Plans are underway for the
24th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference
to be held in Tallahassee, Florida

Outdoor advertisement promoting prescribed fire.

The 24th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference will be held in Tallahassee, Florida, January 11-15, 2009 at the Ramada Conference Center. The theme will be the Future of Prescribed Fire: Public Awareness, Health, and Safety.

Topics will include but are not limited to:

  • Fuel loading and particulate emissions
  • Air quality and human health concerns
  • Smoke management and modeling
  • Fire effects on carbon sequestration
  • Prescribed fire in the Wildland Urban InterfaceI
  • Tradeoffs between prescribed fire and wildfire
  • Burn authorization systems and policy
  • Public outreach and education on benefits of prescribed fire

Special sessions to include:

  • Meeting of the National Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils
  • Meeting of the Association for Fire Ecology SE Chapter
  • Panel discussion on future of prescribed fire

A call for papers, registration information, hotel and travel information, agenda, field trip planned, important deadlines and other details will be found on the conference web site when it is developed