TUESDAY
April 16, 2024

8:00 AM
Welcome from Wendy Koenig, Mayor, Estes Park

8:30 AM
Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission: Recovering for Resilience Recommendations
Ms. Madelene McDonald (Denver Water), Ms. Jenna Knobloch (USDA), Ms. Lucinda Andreani (Coconino County), Mr. Brian Kittler (American Forests), Mr. James Hubbard (Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission)

9:45 AM
Community-level recovery and restoration following the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon wildfire, 2022
Ms. Kathryn Mahan (New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute), Ms. Shantini Ramakrishnan (New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute), Ms. Paula Garcia (New Mexico Acequia Association), Ms. Shannon Atencio (New Mexico State Forestry Division), Mr. Clinton Wilson (AgWell), Ms. Janna Lopez (Neighbors Helping Neighbors)

Human Dimensions: Social and Policy Factors of Community Recovery:

• Introduction and Policy Overview
  Mr. Cole Buettner (Colorado State University)
• Post-fire Policy Lessons From Colorado: Challenges and Opportunities Following the 2020 Wildfire Season
  Dr. Clint Carney (Colorado State University), Dr. Courtney Schultz (Colorado State University), Ms. Michelle Greiner (Colorado State University)
• Multiple Jurisdictions and Post-Fire Policy: Response and Recovery Following the 2022 Hermit’s Peak Calf Canyon Wildfire
  Mr. Cole Buettner (Colorado State University)
• Wildfire recovery and governance: Local government and nonprofit networks supporting community recovery in western Oregon
  Dr. Heidi Huber-Stearns (University of Oregon), Ms. Naomi Serio (University of Oregon)
• Resident experiences navigating smoke damage after the 2021 Marshall Fire
  Dr. Catrin Edgeley (Northern Arizona University), Mr. William Cannon (Northern Arizona University)
• The Roadmap to Resilience: Building Partnerships at all Scales to Deploy Place-Based Solutions
  Mrs. Alex Keeble-Toll (Nevada County Office of Emergency Services), Ms. Alessandra Zambrano (Nevada County Office of Emergency Services), Mr. Craig Griesbach (Nevada County Office of Emergency Services)

Innovations in Restoration Science:

• Leveraging Science for Post-Fire Restoration: Help is a Phone Call Away
  Mr. Andrew Bishop (Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks), Dr. Christy Brigham (Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks), Mr. David Karplus (Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks)
• Developing Native, Locally Adapted Plant Materials in Anticipation of Fire
  Mr. Jordan Spaak (National Park Service), Ms. Katie Vinzant (National Park Service)
• Got Seeds? Strengthening the Reforestation Pipeline in the Western United States
  Mr. Matthew Aghai (Mast Reforestation), Ms. Olga Kildisheva (The Nature Conservancy), Mr. Solomon Dobrowski (University of Montana), Ms. Shanna Hobbs (Mast Reforestation)
• Give seeds a chance: opportunities and techniques to reestablish ponderosa pine forests using postfire seeding
  Ms. Marin Chambers (Colorado Forest Restoration Institute)
• Cold and drought tolerances of 5 planted conifer species in the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire
  Ms. Marin Chambers (Colorado Forest Restoration Institute), Dr. Camille Stevens-Rumann (Colorado State University), Ms. Maddie Wilson (Colorado Forest Restoration Institute)

Resilient Watersheds:

• Comparing the cost and watershed impacts of pre- and post-fire mitigation actions: a risk assessment case study
  Dr. Allison Rhea (Colorado Forest Restoration Institute), Mr. Brett Wolk (Colorado Forest Restoration Institute)
• Lessons learned from fire-impacted acequias in New Mexico
  Dr. Cody Stropki (SWCA)
• Collaborating and Coordinating with Public Water Systems for Wildfire Planning and Response
  Mr. Robert Murphy (CDPHE Water Quality Control Division), Mr. Jackson Reagan (Colorado Rural Water Association), Mrs. Kristen Hughes (CDPHE Water Quality Control Division)
• A Post-Fire Restoration Roadmap
  Mr. Drew Beck (Matrix Design Group)
• USGS Stream Stats as a tool to predict post-fire flows.
  Ms. Theresa Springer (Contractor)

1:00 PM
Recovery at All Stages:

• New USDA Forest Service Post-Disaster Recovery Program
  Ms. Cara Sponaugle (USDA Forest Service), Ms. Elaine Kohrman (USDA Forest Service)
• Resource Advisors (READs): How they Can Assist the Post-fire Effort
  Mr. Cedar Drake (National Park Service)
• Oregon Post-fire Research and Monitoring Collaborative: takeaways from three years of post-fire collaboration
  Ms. Sara Wall (U.S. Forest Service PNW Research Station), Dr. Jessica Halofsky (U.S. Forest Service PNW Research Station)
• Cultivating Partnerships for Post-Fire Recovery at Lassen Volcanic National Park
  Ms. Anna Schrenk (National Park Service)
• Upper Poudre Canyon Post-Fire Community Hub
  Ms. Maya Daurio (University of British Columbia), Mr. Lucas Roy (Colorado State University)

The Red Deal: Policy and Implementation Impacts on Indigenous Communities
Ms. Therese Ryley (Coalitions & Collaboratives), Mr. James Calabaza (Trees, Water & People), Ms. Arielle Quintana (Colorado State University), Ms. Michellsey Benally (Grand Canyon Trust), Mr. John Waconda (he Nature Conservancy, New Mexico)

Post-Fire Systems Mapping and Review Exercise
Mr. Collin Haffey (Washington Department of Natural Resources), Mr. Jonathan Bruno (Coalitions and Collaboratives), Ms. Elaine Kohrman (USDA Forest Service), Ms. Katie Lighthall (Wildland Fire Leadership Council, Western Region), Mr. Matt EMbry (FEMA), Ms. Cara Sponaugle (USDA Forest Service), Ms. Tiernan Doyle (Fire Adapted Communities Network)

Field Tour: Collaborative Wildfire Mitigation in the Big Thompson Watershed
Ms. Julie Dubin (Peaks to People Water Fund), Ms. Gretchen Reuning (Larimer Conservation District), Ms. Laura Quattrini (Big Thompson Watershed Coalition)

• • Cameron Peak Fire Recovery
  • Collaborative Wildfire Mitigation in the Big Thompson Watershed

3:30 PM
Financing Wildfire Resilience Part 1: Corporate Investments
Mrs. Esther Duke (Coalitions and Collaboratives), Mr. Todd Reeve (Business for Water Stewardship), Ms. Elvy Barton (Salt River Project), Ms. Dana Villeneuve (New Belgium Brewing Company), Dr. Phil Saksa (Blue Forest)

Boots on the Ground: Indigenous Post-Fire Recovery Practices
Ms. Therese Ryley (Coalitions & Collaboratives), Mr. James Calabaza (Trees, Water & People), Mx. Shandiin Nez (SEI), Mr. Robert Mariano (Pueblo of Isleta), Mr. Elijah Small (Brave Heart Society, Dakota/Lakota Tribes)

Lessons Learned from the National Park Service in Scenario-planning, Preparedness, Emergency Stabilization, and Long-term Post Fire Recovery
Ms. Jennifer Gibson (National Park Service), Dr. Koren Nydick (National Park Service), Mr. David Curtis (National Park Service), Mr. Mike Klimek (National Park Service), Mr. Jack Oelfke (National Park Service)

• • The 2023 Sourdough Fire: Post-Fire Collaboration Breakneck Speed
  • Trial by Fires

6:00 PM
After the Flames Art Show & Poster Session

The Ashes to Art Project Builds Resilient Communities
Mrs. Lori Joseph (Author & The Ashes to Art Project Co-Founder), Mr. Tim O’Hara (Tim O’Hara Photography Inc.)

Posters:

• Spatially explicit estimates of seed availability improve estimates of postfire conifer seedling density
  Mr. Micah Wright (US Geological Survey), Dr. Phil van Mantgem (US Geological Survey), Dr. Kevin Buffington (US Geological Survey), Dr. Karen Thorne (US Geological Survey), Mr. Eamon Engber (National Park Service), Dr. Sean Smith (National Park Service)
• Post-fire Carnivore Surveys in Two Klamath Network National Parks
  Dr. Joan Hagar (USGS, Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center), Mr. Sean Mohren (National Park Service), Mr. Russ Weatherbee (National Park Service)
• Watershed sediment yield following the 2018 Carr Fire, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, northern California
  Dr. Amy East (U.S. Geological Survey), Mr. Joshua Logan (U.S. Geological Survey), Mr. Peter Dartnell (U.S. Geological Survey), Mr. Oren Lieber-Kotz (Carleton College), Dr. David Cavagnaro (University of Nevada, Reno), Prof. Scott McCoy (University of Nevada, Reno), Mr. Donald Lindsay (California Geological Survey)
• Burn Severity Forecasting for Fuels Planning from a Watershed Perspective.
  Dr. Mary Miller (Michigan Tech Research Institute), Mr. Michael Billmire (Michigan Tech Research Institute), Dr. Peter Robichaud (USDA Forest Service), Mr. Anthony Chavez (Michigan Tech Research Institute)
• Advancing Watershed Resilience in Fire-Prone Areas: A Collaborative Brainstorm Experience
  Ms. Molly McCormick (Southwest Fire Science Consortium), Dr. Catrin Edgeley (Northern Arizona University)
• Using Soil Burn Severity as the Basis for Post-fire Planning in the US and Internationally
  Ms. Cara Sponaugle (USDA Forest Service), Ms. Lizeth Ochoa (USDA Forest Service), Ms. Mary Young (USDA Forest Service), Ms. Dorothy Thomas (USDA Forest Service)
• Best Practices for Streamlining the Post-Fire NEPA Process
  Ms. Ashley Smith (SE Group)
• “Collaborative Watershed Recovery: A Comprehensive Timeline of East Troublesome Fire Projects and Partnerships”
  Ms. Kimberly Tekavec (Northern Water), Mr. Sean Henry (Northern Water)
• Identifying indicator real-time hydrologic variables and thresholds for post-fire hydrologic impact risk-informed decision-making
  Ms. Haley Canham (Utah State University), Dr. Belize Lane (Utah State University)
• Effects of wildfire on streambed grain size distributions in the area of the Northwest Forest Plan
  Ms. Sara Wall (U.S. Forest Service), Dr. Robert Brown (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Dr. Joe Ebersole (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Dr. Rebecca Flitcroft (U.S. Forest Service), Dr. Christine Hirsch (U.S. Forest Service), Dr. David Hockman-Wert (U.S. Forest Service), Dr. Marcia Snyder (U.S. Forest Service)
• Post-East Troublesome Fire Water Quality in the Three Lakes Watershed
  Dr. Anna Hermes (Northern Water)
• On the Horizon: Introducing Additional Functionality for WEPPcloud Post-fire Watershed Modeling
  Mr. Brian “Scott” Sheppard (USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station)