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Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy
Northeast Region
Resilient Landscapes - Fire Adapted Communities - Safe and Effective Wildfire Response
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The Northeast Regional Strategy Committee provides executive leadership, coordination and guidance for implementation of the Northeast Regional Action Plan while providing a forum for members to recommend and guide joint strategic direction on fire and land management activities. The NE RSC continues to collaboratively support, recognize and assist the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy goals and implementation efforts.
NE RSC Chair: Brad Simpkins, New Hampshire State Forester
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Basic Wildland Fire Courses - NWCG S-130/190, L-180
June 21-22, 2014
Michigan Prescribed Fire Council is conducting the S-130 Field Days at the Edward Lowe Foundation.
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Intermediate and Advanced Courses
Offered at Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, Wisconsin
FFT2, and Portable Pumps - NWCG S-131/133, and S-211
May 21-24, 2014
Advanced Fire Behavior - NWCG
S-390
June 4-7, 2014
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The 14th Annual Minnesota Wildfire Academy
June 2-6, 2014
Course Selections: S-130/190, S-131, S-133, S-200, S-211, S-212, S230, S-231, S-234, S-270, S-290, S-300, S-330, S-356, J-158, RT-130, L-280, D-110, EVOC Emergency Vehicle Operations
On-line Registration Forms
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May 2014
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The National Strategy: The Final Phase of the Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Released
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The release of the National Strategy brings to a close the three-phased, collaborative approach to developing a National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy to evaluate and address the nation's wildland fire management issues, now and into the future.
Read full article here.
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The Science Analysis of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy is Available
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The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (National Strategy) was released April 10, 2014. This Phase III report, in conjunction with the National Action Plan to be released in the near future, represents the culmination of more than three years of effort in developing an innovative national approach to address the increasingly complex reality of wildland fire management in the United States. The intent of this report is to develop a comprehensive, science-based cohesive strategy that addresses the significant, long-standing challenges to managing the ever-growing wildfire situation facing this nation.
Read full article here.
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FAC Network Welcomes 10 New Hub Organizations
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BY NICK GOULETTE MARCH 31, 2014
I'm excited to announce that the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network is welcoming 10 new hub organizations and pilot communities into the FAC Network! Beginning with our annual FAC Learning Network Workshop June 2-5 in Colorado Springs, the newest set of FAC Network leaders will be mixing it up and integrating with current Network participants, expanding the scope and scale of our efforts to diffuse FAC concepts and advance the growth of fire adapted communities nationwide.
Read full article here.
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U.S. Forest Service Helps Fund Harvard Forest Green Energy Project
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Posted by Steve Marshall, Assistant Director of Cooperative Forestry, U.S. Forest Service
March 19, 2014
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(Photo credit: Rob Clark, U.S. Forest Service)
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I recently had the opportunity to speak at the dedication ceremony for the Harvard Forest Wood Energy Project, an exciting venture partially supported by the U.S. Forest Service Northeastern Area. This woody-biomass heating system will support 50,000 square feet of the central campus buildings and five dormitories, replacing fuel-oil with renewable wood chips that come from Harvard Forest, a 3,500-acre laboratory and classroom in Petersham, Mass., and owned by Harvard University.
Read full article here.
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Wildland Fire Assessment Program Designed to Assist Volunteer Firefighters
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The Wildland Fire Assessment Program (WFAP) is a joint effort by the U.S. Forest Service and the National Volunteer Fire Council to provide volunteer firefighters and non-operational personnel, such as Fire Corps members, with training on how to properly conduct assessments for homes located in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). This is the first program targeted to volunteers that specifically prepares them to evaluate a home and provide residents with recommendations to protect their property from wildfires in order to become a more a fire-adapted community
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How to Be LakeSmart and Firewise
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The State of Maine has more than 6,000 scenic lakes, and over 400,000 residents using lakes as a source of drinking water. The importance of protecting clean waters from nutrient runoff is clear, as well as the importance of protecting the growing number of homes in these shoreland areas from the threat of fire and the potentially devastating effects it has to surrounding waters. By applying both LakeSmart and Firewise principles to your shorefront property, your home, camp, and local waters have a much greater chance of surviving one of the more than 400 forest fires that occur in Maine each year-75% of which threaten, damage, or destroy structures.
Download your copy of the LakeSmart/Firewise brochure or read more about how this program is working for the State of Maine.
Brought to you by the Maine Forest Service, in association with the Department of Environmental Protection, and the cooperative assistance of the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
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FirstNet, an Introduction
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Posted on April 22, 2014 by Bill Gabbert
WHAT IS FIRSTNET? 
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 created the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) as an independent authority within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to provide emergency responders with the first high-speed wireless broadband network dedicated to public safety.
Read full article.
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New Hampshire Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Poster Contest Winners Recognized
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Concord, NH--Governor Margaret Wood Hassan (to the right of Smokey) and the Executive Council, and NH State Forester, Brad Simpkins recognized the five state winners of the national Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Poster Contest during a ceremony in the executive chambers Wednesday. Read full article.
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May 19-23, 2014 - Large Wildland Fires: Social, Political & Ecological Effects
University of Montana, Missoula, USA.
The causes and effects of large wildland fires are the subjects of great debate among fire researchers, managers, and policymakers. Are large wildfires unnatural events, causing great ecological harm that should be suppressed at all costs? Or could they provide opportunities to reduce fuel loads and restore ecosystems altered by past fire exclusion, and improve resiliency in the face of ongoing climate change? What are the latest research findings, management treatments, and policy initiatives addressing large wildfires?
The Cohesive Strategy will be discussed by many of those involved in developing the National Strategy and Action Plan including Tom Harbour, Jim Douglas, Sandy Burnett, Henry Bastian and others.
Join us for this unique event co-hosted by the Association for Fire Ecology and the International Association of Wildland Fire with support by the Joint Fire Science Program.
More information can be found here.
June 16-20, 2014: 48th Annual Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors Meeting
Two Harbors, MN
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- Good website on preparing and protecting homes from wildfire from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources called Be Ember Aware
- Overarching Action O7 - Support the use of a full range of natural resource management tools to reduce hazardous fuels, encourage the sustainable use of biomass, and accomplish other landowner management objectives. And
- Regional Option 1C - Focus on mitigating "event" fuels through mechanical treatments and utilizing markets for biomass products to clean up and reduce the potential fire hazard from blowdowns, ice storms, and other forest damaging events.
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