Scientists talk fire, Oct. 29

Gain scientifi c perspectives on fi re, fuels and their impacts in the Tahoe Basin. Join local experts for three short presentations and a discussion on fi re science. Following the presentations, you will have an opportunity to discuss the inter-related issues concerning wildfi res and their impact and ask questions of our panel of experts.

Wildfi re and Prescribed Fire Effects on Watersheds: Professor
Wally Miller, University of Nevada Reno presents the effects of
wildfi re and prescribed fi re on soils, forest carbon and nutrient
budgets and the resulting impacts on water quality and food webs.
How do thinning and prescribed fi re affect the forest fl oor fuels?
What is a “Strategically Placed Land Area Treatments (SPLATs)”?
Jeff Brown, Station Manager at the UC Berkeley, Sagehen Creek Field
Station presents recent research on SPLATs and their use as a tool
designed to modify forest fi re behavior.

Protecting Communities & Defensible Space: Norb Szczurek,
NLTFPD Division Chief, presents practical information about how
to protect your property from wildfi re. Learn what is being done in
your community.

Panel includes presenters, Fire Safe Council and TRPA representatives.

Presented by Wally Miller (University of Nevada, Reno), Jeff Brown (UC Berkeley Sagehen Creek Field Station) and Norb Szczurek (Division Chief, North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District)

FIRE SCIENCE
LECTURE WITH WALLY MILLER (UNIV. OF NEVADA, RENO),
JEFF BROWN (UC BERKELEY) &
NORB SZCZUREK (N. LAKE TAHOE FIRE PROTECTION)
Date: Monday, October 29, 2007
Time: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Lecture begins promptly at 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $5 donation requested. Includes a No-Host Bar.
Location: Assembly Rooms A & B, Tahoe Center for
Environmental Sciences
291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, Nevada
(on the campus of Sierra Nevada College)