M580 - Fire in Ecosystem Management

Reviewed: NAFRI     Hours: 40

Course Description:

Through lectures, case studies, a field trip, and interaction between students and faculty, the course will:

• Explore the role of fire and fire management in ecosystem management.
• Examine historical, social, political, legal, economic, and environment factors critical to fire management.
• Provide the students with concepts, technologies and methods to actively engage in ecosystem management across the landscape.

Objectives:

• Convey the significant role of fire management across a diversity of ecosystems.
• Demonstrate the complexity and benefits of integrating fire and landscape management with social, political, legal, economic and environmental factors.
• Provide students with strategies, concepts, reference resources, and models to facilitate ecosystem management decisions.
• Review and reinforce fundamental ecological concepts as they relate to fire on the landscape.

Target Group:

This course is targeted for individuals who are looking to enhance their knowledge and understanding of fire management and fire ecology. However, this is not an advanced fire ecology course.

• Individuals involved with planning, implementation, and monitoring of fire and ecosystem management programs, i.e. natural/cultural resource management specialists, endangered species biologists, compliance specialists (NEPA, SHPO), and land and fire management planners.
• Individuals who need to communicate fire management and ecological principles and practices across diverse landscapes; such as public affairs, information officers, education and other specialists.
• Agency administrators (i.e., line officers), senior managers, Tribal leaders, and other key partners. (i.e., community leaders, local government, state officials, non-government partners, et cetera.)
• Fire line leadership, such as prescribed fire and fuels specialists, assistant FMO's, and strategic operational planners.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Nationally recognized subject matter experts and practitioners serve as instructors in this course.

Prerequisites:

None

Offer Level:
National

This Course Description is verbatim from the NWCG Field Manager's Course Guide (156 page PDF: Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and accurate as of 6-13-2011.

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