The Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group (AWFCG) will convene the 2024 Spring Operations meeting in person and online the week of March 18-22. The agenda is now available. The meeting will be at the Pipeline Training Center in Fairbanks with a virtual option. Link is in the agenda and is the same all week.

Presentations:

Cascading effects of climate change and wildfire on a subarctic lake: A 20-year case study of watershed change | Amy Larson, NPS 

Wildland fire impacts on fish populations (salmon, grayling) | Eric Schoen, UAF

Wildland fire projects underway at the Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Unit | Mario Muscarelli, UAF

Report out from Canadian Fire Behavior workshop, group input on future collaborations with Canada | Mitch Burgard, AFSC, Tom St Clair, BIA

News you can use: research results and projects relevant to fire managers | Randi Jandt, AFSC

2024 Fire Season Forecast Product | Cecelia Borries-Strigle and Uma Bhatt, UAF

Fire Weather: Predictive Service | Heidi Strader

Fire Weather: Fire Outlook | Eric Stevens

GIS updates DOF | Dan Labarre

GIS updates BLM:AFS | Jen Jenkins

Wildfire exposure app: Jen Schmidt, UAA, PowerPoint Presentation

The meeting follows this general schedule:

• Mon through Wed morning: sessions for the Alaska Incident Management Teams (IMT),
• Wed afternoon through Fri: sessions for Agency Administrators and Fire Management Officers (AA/FMO)

The AA/FMO sessions, starting Wed afternoon, are open, and registration is not required. Fire science presentations organized by AFSC will be coordinated with related management content Wed-Fri. Relevant presentations will be recorded and archived.  Please join us for a potluck lunch on Thurs to network with your colleagues, raise funds for the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, and preview the updated Alaska orientation videos. Contact Alison with questions.