Course Description - M-580 Fire in Ecosystem Management
April 20 - 24, 2009
Target Group
- Agency administrators, particularly without fire management background.
Senior Executives, Congressional Staff and Tribal leaders.
- Fire staff, such as prescribed fire specialists, RX Burn Boss, fuel
managers, assistant FMO's, wildland fire use managers, with limited natural/cultural
resource and/or ecology education/backgrounds.
- Individuals directly involved with planning, implementation, and monitoring
of fire and ecosystem management programs, ie. natural/cultural resource
management specialists, endangered species biologists, compliance specialists
(NEPA, SHPO), and land and fire management planners, who do not have
comprehensive fire management or fire ecology backgrounds.
- Individuals at entry level directly involved with fire management or
individuals new to the wildland fire management program who do not have
a comprehensive fire management background.
Objectives
- Describe the significance and role of fire in ecosystem management.
- Describe the complexity of integrating fire and fuels treatments into
ecosystem management by considering social, political, legal, economic,
and environmental factors.
- Identify concepts, techniques, reference resources, and examples for
ecosystem management throughout a range of ecosystems.
- Use information presented in this course to communicate and develop
understanding and support of fire and ecosystem management programs at
the intra- and interagency levels and to collaborate with the public
in changing political/social arenas.
Course Description
Through lectures, case studies, and interaction between participants and
faculty, the course:
- Explores the role of fire and fire management in ecosystem management.
- Examines social, political, legal, economic, and environmental factors
critical to fire and fuels treatment for ecosystem management.
- Presents real-world examples of fire management applications in ecosystem
management.
- Provides the participants with the opportunity to obtain tools, ideas,
concepts, techniques and methodologies to address fire and ecosystem
management issues at their home unit.
Case studies from North America are presented to expose participants to
a variety of ongoing programs attempting to integrate the historical, ecological
and socioeconomic aspects of fire management into ecosystem management.
Nationally recognized subject matter experts and practitioners serve as
instructors in this course.
The course does not provide a "cookbook" for
ecosystem management, rather this course provides concepts, and ecological
- social considerations to assist the student with developing specific fire management programs.
Local fire effects information and monitoring details are provided in other
courses.
Important Dates
Nomination Due to NAFRI from Agencies and GACC's: November 3, 2008
Notification of Selection: December 15, 2008
Nomination Process
Please see the NAFRI nomination process available
at http://nafri.gov/pages/nominationprocess.htm.
Course Coordinator: Deborah Corner (520)
799-8752; fax (520) 799-8785
