Georgia: State Meeting Expands Prescribed Fire Impact

By Duncan Johnson

TIFTON, Ga. –-(Ammoland.com)- The Georgia Prescribed Fire Council will explore the vital role of prescribed burning done right at its annual meeting Sept. 29 in Tifton.

Experts will cover a range of fire topics. In the keynote address, prescribed fire veteran Jeremy Bailey, chair of the Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils and fire training and Fire Learning Network coordinator for The Nature Conservancy, will discuss the impact prescribed fire councils are having nationally.

The meeting in Tifton will add to that impact, suggested council Chair Mark Melvin, conservation manager at Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center in southwest Georgia.

“Our annual event is a time that fire practitioners meet to learn from subject matter experts about topics such as law and policy, current fire research, landowner incentive programs, and forestry and wildlife management – all of which help fire managers do a better job planning and executing prescribed fires around the state,” Melvin said.

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