When: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 - 7:45am to 5:00pm
Where: Chateau Louis, 11727 Kingsway NW, Edmonton, Alberta
Cost: $80 members, $100 nonmembers, $25 students
The Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF-IFC) is hosting a workshop entitled “Integrating Wildland Fire into Forest Management Planning”, focusing on what might be done to manage forest fuels on the landscape thereby reducing risk of wildland fires. The goal is help managers expand their understanding of wildfire and learning how to account for fire in their management of forest lands to sustain resilient forests, industries and communities.
Who should attend?
Practitioners interested in expanding their understanding of wildfire and learning how to account for fire in their management of forest lands to sustain resilient forests, industries and communities.
What topics will be covered?
A diverse lineup of speakers from government and academia will be sharing their expertise on:
- Wildfire and climate change
- FireSmart and the wildland urban interface (WUI)
- Fire risk assessment at community and landscape scales
- Fuel management and silvicultural strategies for reducing fire risk
- First Nations fire management
- Fire, caribou and protected areas
Keynote Presentation – Wildlands fuel and how it can be manipulated to minimize wildfire in the Northern Rocky Mountains of the USA – Robert Keane, USDA Forest Service
