Annual Meetings
Photo Credit: Ann Liles
The 2026 North Carolina Prescribed Fire Council Meeting and social will be held August 26th with a field trip on the 27th. The meeting will take place in Nags Head, NC and the hotel will be the Comfort Inn South Oceanfront. The meeting space will be on-site at the Comfort Inn.
Information including registration and the hotel room block are available here: eventbrite.com/e/nc-prescribed-fire-council-annual-meeting-2026-tickets-1985075292637
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2015
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2025
- Full meeting recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13euVDfwtzFVaB_AROs5do3X5vk_UeiwR/view?usp=sharing
2023
- Full meeting recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O4KiujLVY3HR0ixiqFyO9P72KQucdNwH/view?usp=sharing
- Breakouts room recordings
- Department of Defense Issues: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vmv-lv10-uZsklEV-zXMi62wb0ERi1vn/view?usp=sharing
- Emerging Technologies: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pQDMZhiNe_RhytAbuXz-J5k_2s4KVw_l/view?usp=sharing
- Prescribed Burn Associations: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bKkci_3FKF_Pkdpzwa6I2G-x7UxPHj3-/view?usp=sharing
- Prescribed Fire Needs Assessment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l8Gj4aQxZcJacRDPdQsTKs4eX4nHq8Fj/view?usp=sharing
2022
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
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