Ohio Prescribed Fire Council Meeting
Cedar Ridge Lodge at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park
1775 Darby Creek Dr, Galloway, OH 43119, USA
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Event Description
The Ohio Prescribed Fire Council is pleased to announce its first general, public meeting on Wednesday June 1st at the Cedar Ridge Lodge at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park in Galloway, on the west side of Columbus. This meeting will focus on prescribed burning in grasslands and will include several speakers, box lunches, and field trips to visit areas at nearby Metro Parks which have been burned recently (see draft agenda). The Ohio Prescribed Fire Council was formed in 2014 to foster cooperation among the prescribed fire community, while promoting the safe use of prescribed fire as a natural resource management tool for Ohio's ecosystems.If you wish to have a box lunch (meat or vegetarian), please indicate it when you register. Box lunches will be provided by The Nature Conservancy at no cost to attendees. If you have special dietary needs, we recommend that you bring your own lunch. We look forward to seeing you on June 1st!
OHIO PRESCRIBED FIRE COUNCIL MEETING
"Promoting Presribed Fire in Ohio's Grasslands"
9:00-9:15AM - Ohio's Prescribed Fire Council - Purpose and Accomplishments
Jennifer Windus, Fire Council Chair
9:15-10:00AM - Pyromaniacs or Ecological Saviors?
Doug Ladd, Director of Conservation Science, Missouri Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
10:00-10:30AM- Review of Ohio Administrative Code as it Pertains to Prescribed Fire
Greg Guess, Deputy Chief, Division of Forestry
10:30-10:45AM - Break & Refreshments
10:45-11:30AM - Using Prescribed Fire on Michigan's Public and Private Lands (draft)
David Bourneman, City of Ann Arbor, Natural Areas Director and Restoring Nature with Fire (LLC)
11:30-12:00PM - Prescribed Fire in Ohio's Grasslands
John Watts, Resource Land Manager, Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks
12:00-1:00PM - Lunch (box lunches provided by The Nature Conservancy)
1:00-3:30PM - Field trips to areas managed with prescribed fire at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park
If you have questions about the meeting, please direct them to Todd Hutchinson (thutchinson@fs.fed.us)
"Promoting Presribed Fire in Ohio's Grasslands"
8:30-9:00AM - Registration & Refreshments9:00AM - 3:30PM
9:00-9:15AM - Ohio's Prescribed Fire Council - Purpose and Accomplishments
Jennifer Windus, Fire Council Chair
9:15-10:00AM - Pyromaniacs or Ecological Saviors?
Doug Ladd, Director of Conservation Science, Missouri Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
10:00-10:30AM- Review of Ohio Administrative Code as it Pertains to Prescribed Fire
Greg Guess, Deputy Chief, Division of Forestry
10:30-10:45AM - Break & Refreshments
10:45-11:30AM - Using Prescribed Fire on Michigan's Public and Private Lands (draft)
David Bourneman, City of Ann Arbor, Natural Areas Director and Restoring Nature with Fire (LLC)
11:30-12:00PM - Prescribed Fire in Ohio's Grasslands
John Watts, Resource Land Manager, Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks
12:00-1:00PM - Lunch (box lunches provided by The Nature Conservancy)
1:00-3:30PM - Field trips to areas managed with prescribed fire at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park
If you have questions about the meeting, please direct them to Todd Hutchinson (thutchinson@fs.fed.us)
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
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