[CSSD] Wildfire planning summit

[Andy McCue]

If you are involved in planning or policy issues in communities near wildlands, you should plan to attend the workshop, "Living with Fire in Chaparral Ecosystems: Providing Tools for Decision Makers."

 

The summit -- being held Jan. 10-12 at the Riverside Convention Center in Riverside -- is the culmination of a year-long project by the USDA Forest Service, in conjunction with the UC Berkeley Center for Forestry, the Edward J. Blakely Center for Sustainable Suburban Development at UC Riverside and the San Diego Natural History Museum.

 

The project's purpose is to bring together a wide variety of professionals who play a role in dealing with wildfires in or near the wildland-urban interface, including fire agencies, planners, government officials, land managers, scientists, fire prevention organizations, environmentalists, architects, builders and insurance representatives.

 

One of the project's major goals is to unify information gathered from a series of workshops held earlier this year throughout Southern California, and to develop practical tools to assist decision makers in dealing with wildfires in wildland-urban settings. The tools will cover the full range of wildfire-related issues, whether it's planning communities to limit the occurrence and damage potential of wildfires or fighting the fires once they break out. 

 

Please take a few minutes to look at the project's website:

 

www.fs.fed.us/psw/chaparral

 

Click on the "Conference Information" link on the left. A more detailed description of the summit can be found there, along with links on the planned agenda, speakers and a registration form. 

 

If you are planning to attend, please make your reservations as soon as possible.  The hotels will release the reserved, discounted rooms by December 15th, and conference organizers would like to get an accurate attendance figure to complete final planning.  

 

If you have any questions regarding the summit, please contact:

 

Dr. Pamela Padgett

USDA Forest Service

951-680-1584

e-mail: ppadgett at fs.fed.us

 

Sincerely,

Rick Burnham

Project Manager


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