​workshop 12 - 2017 may 16.17.18 hiawassee, ga

Lesson Learned from the 2016 Fires and Next Steps to Advance Resilient Landscapes and Communities. ​

list of speakers and presentations

Mike Bozzo, South Carolina Forest Service

County Commissioner Cliff Bradshaw, Towns County, GA

Mike Brod and Brian Schaffler, US Forest Service
Cherokee Foothills Joint Chiefs' Project: All Lands                                        

Margit Bucher, The Nature Conservancy 
Welcome and Introduction to the SBR FLN

Peter Caldwell, US Forest Service - Southern Research Station
The Relationship between Mesophication and Water Yield

Mike Davis, US Forest Service
Case Study 3: Rock Mountain Fire

Don Hagan, Clemson University; Pete Bates, Western Carolina University 
Monitoring and meta-analysis of SBR FLN monitoring data           

Marsha Elliot, Towns County Fire Adapted Communities Citizens Coalition

Jeff Gardner, US Forest Service
Case Study 2: Rough Ridge Wildfire

Mayor Adrea Gibby, City of Young Harris

Betty Jewett, US Forest Service
​Welcome to the Georgia Blue Ridge Landscape

Rob Klein, National Park Service
Ecological Effects of Wildfire in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park

Charles Lafon, Texas A&M University 
Synthesis of Appalachian Fire History

Helen Mohr, Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists (CAFMS)
CAFMS' Role in the Upcoming 2016 Wildfire Research
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Tony Tooke, US Forest Service
Regional Forester's Perspective on recent fires: Fire Management in the Southern Area

Jim M. Vose, US Forest Service - Southern Research Station
Building Resilient Forests: Implications for Conservation and Management