Annual Meetings
Photo Credit: Ann Liles
The 2022 Annual Meeting was co-hosted with the NC Longleaf Coalition and included:
- Meeting August 10, Millstone 4-H Camp
- Social August 10, Railhouse Brewing
- Field trip August 11, Sandhills Game Lands, Camp Mu-Sha-Ni, private land
Recordings of meeting presentations will be available for PFC members soon. Thank you to all who attended!
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2021
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
2020 Meeting Presentations
2019
2019 Meeting Presentations
Please be patient – some of these files are quite large and may take a while to download.
- 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
2018 Meeting Presentations
Please be patient – some of these files are quite large and may take a while to download.
- 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
2017 Meeting Presentations
Please be patient – some of these files are quite large and may take a while to download.
- 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
2016 Meeting Presentations
Please be patient – some of these files are quite large and may take a while to download.
- 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
2015 Meeting Presentations
Please be patient – some of these files are quite large and may take a while to download.
- 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
2014 Meeting Presentations
Please be patient – some of these files are quite large and may take a while to download.
- 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