Preventing Wildfires, learning from experience

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This conference is about learning from past experience, and good management prectice, with the aim of preventing out of control burning.

Kinlochewe

Venue: Kinlochewe Village HallTime : 09.30 - 16.00DescriptionEach year accidental wildfires destroy uplands and woodlands and release large quantities of CO2 into the air and reduce soil fertility. This event is about learning from past experience, and good management practice, with the aim of preventing out of control burning.The conferencet is for land managers, and people with a general interest in the subject. The programme includes presentations, practical information and workshops.

9.30	Tea/ Coffee	10.00	Welcome - Audrey Sinclair, Chair Wester Ross Biosphere10.15	Wildfire Awareness Week - Jenny Grant/Gavin Skipper/Children10.35	The role of fire in estate management	David Allison, Head Stalker, Reay Forest Estate11.00	Comfort break	11.10	The effect of wildfire on wildlife - Ian Evans, Assynt Feld Club11.30	'Fire Blanket’ : research into peatland recovery from wildfire - Roxanne Andersen, UHI Environmental research Institute11.50	Wildfires from a Scottish Fire and Rescue Perspective - Bruce Farquharson, Area Commander and Wildfire Capability Lead and Alex McKinley, Group Commander, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service12.40	Panel Discussion	13.00	Lunch	14.00	Workshop training Getting it right - choose 1 workshop from:1) Learn about good management practice to avoid out-of-control burning, and how to be prepared if there is a wildfire. To be held at Beinn Eighe Field Centre. Led by Doug Bartholemew, Beinn Eighe, NNR and Scottish FIre and Rescue Service2) Are there alternatives to fire for improving fertility? : Led by Peter Cunningham, Fisheries Officer, Skye and Wester Ross Fisheries Trust. In Kinlochewe Hall 16.00	Tea at the hall

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