field Trip: Eldorado National Forest: Forest health solutions and fire safe planning on the

                  Eldorado NF   

                  (box lunches will be provided)