2007
Draft Agenda

Friday, April 13- 7:00 Registration Opens

7:15 Breakfast - General Session

8:00 – 9:15 Welcome, Conference Outline, Introductions Steve Douglas, Pueblo County

• Antony Nuñez, Chairman - Pueblo Board of County Commissioners
• Kirk Taylor, Pueblo County Sheriff
• Bob Leaverton, Pike & San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands

Keynote Address: George Epp, Director, Colorado Division of Emergency Management

9:30 -11:30 Concurrent Sessions

1. Community Wildfire Protection Plans – A Question of Scale
2. Eaten Alive – Bark Beetle Update
3. Invasive Species – A Post-Wildfire Disaster
4. Why Isn’t There a Helicopter Over My House and an Engine in My Driveway? - Resource Competition & Allocation

11:30 am – 1:00 pm Luncheon

• Keynote Speaker: Jeff Jahnke, Colorado State Forester

1:15 – 2:45 pm Concurrent Sessions

1. Denver Water – Wildfire Impacts on Critical Watersheds
2. NOAA Support for Wildfires and Mitigation
3. New Homeowner Attitudes on Wildfire Risk
4. Insurance Update

3:00 – 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

1. Firewise Jeopardy
2. Media Mania – A Firestorm of a Different Kind
3. Neighbor’s Lessons Learned – Texas State Forest Service
4. Combining Wildland Fire Modeling, Mason Fire Activity

Saturday, April 14 - 7:00 - Registration opens

7:15 - Beakfast

8:00 – 9:15 a.m. General Session

• Keynote Address: Lyle Laverty , Director, Colorado State Parks

9:30-11:30 Concurrent Sessions

1. Community Wildfire Protection Plans – A Question of Scale
2. Fire Prevention & Education Teams
3. Neighbor’s Lessons Learned – Texas State Forest Service
4. Firewise on the Eastern Plains
5. Colorado State Parks – GOCO/FEMA $$

11:30 am – 1:00 pm Luncheon

• Keynote Address: Nolan Doesken, Assistant State Climatologist for Colorado

1. Structure Ignitability – Straight Talk About Why Homes Burn
2. Smoke/Air Quality Management
3. Climatology of Lightning in Colorado
4. GIS Applications for Wildland Fire Mitigation & Response
5. Mason Fire Ground Recovery Efforts & Post Fire Flooding on Private Lands

3:00 – 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

1. Firewise Jeopardy
2. Combining Wildland Fire Modeling, Mason Fire Activity
3. Front Range Fuels Treatment Partnership
4. GIS Applications for Wildland Fire Mitigation & Response
5. Fire Restrictions in Different Jurisdictions

4:40 - Closing Remarks - General Session

8:00 - Breakfast

9:00 - Sunday Field Trips to Mason Fire burn area and National Weather Service