The National Wildland Fire Management Cohesive Strategy (Cohesive Strategy) is a national, collaborative approach to addressing wildland fire across all lands and jurisdiction. Initiated in response to the 2009 Federal Land Assistance Management (FLAME) Act, the Cohesive Strategy has been developed with input from wildland fire organizations, land managers, and policy-making officials representing all levels of governmental and non-governmental organizations. The vision of the Cohesive Strategy is to “safely and effectively extinguish fire when needed, use fire where allowable; manage our natural resources; and as a nation, live with wildland fire”.
For more information on the Cohesive Strategy, please visit: http://sites.nemac.org/southeastcohesivefire/
One of the primary principles guiding the Cohesive Strategy is to engage stakeholders, managers, and scientists, emphasizing partnerships and collaboration, basing the strategy on the best available science, knowledge, and experience to create a “from the ground up” approach. In order to identify regional goals, objectives, actions and activities, as well as enhance partnerships and collaborations between stakeholders throughout the southeast, we are planning two focus group meetings in the Southeast.
These focus group meetings will allow regional stakeholders to provide input and contribute to the evolution and implementation of the national Cohesive Strategy. For questions or topics that will be discussed in the Focus Groups, please see the EventBrite website below. Participation from a wide group of potential stakeholders is crucial to the success of the Cohesive Strategy – we hope that you, or someone from your organization, will be able to attend one of the upcoming focus group meetings!
The first focus group meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 12th, at the Harbison Environmental Education Center in Columbia, South Carolina from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
To RSVP for this meeting, or for directions as well as information on area lodgings, please go to http://southcarolinafocusgroup.eventbrite.com You can also participate in the meeting online via conference call and view the presentations on the webinar.
- To join the conference call dial 888-324-9427, and enter the passcode of 59133.
- To log onto the webinar, please go to: http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?sigKey=mymeetings&i=749151015&p=&t=c The meeting number is 74915015 and the meeting host is Ron Cooper. There is no meeting passcode.
The second focus group meeting will be held Monday, July 18th, at the Southern Regional Fire Training Center in Pearl, Mississippi (just outside Jackson, MS), from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
To RSVP for this meeting, or for directions as well as information on area lodgings, please go to http://mississippifocusgroup.eventbrite.com You can also participate in the meeting online via conference call and view the presentations on the webinar.
- To join the conference call dial 888-324-9427, and enter the passcode of 59133.
- To log onto the webinar, please go to:http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?sigKey=mymeetings&i=749151015&p=&t=c The meeting number is 74915015 and the meeting host is Ron Cooper. There is no meeting passcode.
Please contact Rachel Smith with any questions or comments about the upcoming Focus Group Meetings. Rachel can be reached at 404.347.2034 or RachelCSmith@fs.fed.us.