About Fueling Collaboration
Fueling Collaboration strives to build connections between land managers and researchers through a series of interactive virtual panel discussions.
Wildland fire management is complex and ever-changing. As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in 2020, our planning team members recognized a need to continue to connect people throughout the region and across disciplines, organizations, and specializations. Fueling Collaboration is a forum designed to support those networks and to bring people together to discuss, explore, and address the latest fire science and fire management issues across the eastern United States.
Strong networks involving land managers, researchers, and fire professionals can increase the application of the best available science on the ground while ensuring critical science needs are recognized and addressed. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to meet these needs by hosting nuanced conversations on the cutting edge of fire management and science.
This series was developed by:
the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station and the Joint Fire Science Program’s Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists, Lake States Fire Science Consortium, North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange, Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium, Southern Fire Exchange, and Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Fire Science Consortium.
Feel free to contact any of the organizations listed above with questions about this series.
For website or registration questions, please reach out to Eric Evenson at NAFSEhelp@gmail.com.
Our Planning Team
Andrea Brandon
USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
Joe Marschall
Oak Woodlands & Forests
Fire Science Consortium
Craig Maier
Tallgrass Prairie & Oak Savanna Fire Science Consortium
Helen Mohr
USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers & Scientists
Jack McGowan-Stinski
Lake States Fire Science Consortium
Polly Weigand
North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange, Forest Stewards Guild
David Godwin
Southern Fire Exchange,
University of Florida IFAS
Lindsey Hosier
Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers & Scientists
Eric Evenson
North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange
Past Team Members
Jen Bunty
Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers & Scientists,
Clemson University
Stephanie Laseter
USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
Amanda Mahaffey
North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange, Forest Stewards Guild
Virginia McDaniel
USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station