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State Prescribed Fire Council Meeting Set for November 10th in Edgefield

Edgefield, SC—September 13, 2004—The South Carolina Prescribed Fire Council will hold its first annual meeting Wednesday, November 10 at the National Wild Turkey Federation Headquarters on US 25 in Edgefield.

Registration for the South Carolina Prescribed Fire Council meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. November 10 at the National Wild Turkey Federation Headquarters in Edgefield, and the meeting is scheduled to conclude at 3:30 p.m. Space is limited at the meeting, so those planning on attending are asked to reply to Melinda Ottaviano of The Nature Conservancy at (803) 254-9049, extension 20, or e-mail to mottaviano@tnc.org.  Replies should be received by November 1. A $5 registration fee will be collected at the door.

The mission statement of the newly formed South Carolina Prescribed Fire Council is to foster cooperation among all parties in the Palmetto State with an interest in prescribed fire to optimize burning opportunities, to encourage the exchange of information, techniques and experiences among practitioners of prescribed fire and to promote public understanding of the importance and benefits of prescribed fire.

Among the charter members of the South Carolina Prescribed Fire Council is a collection of private organizations and individuals and state and federal agencies, including The Nature Conservancy Fire Program, S.C. Forestry Commission, S.C. Department of Natural Resources and Clemson University.

Among the topics to be covered at the South Carolina Prescribed Fire Council meeting are air quality issues, smoke modeling technology, standard operating procedures when smoke impacts roads, incentives available for RX burning, NRCS grasslands work, and current and future challenges to prescribed burning.