MI Prescribed Fire Council 22nd Annual Meeting & 8th Burning Issues Workshop

The 22nd Michigan Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting and 8th Burning Issues Workshop: an annual wildland fire workshop designed to enable land managers, researchers, resource specialists, biologists, ecologists and fire practitioners an opportunity to hear and learn from different areas of expertise in a format designed to identify gaps in knowledge and communication, and work toward solutions to issues that complicate our collective wildland fire work.

Registration cost was $25 per participant. If you would like to make a donation to support the council, please visit the “Support Us” page.

View each day’s recording on YouTube embedded and linked below. Use time beside session titles to skip ahead in video. Click on each highlighted session title to view a PDF of the presentation if available. Please contact the presenter before using any of their material.

Day One - Tuesday February 1, 2022 from 9 AM to 12 PM Eastern

Video time of each session detailed below (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Hom8A8b1c)

Growing Season Burning Session

(18:39) Using fire throughout the year - a personal journey on “thinking like a fire-dependent ecosystem” – Jack McGowan-Stinski, Lake States Fire Science Consortium

(47:20) Prescription and weather considerations - Steve Cross, Burn Contractor (and retired MI DNR)

(1:09:57) Smoke - applying what you know about dormant season smoke to the growing season - Trent Wickman, USDA Forest Service

(1:23:23) Opening the burn window at Toledo Metroparks (NW Ohio, Oak Openings) - LaRae Sprow, Toledo Metroparks

(1:40:52) Opening the burn window at Spread Eagle Barrens (NE WI, barrens) - Carly Lapin, WI DNR and Henry Sullivan, WI DNR

(1:58:40) Panel Q&A – discussion on growing season fire

Steve Cross

Carly Lapin

Jack McGowan-Stinski

LaRae Sprow

Henry Sullivan

Trent Wickman

Moderated by Craig Maier, TPOS Fire Science

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MENTIONED IN CHAT

Fire Effects on Wildlife

  • Best review of fire effects on wildlife in our region that I am aware of: https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.4996/fireecology.1202127

  • Perhaps less applicable in northern MI, but Fig. 1 in the article (https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.4996/fireecology.1202127) spans southern MI, Southern WI, and parts of MN

  • You can also get info on fire-dependent animal species here: http://lakestatesfiresci.net/fire%20&%20wildlife.html

Public Concerns Regarding Carbon/Greenhouse Gasses

Pre-settlement and Native American Burning

(2:21:12) Michigan's Smoke Management Plan - Jenifer Dixon, MI EGLE

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MENTIONED IN CHAT

 

Day Two - Wednesday February 2, 2022 from 9 AM to 12 PM Eastern

Video time of each session detailed below (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoQYvF60kR8)

Brittle Fire Session

(14:15) Lessons Learned from the Brittle Fire - Kevin Reese, USFS Huron-Manistee

(41:01) Panel Q&A - the importance of partnerships and public communication before, during and after a fire incident

Kevin Reese, USFS Huron-Manistee

Josh Veal, USFS Huron-Manistee

Lee Osterland, MI DNR

Eric Toman, Ohio State University

Catherine Koele, WI DNR

Moderated by Laura Judge

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MENTIONED IN CHAT

  • Firesafe councils and Firewise info- Kevin Reese Kevin.reese@usda.gov

Increasing Michigan Burn Capacity

(1:35:43) Michigan’s Certified Burn Manager Program: Past, Present, and Future - Glenn Palmgren, MI DNR

(1:08:47) Panel Q&A - representatives of the DNR, private contractors, and NGOs discuss the need, benefits, and concerns for the Certified Burn Manager Program

Glenn Palmgren, MI DNR

Don Johnson, retired MI DNR

Steve Woods, Huron Pines

David Mindell, Plantwise LLC

James Gray, Natural Capital Forestry

Moderated by Andy Vander Yacht, MSU

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MENTIONED IN CHAT

Thank you to the many organizations that are involved with the Michigan Prescribed Fire Council.

Thank you to participants on our Burning Issues Planning Committee. If you would like to join in the planning for the next Burning Issues and Annual Meeting, e-mail info@firecouncil.org.

All Burning Issues Materials and Recordings are also available at http://lakestatesfiresci.net/BurningIssuesWorkshop2022_02_01_22.html

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