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prescribed fire training exchange (TREX) coming to the SBR area

10/23/2018

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Wildland fire professionals from around the world will descend on Pickens, South Carolina on Oct. 29 to set up a home base from which they will venture into five counties on both sides of the N.C./S.C. border to conduct prescribed burns, also called controlled burns, at more than 40 locations.

The purpose of the training is twofold:
• Build capacity for more prescribed burning in the mountains by providing professional training for practitioners of multiple skill levels;
• Reduce accumulated fuels to minimize negative impacts of future wildfires while also enhancing wildlife habitat.
Participants will learn, practice and share knowledge, skills and experience in a unique, hands-on training environment. TREX will focus on the ecological, social, communications and operational dimensions of planning and implementing controlled burns. Fittingly, the Southern Blue Ridge TREX, only the third of its kind held east of the Mississippi River in the program’s 10-year history, takes place during the two-year anniversary of the Pinnacle Mountain Fire at Table Rock, S.C., and the Party Rock Fire at Lake Lure, N.C.

​(for more info, please click on the document -->)
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Central Escarpment landscape - mountain golden heather

9/7/2018

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T​NC-NC Stewardship Assistant Mamie Colburn produced a short video about a fire-adapted plant, mountain golden heather (Hudsonia montana), that was found to be thriving after wildfires on Shortoff Mountain in the Grandfather Ranger District.

In the video, FLN partners, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and The Nature Conservancy documented their persistence following spring fires.  This scrubby little plant clings to the rocks almost as close to the edge of a cliff as one can get.  
Shortoff Mountain has burned on average at least once every decade for hundreds of years.  Its prominent rock outcrops, Table Mountain pine, and bunchgrasses are adapted to the frequent lightning-ignited fires.  The little plant they were looking for, Hudsonia, is no different. It thrives in this fire-adapted ecosystem and has found its niche, only growing in two counties in North Carolina.  In past years there have been dramatic increases in the plants post-fire.

Watch at:
​https://grandfatherrestorationproject.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/thriving-after-fire-rare-plants-and-the-biologists-who-search-for-them/

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SBR TREX 2018

9/7/2018

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​The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina along with Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists (CAFMS) will be hosting a Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX) from October 29 through November 9, 2018. 
 
The TREX will be based out of Pickens County, SC in the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment Landscape and operate on mostly public lands in South Carolina and North Carolina.  
  
The Southern Blue Ridge TREX will be managed as an incident- participants will be on a burn team and will assist with preparing, scouting, briefing, igniting, holding, mop-up, and patrol on numerous controlled burns in the area. We will also complete pre- and post-fire monitoring, train with equipment, practice fireline leadership skills and learn about local fire ecology and fire management. There will be field trips to past burns, areas burned in recent wildfires and presentations from local community members, scientists, land managers and practitioners.
 
General TREX Information
https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/FireLandscapes/HabitatProtectionandRestoration/Training/TrainingExchanges/Pages/fire-training-exchanges.aspx

If you have questions, please feel free to drop Helen Mohr a line at helen@cafms.org or hmohr@fs.fed.us    
Or Tom Dooley, tdooley@tnc.org  

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central escarpment fire preparedness meeting

9/28/2017

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upcoming southern Cherokee meeting

9/28/2017

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Upcoming Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment workshop

9/28/2017

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 An All Lands Approach to Burning Across the SBRE: Know Your Neighbor!
Greenville Water Operations Facility
517 West Washington Street
Greenville, SC 29601

October 19, 2017
Meeting 9:30 AM-3:30 PM
Registration begins at 9:00 AM
 
Goals for Meeting:
The purpose of the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment (SBRE) Landscape Meeting is to connect partners across the two-states of NC and SC to discuss and coordinate controlled burning efforts. This particular meeting will focus on developing a landscape approach to burning across the SBRE through knowing your neighbor and thinking outside the box to overcome barriers. We will also outline ideas for how to share resources to accomplish our goals.
Please RSVP to Emily Oakman at eoakman@g.clemson.edu no later than EOB Tuesday, October 10.
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Fire Adapted Communities blog post features SBR FLN

7/31/2017

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Community Wildfire Adaptation: North Georgia-Style
​Authors: Wendy Fulks
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SBR FLN Highlights from fln networker No. 238. JUne, 7, 2017

6/13/2017

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News from the Field 
North Carolina: In an article about the forest rebounding after wildfire, Torry Nergart of the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy talks about working to make a trail through the area a Fire Learning Trail. SBR FLN partners first developed this enhanced interpretive tool for a trail in Pisgah National Forest near the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area. (See the Webinars section below for information about the SBR FLN webinar on the Fire Learning Trail.)
All Over: Check out the FAC Net blog for a round-up of FAC Net—and TREX—projects on last month’s National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day. 

Webinars            
June 9                        The Fire Learning Trail
10:00 Pacific / 11:00 Mountain / noon Central / 1:00 Eastern     
Jenifer Bunty will be the presenter on this Southern Blue Ridge FLN webinar about this joint outreach project by between The Nature Conservancy, USDA Forest Service and the Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists.
Details: http://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/FireLandscapes/FireLearningNetwork/NetworkProducts/Pages/SBR-Webinar-FireLearningTrail-2017.aspx      

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sBR FLN PARTNERS IN THE PRESS

5/23/2017

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Partners of the Southern Blue Ridge Fire Learning are recognized in the recent issue of Smoky Mountain Living magazine. The article by Don Hendershot is entitled "A Perfect Storm or the New Norm". To see the multi-page spread and read the article, click on the link below. The article is also available at smliv.com. 
A Perfect Storm or the New Norm
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SBR FLN Highlights from FLN Networker No. 235: April 26, 2017

4/27/2017

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​​SOUTH CAROLINA: THE LAST OF THE STORIES FROM THE POST-FIRE MEDIA TOUR HOSTED BY THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT LANDSCAPE IS OUT NOW. THE GREENVILLE JOURNAL ARTICLE “LAST FALL’S FIRE GIVES BIRTH TO A SPRING TRANSFORMATION FOR TABLE ROCK, PINNACLE MOUNTAIN” NICELY COVERS THE ROLE OF FIRE IN THIS LANDSCAPE, AS WELL AS PLANS FOR UPCOMING CONTROLLED BURNS. FOR MORE, CONTACT KRISTEN AUSTIN (KAUSTIN@TNC.ORG). 
FLN Networker
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