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Fire Science and Management Field
Trip - The Great Acadia Fire 70 Years Later: Lessons and Future Challenges
This highly
anticipated field trip brought to you by the North Atlantic Fire Science
Exchange, the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact, the Acadia National
Park Fire Management Program, the Maine Forest Service, and numerous partners
and supporters is part of a larger series of events being held to commemorate
the 1947 fire (see the related events below).
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, ME
This all-day field trip
will follow the path of the 1947 fire and offer fire scientists and
managers an excellent outdoor classroom for exchanging information about
fire ecology, fuels reduction, wildfire preparedness, and other lessons
and challenges learned in 1947 and the seven decades since that catastrophe.
- Cost: $25
- This event has been assigned 4.0 Category 1 CFE credits
by the Society of American Foresters.
REGISTER NOW FOR THE FIELD TRIP!
PANEL:
The Great Acadia Fire 70 Years Later: What Happened? Could it Happen Again?
What if it Happened Again?
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
The Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME
This evening lecture and
discussion will examine the climate and forest conditions that were
ignited in 1947, the vegetation structure and fire danger in Acadia
National Park today, and the agencies and organizations prepared to
protect the island from wildfire into the future. Cost:
$10 Tickets available at: www.criteriontheatre.org
This event has been
approved for 2.0 Category 1 CFE credits by the Society of American
Foresters.
Panel Speakers:
Dr. Lloyd Irland,
Principal, The Irland Group
Dr. Bill Patterson III,
Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Tony Davis, North Country Fire
Management Officer, Acadia National Park
Bill Hamilton, Chief Forest
Ranger, Maine Forest Service
Tom Parent, Executive
Director, Northeast Forest Fire Protection Compact
Matt Bartlett, Fire Chief, Bar
Harbor Fire Department
Mike Bender, Fire Chief, Mt.
Desert Fire Department
Keith Higgins, Fire Chief,
Tremont Fire Department
Jack Martel, Fire Chief,
Southwest Harbor Fire Department
For
more information about these and other events commemorating the 1947 fire,
please visit:
http://www.firesciencenorthatlantic.org/events-webinars-source/2017/3/31/field-trip-the-great-acadia-fire-70-years-later
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Strong- An Erosion and Sediment Control
workshop is being held on October 19, 2017 from 8 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. at the
Strong Town Office’s Foster Memorial Building - 14 South Main Street.
The class is open to anyone interested in
working in shoreland zoning areas of the State. Both certification and
re-certification credits will be given through the Maine Department of
Environmental Protection. A certificate of participation will be
issued by the Franklin County Soil & Water Conservation District that
may be presented when applying for credit for the workshop.
Call Rosetta at 778-4279 or e mail her at info@franklincswcd.org for a
registration form. $85 before Oct. 5th and $95 thereafter. A hot lunch will be provided for $7 or you
may go out for lunch.
All programs and services of Franklin County
Soil & Water Conservation District are provided on a nondiscriminatory
basis.
Contact Info:
Rosetta White
107 Park
St
Farmington ME 04938
207-778-4279
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