Annual Meetings

2022 Meeting Presentations

• United by Fire – Johnny Stowe
• Agency Updates
• NC DAQ Agency Update
• Cultures of Fire Panel – Sam Cook, Maya Miller, and Aaron Baumgardner
• NC Prescribed Fire Needs Assessment – Lucas Farlow
• Southern Fire Exchange Updates – Dr. David Godwin
• Incident Review – Woods Gap Burn
• Prescribed Fire Liability – Bill Cary
• Camera Technology for Prescribed Burning – Brandon Price

2021 Meeting Presentations

• Welcome Message from Governor Cooper to the North Carolina Prescribed Fire Council
• Fire History in Western North Carolina – Sharon Bischof
• Using Prescribed Fire Through Traditional Ecological Knowledge – Tommy Cabe
• The 2016 Wildfires and What’s Been Done Since – Justin Query
• An Evaluation of Air Quality Benefits and Tradeoffs of Prescribed Fire in North Carolina
• NCDEQ Air Information Reporter: Accessing Air Quality Data in NC – Brad McLamb
• Smoke on Roadway Pocket Cards – Gary Curcio
• PBAs: Expanding Prescribed Fire Capacity in Private Lands – Phil Wallace, Wesley Sketo
• Prescribed Fire Perspectives of African American Landowners – La’Portia Perkins
• From Fire Crew to a Community of Practice – Adam Warwick
• Passing the Torch – Bryan Kerns
• Virtual Field Trip and Discussion

2020 Meeting Presentations

• Updates and Awards
• Collaborative Forest Restoration in the Southern Blue Ridge 
• The Southern Appalachian Fuels Photo Guide
• Southern Appalachian Plant and Wildlife Guide 
• Carolina RC&D Landowner Outreach
• NC State Public Perception Study
• Talking to the Public
• Diversity in Fire
• Prescribed Fire with Covid-19

2019 Meeting Presentations

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• The BIG Picture of Wildland Fire and Southern Group of State Foresters – Wib Owen, SGSF
• NC Longleaf Coalition Updates – Sarah Crate, NC Forest Service
• Liability for Puble and Private Burners – Tina Hlbase, NCDOA Legal
• Review a Prescribed Burn (Incident) – Hagen Blake, NCFS
• Fire in Longleaf Pine – Ben Hornsby, USFS
• Overcoming Barriers to Burning – Jon Blanchard, NC State Parks
• Aerial Ignitition and Drones – Casey Phillips and Tim McFayden, NCWRC
• Research on Barriers to Rx Fire – David Godwin, SFE
• Dendrochronology – Monica Rother, UNCW

2018 Meeting Presentations

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• The Big Picture of Wildland Fire – Kevin Harvell, NCFS
• Using the Fire Weather Intelligence Portal and Assessing Current Drought Resources – Corey Davis, NC State Climate Office
• NWS Enhanced Data Display – Scott Sharp, NOAA
• Handheld Weather Meters – Carla Freeman, NCFS
• Fuel Moisture Measurement – David Godwin, Southern Fire Exchange
• Occonechee Mountain ADM Burns – Kenny Griffin, NCFS
• How Available Burn Days Differ Using the Lavdas Dispersion Index Instead of Category Day – Bill Jackson, USFS

2017 Meeting Presentations

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• The Big Picture of Wildland Fire – Kevin Harvell, NCFS
• Using the Fire Weather Intelligence Portal and Assessing Current Drought Resources – Corey Davis, NC State Climate Office
• NWS Enhanced Data Display – Scott Sharp, NOAA
• Handheld Weather Meters – Carla Freeman, NCFS
• Prescribed Burning Impacts on Air Quality Forecasting – Elliot Tardif, NCDAQ
• Fire Communications: Language That Works – Debbie Crane, TNC
• Building Capacity for Controlled Burns – Adam Warwick, TNC
• Empowering Landowners: Sandhills Prescribed Burn Association – Jess Wimberley, SALT

2016 Meeting Presentations

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• North Carolina Longleaf Coaltion update – Susan Miller – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Historical Fire Regimes of the Pamlimarle Penninsula Wetlands – Cecil Frost
• Wildland Fires on Temperate Peatlands: A Look at NC, US, and Global Carbon Emmission – Robert Mickler
• NC Smoke Management Program – Meyer M. “Cabe” Speary – NC Forest Service
• Good Fire Deserves Good Data: Collecting Spatial Data for Rx Fire – Matthew Harrell- Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation
• Wildland Fire Science Update – Joe Roise – Southern Forest Exchange
• A Decade at Chowan Swamp – Brent Wilson – NC Wildlife Resources Commission
• The Changing Role of Fire in Managing Habitat for Coastal Wildlife – Chris Moorman – NC State University
• The Challenges of Aligning Multiple Management Objectives on National Wildlife Refuges – Tim Craig- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Goose Creek State Park Burn Program – Thomas Crate – NC State Parks

2015 Meeting Presentations

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• Greater Uwharrie Conservation Partnership – Brooke Massa – NC Wildlife Resources Commission
• Piedmont Longleaf Communities and Management – Jeff Marcus – The Nature Conservancy
• Using Fire to Restore Shortleaf Pine – Bill Pickens – NC Forest Service
• Combining Herbicides and Burning for Timber and Wildlife Objectives – Seth Ward – Premier Forestry
• Success in Private Landowner Burning – Boon Chesson – Private Landowner
• Burn Categories/Smoke Management – Meyer M. “Cabe” Speary – NC Forest Service
• Burning Impacts on Wildlife and Movement – Dr. Chris Moorman – NC State University
• Morrow Mountain State Park Burn Program – Marshall Ellis – NC State Parks & Jeremy Callicut – NC Forest Service
• Unmanned Aerial Applications for Fire – David Fowler – Terra Flight
• Training Exchange, TREX Training – Mike Norris – The Nature Conservancy
• Policy Updates and Impacts on Burning – Will Morgan – The Nature Conservancy
• Southern Fire Exchange Update – Chett Buell – Southern Fire Exchange

2014 Meeting Presentations

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• Prescribed Fire Councils: Shared Challenges and Opportunities – Morgan Varner – Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils
• Fire Restoration Needs in the Southern Appalachian Landscapes – Gary Kaufmann – U.S. Forest Service
• Grandfather Restoration Project: A Collaborative Forest Landscape Resortation (CFLR) Program – Lisa Jennings- U.S. Forest Service
• Air Quality in North Carolina and Smoke Management Tools – Bill Jackson – U.S. Forest Service
• Shortleaf Pine Initiative – Mike Black – National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative
• Firewise and Prescribed Fire – James Rogers – NC Forest Service
• Fire Management in Mountain State Parks – Marshall Ellis – NC State Parks
• Table Rock Wildfire: From the Fireline Public Information Officer Perspective – Deborah Walker – U.S. Forest Service
• Using Science and Data to Support the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy – Danny Lee – U.S. Forest Service
• Green Growth Toolbox & Smoke Sensitive Areas – Broooke Massa – NC Wildlife Resources Commisison
• Studies of Table Mountain Pine Regeneration 1997 through 2014 – Tom Waldrop – U.S. Forest Service
• Traditional and Fire-Related Silvicultural Techniques to Regenerate Oak – Tara Keyser – U.S. Forest Service
• Management-Research Partnerships from a Manager’s Prospective – Dean Simon – NC Wildlife Resources Commission