Course Description - M-580 Fire in Ecosystem Management
January 23 -27, 2012
Course Goals
- Convey the significant role of fire management across a diversity of ecosystems.
- Demonstrate the complexity and benefits of integrating fire and landscape management with social, political, legal, economic and environmental factors.
- Provide participants with strategies, concepts, reference resources, and models to facilitate ecosystem management decisions.
- Review and reinforce fundamental ecological concepts as they relate to fire on the landscape.
Course Description
Through lectures, case studies, a field trip, and interaction between participants and faculty, the course will:
- Explore the role of fire and fire management in ecosystem management.
- Examine historical, social, political, legal, economic, and environment factors critical to fire management.
- Provide the participants with concepts, technologies and methods to actively engage in ecosystem management across the landscape.
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 and social considerations to assist the student with developing specific fire management programs. Local fire effects information and monitoring details are provided in other courses.
Individuals who have attended RX-510 should be advised that similar subject matter is addressed in this course.
Target Group
This course is targeted for individuals who are looking to enhance their knowledge and understanding of fire management and fire ecology. However, this is not an advanced fire ecology course.
- Individuals involved with planning, implementation, and monitoring of fire and ecosystem management programs, i.e. natural/cultural resource management specialists, endangered species biologists, compliance specialists (NEPA, SHPO), and land and fire management planners.
- Individuals who need to communicate fire management and ecological principles and practices across diverse landscapes; such as public affairs, information officers, education and other specialists.
- Agency administrators, (i.e., line officers) senior managers, Tribal leaders, and other key partners. (i.e., community leaders, local government, state officials, non-government partners, et cetera.)
- Fireline leadership, such as prescribed fire and fuels specialists, assistant FMO’s, and strategic operational planners.
Important Dates
Nomination Due to NAFRI from Agencies and GACC's: November 1, 2011
Nomination Process
Please see the NAFRI nomination process available
at http://nafri.gov/pages/nominationprocess.htm.
Course Coordinator: Gary Luce (520)
799-8753; fax (520) 799-8785
