Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy
Northeast Region
Pagami Creek Fire, Superior NF, Minnesota, September 2011. (Photo: Kari Greer)
Resilient Landscapes - Fire-Adapted Communities - Safe and Effective Wildfire Response
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The Northeast Regional Strategy Committee (NE RSC) provides executive leadership, coordination, and guidance to carry out the Northeast Regional Action Plan while providing a forum for members to guide strategic direction for fire and land management activities. The NE RSC continues to collaboratively recognize, support, and help with National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy goals and implementation efforts.
NE RSC Chair: Brad Simpkins, New Hampshire State Forester
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Northeast Region Cohesive Strategy Key Contacts
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Chair
New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
172 Pembroke Road
PO Box 1856
Concord, NH 03302-1856
Maureen Brooks
Communications Working Group Lead
U.S. Forest Service Northeastern Area S&PF
Larry Mastic
Coordinator, Northeast Region
Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy
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Forest Fire Compacts
Quick Links
Science and Joint Fire Science Consortiums & Exchanges
Social Media
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July 2016
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50th Annual Meeting of Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors in Pennsylvania
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From June 20 to 24, the Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry (NA S&PF) Fire and Aviation Staff and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Bureau of Forestry hosted the 50th meeting of Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors (NFFS) in Valley Forge, PA. NFFS was established in Pennsylvania with members from both State and Federal agencies. Its mission is to improve efficiency in the protection of rural land and wildland from damage by fire as well as promote development of wildland fire equipment, techniques, training, and safety.
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Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors meeting attendees pose for a picture at Valley Forge National Historical Park, PA, June 23, 2016. (Photo: Maris Gabliks)
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service North East Region's 2016 Prescribed Burn Season: Partners in Success
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By Gerald Vickers, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
[Ed. Note: Many thanks to Gerald Vickers, Regional Fire Management Specialist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USF&WS) Region 5 Fire Management, Cambridge, MD, for providing this article chronicling some of the many often unrecognized contributions made by the USF&WS and their many partners of the Northeast Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy in restoring and maintaining resilient landscapes in the challenging environment of the Northeast.]
"The dangers of excluding natural fire include large and damaging fires resulting from the accumulation of flammable vegetation above historic levels; loss of life or serious injury to firefighters and the public; property loss and damage; adverse health effects and impaired visibility from intense or extended periods of unmanageable smoke; loss of plant and animal species and their habitats; and damage to soils, watersheds, and water quality."
(Living With Fire 2012).
When we refer to the three goals of the Cohesive Strategy--Restoring Resilient Landscapes, Creating Fire Adapted Communities, and Responding to Wildfire--the Mid-Atlantic States and Federal partners are setting a high-reaching bar. This year's season appeared to get off to a slow start. Normally, winter is when we begin our Marsh burns at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge. In an average year approximately 8,000 acres of burning is accomplished. This year we were able to complete 3,800 acres total. Time and again the weather did not cooperate and our efforts were obstructed. Finally, Mother Nature gave us a much-needed break and afforded us the opportunity to open up areas in the region that proved to be both rewarding and challenging to burn.
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Common reed burns fast, so helping control this invasive plant with fire helps reduce fire risk, too. (Photo: Tom MacKenzie/USFWS)
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U.S. Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry Has New Landscape Scale Conservation Web Site
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Bird's-eye view of the Merrimack River near Lawrence, Massachusetts. (Photo: William Frament, U.S. Forest Service)
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The U.S. Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry has recently set up a new Web site, Landscape Scale Conservation in the Northeast and Midwest. This Web site supports the Cohesive Strategy by providing an inventory of many of the landscape scale conservation efforts occuring in the Northeast and Midwest.
For example, two recently published reports include:
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Studying WUI Fires in Pennsylvania
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June 30, 2016
When it comes to wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires, most people think only the western states have that problem.
Many of us who respond to wildfires in the East know better. It is the norm for our station, Penn Forest Fire Control Station, in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, to have a structure of some kind or another mixed in with our wildfire.
Pennsylvania ranks fifth in the US for the percentage of houses in the WUI, with over 2 million houses (The 2010 Wildland-Urban Interface of the Conterminous United States, 2015).
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A Special July Webinar Finding the Best Science Available on Fire Ecology and Fire Regimes in Eastern Ecosystems
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July 27, 2016
1 PM ET/ 12 PM CT/ 11 PM MT
Robin Innes and Ilana Abrahamson
U.S. Forest Service
Join us for our next Webinar in cooperation with the North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange and Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists highlighting the new fire features of the Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).
Managers and planners need scientifically sound information on historical fire regimes and contemporary changes in fuels and fire regimes to make informed management decisions. To address this need, two new fire regime publications--Fire Regime Reports and Fire Regime Syntheses--are now available and spatially searchable in the recently updated user interface for the FEIS.
Source: Lake States Fire Science Consortium, April 2016 Newsletter
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Conferences, Meetings, and Training Opportunities
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October 20-30, 2016
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY
An Instructional, Practical and Pragmatic Approach to Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation
December 6-8, 2016
Mystic, CT
--National--
Beyond Hazard Fuels: Managing Fire for Social, Economic, and Ecological Benefits November 28 - December 2, 2016
Tucson, AZ Now Accepting Submissions for Special Sessions, Workshops and Trainings, and Attached Meetings. Call for oral and poster presentation abstract submissions opened April 1. Early Bird Registration opens June 1. Save-the-Date: 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress November 28 - December 2, 2017
Orlando, FL
Buena Vista Palace Spa and Hotel
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The Northeast Regional Strategy Committee (NE RSC) delivers articles and stories each month that demonstrate the collaborative efforts of agencies, organizations and communities supporting and promoting the three goals of the Cohesive Strategy: Restoring Resilient Landscapes, Creating Fire Adapted Communities and Responding to Wildfire.
This news update is our primary communication tool with our partners and the public. Looking for more Northeast Region Cohesive Strategy information or past published news update issues? Visit this Web site.
Does your agency, organization, or community have a project or event you'd like to see featured in the NE RSC News Update?
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