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SAF has assigned continuing forestry education
credit to the congress which is listed in SAF’s online education
calendar. (The optional field tours are listed separately). The
congress was assigned 30.5 hours Category 1, the Sunday field tour
2.0 hours Category 1, and the Friday field tour 1.5 hours, Category
1.
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San Diego Declaration on Climate Change and Fire Management
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below, which accesses Meetings Maker software. For a Congress overview
or specific day’s schedule, please use the little calendar
to select 11/15/2006 as the date and click on "Congress Topic/Session
Finder Calendars." You can use the side menu or search function
to look for particular speakers or topics. Make sure you always
return to the "Guest Page" to start a new search.
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Welcome
Editors and Reporters!
The Third
Fire Ecology and Management Congress provides a week long focus
on the science and technology that are the basis for the management
of wildland fire. The theme of the plenary session is “Changing
fire regimes: Context and consequences,” featuring invited
speakers who will further explore this topic that is so significant
for fire management. Concurrent sessions and a poster session will
cover a wide range of topics and issues, including both contributed
papers and special sessions developed on specific themes, all with
a central focus of fire ecology and management. Topics will range
from fire effects on vegetation and wildlife, fire in a landscape
context, fuels management, and post fire rehabilitation, to the
latest technology for predicting and monitoring fire. An exhibit
will showcase new products, technology, and tools.
The Congress is being held in southern California because the fires
of fall 2003 are still fresh in people’s minds. It provides
a forum for discussion of what we have learned from them, and whether
catastrophic fires are more or less likely to occur in the future.
The complexity of the wildland fire management task continues to
grow, as fire regimes appear to be changing, acres burned with uncharacteristically
severe fire increasing, wildland fire suppression costs escalating,
and an enhanced program emphasis on fuels management on Federal
lands, with considerable support and oversight from Congress and
the public.
Wildland fire management is a multi-faceted program. It's planning
and implementation requires knowledge and experience in fire, ecology,
and fuels, blended with an understanding of people and communities.
The Congress provides an opportunity for fire and land managers,
scientists, resource professionals, agency administrators, local
government representatives, consultants, university staff, students,
and the concerned public to learn from the specialists, and from
each other. The Congress allows us to learn about scientific developments,
discover new technologies, exchange and build upon ideas, and explore
the relevancy of problems, issues and solutions from other parts
of the continent and the world.
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WELCOME
EDITORS AND REPORTERS!
Make
Yourselves at Home in Our Congress’s Media Room
Review plenary
speakers and topics
by clicking on speakers and topics. Please contact media liaison
Paul Richards (Paul@PRMediaConsultants.com;
406-225-4235) BEFORE THE CONGRESS to secure
your interviews. Let him know whom you want to interview and how
much time you need.
The Third
International Fire Congress will feature a media room with wireless
Internet service, desk and table space for your computer and notes,
telephones, and places to conduct interviews. We’ll also have
a nice backdrop for television/video interviews.
Coffee, refreshments,
and other amenities will be available throughout the conference.
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