NWCA Regional Fire Safe Conference Agenda

Northwest California Regional Fire Safe Council Conference
December 10th & 11th
Fortuna Fire Hall, 320 S. Fortuna Blvd, Fortuna, CA 95540

Sponsored by:

CAL FIRE

California Fire Safe Council

County of Humboldt

Humboldt County Fire Safe Council

University of California Cooperative Extension

USDA Forest Service

Van Duzen Watershed Fire Safe Council

Agenda December 10- Thursday
When	What	Who
Part One Humboldt County Specific Discussion
8:00-9:00	Registration, Networking, continental breakfast (provided)
9:00-12:00	Review Humboldt County Community Fire Protection Plan maps among local Humboldt County FSCs and agency partners	Moderator: Cybelle
Part Two Regional Kickoff
12:00 -1:00	Lunch (provided) and afternoon registration
1:00 - 1:05	Welcome - Will Harling (Humboldt County FSC)
1:05 - 2:30	Introductions: FSC's share challenges and successes Lessons learned - "Please share one or two challenges and/or successes from the last year"	Everyone with Moderators: Yvonne & Cybelle
2:30 - 3:30	Agency Panel: USFS, CALFIRE, BLM, Redwood National and State Parks, Air Quality (PDF 187KB)	Moderator: Yana
3:30-3:50	Break(Networking opportunity)
3:50 - 5:00	FSCs Successes Panel: discussion of FSC capacity building: - CWPP development and monitoring, - Insurance, liability and fiscal sponsorship issues, - maintaining community involvement, - sustainable funding sources (CA Clearinghouse...) - and more...	Everyone with FSC Panelists: Orleans/Somes Bar, Siskiyou, Trinity, Del Norte, Van Duzen Watershed and others Moderators: Yvonne & Cybelle
5:00	Review of Day Two and evening activities.	Moderator: Yana
5:05	Evening mixer (we'll meet at local establishment)

Agenda December 11- Friday
When	What	Who
8:00-8:30	Registration, continental breakfast (provided)
8:30-9:00	Welcome: - Chair, Humboldt County FSC - Humboldt County Supervisors - Humboldt - Del Norte CAL FIRE Unit Chief - Six Rivers National Forest Supervisor - California Fire Safe Council	Moderator: Cybelle
9:00 -10:15	Woody Biomass Utilization: - Dr. Han-Sup Han: Humboldt State University (PDF 8MB) ; - Gareth Mayhead: UC Berkeley (Adobe 1,259 KB) ; - Jeff Bryant: Jeff Bryant Forestry Inc. (Adobe PDF, 4.28 MB). .	Moderator: Lucy
10:15-10-30	Break(Networking Opportunity)
10:30-12:00	Fuels Treatments: Where do we go from here? - Lenya Quinn Davidson: Humboldt State University - (Adobe PDF, 10.7 MB) - Dr. Morgan Varner: Humboldt State University - (Adobe PDF, 5,374 KB)	Moderator: Will
12:00-1:00	Lunch (provided)
1:00-1:30	Building Materials and Design for Home Survival in Wildfire Prone Areas: Dr. Steve Quarles: UC Cooperative Extension (Adobe PDF, 5.74 MB)	Moderator: Yana
1:30-2:00	Best Management Practices-Natural Resources and Environmental Compliance: Miriam Morrill: US Fish and Wildlife Service (Adobe PDF, 2.3 MB)	Moderator: Yana
2:00-2:30	Utilizing Cost Share Programs: Yana Valachovic: UC Cooperative Extension (Adobe PDF, 3.25 MB)	Moderator: Yvonne
2:30-2:45	Break (Networking Opportunity)
2:45-4:30	Roundtable Discussion: Strengthening FSCs	Everyone with Moderators: Yvonne & Cybelle
4:30-5:00	Conference evaluation and planning for next year's conference: · Fill out evaluations · Discuss plans for next year	Moderator: Cybelle