Skip to main content
2023 SAF National Convention Main banner
Final Program


Icon Legend

  1. Home

  • CANCELLED
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    MAPPING FIRE SEVERITY FROM RECENT CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES USING SENTINEL 2 SATELLITE IMAGERY
    Location: Expo Hall
    Author: Caroline Yeboaa Apraku, MS – Southern University and A&M College
    Wildland Fire Management
  • Thursday, Oct 26th
    10:30am - 12:00pm PST
    Can We Burn Our Way Out of This?: Fire Challenges Across the Nation
    Location: A10
    Concurrent Session Moderator: Jacob D. Putney, CF – Oregon State University
    Wildland Fire Management
  • Thursday, Oct 26th
    10:30am - 11:00am PST
    Quantifying The Greenhouse Gas Benefits Of Fuel Reduction Treatments: Recent Advancements in Data Products and Modeling
    Location: A10
    Speaker: Marissa Bongiovanni Spence, PhD – Climate Action Reserve
    Speaker: Thomas Buchholz, PhD – Spatial Informatics Group
    Speaker: Jon Remucal, MF – Climate Action Reserve
    Wildland Fire Management
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Thursday, Oct 26th
    11:00am - 11:30am PST
    Manager Revealed Definitions of Fuel Break Systems Influence Fire Risk
    Location: A10
    Speaker: Andrew S. Johnson, BS – University of California, Berkeley
    Wildland Fire Management
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Thursday, Oct 26th
    11:30am - 12:00pm PST
    Cascadia Burning: Is hazard controllable where nature is “burning our way out”, with consequences?
    Location: A10
    Speaker: Jeremy S. Fried, PhD – USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station
    Co-Author: Sebastian Busby
    Co-Author: Oriana Chafe
    Wildland Fire Management
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Thursday, Oct 26th
    4:00pm - 5:30pm PST
    Implementing the Wildfire Crisis: Building and Riding the Bike (at the same time)
    Location: A7
    Moderator: Patricia D. Dorsey (she/her/hers) – National Wild Turkey Federation
    Panelist: Diana Craig, MS – USDA Forest Service, Region 5
    Panelist: Marcus Neiman (he/him/his) – Forestry First LLC
    Panelist: Dale MacDougall, n/a – California Deer Association
    Panelist: Molly Pitts, MS in Natural Resources – National Wild Turkey Federation
    Panelist: Kelle Reynolds, MS – USDA Forest Service.
    Wildland Fire Management
     CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    11:00am - 11:30am PST
    A Systematic Review of Wildfire and Suppression Cost Management
    Location: A10
    Speaker: Nasir Qadir, MS – University of Georgia
    Wildland Fire Management
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Addressing Wildfire Hazard in Mt. Spokane State Park
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Dana Maureen Chapman, MS (she/her/hers) – USFS / University of Washington
    Wildland Fire Management
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Building Wildfire and Forest Resilience in California's State Parks
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Azalie Welsh, MF, RPF (they/she) – California State Parks Wildfire and Forest Resilience Program
    Co-Author: Matthew Cunningham
    Wildland Fire Management
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Camp 70 Foresters: Out of the Woodshed--A time to Lead
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Ronald M. Cerruti, RPF 1983, BS, MBA – Retired
    Poster Presenter: Jane LaBoa, RPF (she/her/hers) – SAF
    Poster Presenter: Christopher Conrad, BS, RPF – semi-retired
    Wildland Fire Management
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Debuting A New Step-by-Step Guidebook for Prescribed Burning for Landowners
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Leslie Boby, MS – Southern Regional Extension Forestry
    Co-Author: David Clabo, PhD – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Adam Maggard, PhD – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Jennifer Fawcett, MS (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Laurel Kays
    Co-Author: Hallie Harriman
    Co-Author: Sarah McNair
    Wildland Fire Management
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Fire hazard, carbon, and forest regeneration dynamics following wildfire at Boggs Mountain Demonstration Forest
    Location: Expo Hall
    Author: Joseph Restaino, n/a – CALFIRE
    Poster Presenter: David Passovoy, n/a – CAL FIRE
    Author: Maxwell Odkins, n/a – CAL FIRE
    Author: Jamie Lydersen, n/a – CAL FIRE
    Author: Tadashi Moody, n/a – CAL FIRE
    Author: David Sapsis, n/a – CAL FIRE
    Wildland Fire Management
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Greenhouse Gas Fire Fuels Mitigation Cal VTP
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Fey Egan, MF, RPF – Cal Fire
    Poster Presenter: Jeremiah Steuterman, RPF – Cal Fire
    Wildland Fire Management
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Wildfire Hazard Tree Abatement
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Sam Hein (he/him/his) – United States Forest Service
    Co-Author: Amy Shaunette
    Wildland Fire Management
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Keeping up with the heat – Understanding the wildfire risk decision support space.
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Tristan O'Mara, PhD Student (she/her/hers) – Northern Arizona University
    Wildland Fire Management
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Prescribed burning following wildfire: Effects on fuel loading and regeneration in a ponderosa pine forest
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Cristina L. Winters – California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
    Co-Author: Mike A. Battaglia, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
    Co-Author: Lance Asherin, n/a – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
    Wildland Fire Management
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Understanding the potential risks of wildfire damage from controlled burns in the Southeast United States
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Troy Bowman, PhD – Alabama A&M University
    Poster Presenter: Taylor Sanders, N/A – Alabama A&M University
    Wildland Fire Management