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TO BURN OR NOT TO BURN: SUMMARY OF THE FORUM ON URBAN/WILDLAND FIRE
APPENDIX A
Friday, January 26, 2001
National Academy of Sciences
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC
Lecture Room
AGENDA
Morning session: Rutherford H. Platt, Moderator
9:00 a.m. Welcome and introductions
Rutherford H. Platt, Chair
9:10 a.m. Creating an Ecological Omelette: How we got out of an agrarian frying pan and into and exurban fire
Stephen J. Pyne, Arizona State University
9:50 a.m. What are the trends in wildland fires and what is the future for increased fires/risk?
William A. Patterson, III, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Fires in the wildland urban interface: Dilemmas of duality and the role of national science leadership
Dave Cleaves, USDA Forest Service
11:25 a.m. Addressing the wildland-urban interface fire problem in Canada through forest firebehavior research
Martin E. Alexander, Canadian Forest Service
12:05 p.m. Lunch (cafeteria available)
Afternoon session: Wilfred D. Iwan, Moderator
1:15 p.m. Wildfires and insurance
Paul Kovacs, Insurance Bureau of Canada
1:55 p.m. Land use issues
Raymond J. Burby, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2:35 p.m. Case study: Los Alamos
Kelly K. Carpenter, Los Alamos County, New Mexico
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TO BURN OR NOT TO BURN: SUMMARY OF THE FORUM ON URBAN/WILDLAND FIRE
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Discussion with speakers
Mary Fran Myers, Moderator
4:30 p.m. Wrap up
Jim Bruce, NDR Steering Committee and Chris Topik, Staff, U.S. House of Representatives, Appropriations Committee
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
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