Implementing the Wildfire Crisis: Building and Riding the Bike (at the same time)

Thursday, October 26, 2023

4:00pm - 5:30pm PST

Location: A7

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

Moderator(s)

Patricia D. Dorsey (she/her/hers)

Director of Conservation Operations, West Region
National Wild Turkey Federation
Bayfield, Colorado, United States

Panelist(s)

DC

Diana Craig, MS

Director of Ecosystem Management
USDA Forest Service, Region 5, United States
Marcus Neiman (he/him/his)

Manager - Forestry First LLC
Forestry First LLC
Hulett, Wyoming, United States
DM

Dale MacDougall, n/a

Chief Programs Officer
California Deer Association, United States
MP

Molly Pitts, MS in Natural Resources

Wildfire Crisis Strategy Manager
National Wild Turkey Federation
Pueblo West, Colorado, United States
KR

Kelle Reynolds, MS

Liaison to the National Wild Turkey Federation
USDA Forest Service.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Panelists from the USFS, National Wild Turkey Federation, the California Deer Association and Industry will discuss a novel pilot project aimed at helping implement the Wildfire Crisis Strategy, while providing a number of ancillary benefits.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the need to come up with innovative solutions that utilize all of the forestry management tools to implement the wildfire crisis strategy
Understand the challenges of creating that innovative pilot and meeting the wildfire crisis strategy needs, addressing concerns about climate, building trust between partners and the American public.
Develop an awareness of an evolving transportation pilot to serve existing infrastructure with a supply deficit by transporting materials where there is a fiber surplus