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Item Topics Total Votes
A. History of Fire: How we got here, what can we learn and use from the past? .
11. Historical Role of Fire
.
15. Fire History Information
.
33. Historical role on disturbance on Fire Dynamics
.
B. Fire and Wildlands: .
7. Ecosystems Requiring Fire
.
20. Habitat Benefits (for all species)
.
26. Forest Community Restoration (endangered species)
.
28. Biodiversity
.
34. Role of Fire in Oak Restoration
.
43. Impact of Invading Exotics and Non-native Plants
.
C. Fire and Human Use of Wildlands .
37. Effects of Fire on Scenery Management
.
40. Impacts of Fire on Hunting Opportunities
.
D. Fires and Public Interface: .
4. Smoke Management
.
25. Erosion Factors
.
29. Understanding Public Attitudes on Forest Fires and Policy
.
31. Defining the Urban/Wildland Interface
.
38. Civil Rights Issues in Fire Policy
.
41. Human Interface
.
45. Air Quality and Prescribed Burning, Standards of Emissions
.
E. Prescribed burning: .
13. Minimizing Damage of Forest Fires
.
16. Prescription Fire Effects
.
24. Disturbance of Fire Control Line
.
44. Aquatic Communities and Water Quality
.
46. Forest Ecology
.
F. Fire Policy and Management Practice -- Where do we want to be in 100 years?: .
8. Fire Policy for Specific Regions
.
21. Seasonal Prescribed Fires
.
27. Current Fires Regime
.
30. Current Use of Fire
.
39. Use of Fire to Maintain Communities
.
G. Identifying Gaps in Methods of Fire Management .
19. Identify New Methods for Forest Fire Management
.
H. Identifying Gaps in Scientific Understanding of Fire: .
12. Define Outcomes
.
18. Periodic Literature Review
.
22. Identify Gaps in Science
.
23. Proper Use of Government Research Funds
.
35. Model Projection of the Regional Forest Compositions Over the next 100 years
.
I. Public Education and Outreach: .
1. Outreach Education
.
5. Public Education
.
6. Science Education (also publication)
.
10. Prescribed Education (public education on prescribed burns)
.
14. Use of Technology for Information Transfer and Distribution
.
17. Public Access to Information
.
J. Professional Education for Forest Managers: .
2. Network Development
.
3. Management Understanding Urban/Wildland Interface
.
9. Good Management Stewardship
.
32. Professional Education
.
36. Improve use of Science to Inform Forest Managers
.
42. Decisions Support Tools (education)
.


Index

Categories Total Votes
A. History of Fire: How we got here, what can we learn and use from the past? .
B. Fire and Wildlands .
C. Fire and Human Use of Wildlands .
D. Fires and Public Interface .
E. Prescribed burning .
F. Fire Policy and Management Practice -- Where do we want to be in 100 years? .
G. Identifying Gaps in Methods of Fire Management .
H. Identifying Gaps in Scientific Understanding of Fire .
I. Public Education and Outreach .
J. Professional Education for Forest Managers .


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Suggested Alterations to Forum Topics & Categories
1. Habitat benefits (for all species) should read "Habitat costs and benefits..."

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