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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Panel Discussion date/time</b>: January 21, 2020</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">; 12:00 PM </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ET</span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></o:p></span><br>
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<b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What will you learn?</span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; outline: 0px;">Can we use climate predictions to plan future fire management and research? How are we adapting now?</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; outline: 0px;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; background: transparent; font-family: barlow-extralight, barlow, sans-serif; text-align: center; outline: 0px;"><a href="https://apfire.wixsite.com/fuelingcollaboration/fire-and-climate-change" title="https://apfire.wixsite.com/fuelingcollaboration/fire-and-climate-change"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The
panel</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; outline: 0px;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; outline: 0px;">will
discuss their work and your questions on this topic.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Presenter</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;">s</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">)</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">:</span></b><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222"><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b>Jen Bunty (Moderator)</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">:
Public Info Coordinator for the Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers & Scientists, one of 15 regional knowledge exchanges under the joint fire science program. Her background is in population ecology and science delivery. She works to connect fire researchers
with natural research managers and the public through publications, workshops, websites, social media, and educational trails.</span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222"><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b>Leslie Brandt:
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The regional climate change coordinator for the Eastern Regions of the US Forest Service and a climate change specialist with the Northern Institute of
Applied Climate Science and the US Forest Service. She works on climate change adaption and outreach for natural resources managers. Her areas of focus include urban forestry, Central Hardwoods Forests, and recreation</span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222"><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b>Will Flatley:
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Arkansas and an Adjunct Professor in the school of Forestry at Northern Arizona University. He is
a biogeographer with research interests in forest ecology, fire ecology, and the development of forest management approaches that mitigate negative climate change impacts. His research incorporates tree rings, geospatial analysis, and landscape simulation
modeling.</span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222"><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b>Casey Thornburgh:
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Liaison between tribes between the Northeast and Southeast, United South and Eastern Tribes Inc. (USET), the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and climate researchers
to provide current climate science information, identity research needs/priorities, and support climate adaptation planning. He is a citizen of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe with an educational background in climate science.</span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222"><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b>Rob Klein:
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Rob is a fire ecologist for the National Park Service based out of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. His work on climate change includes participating
in an NPS wildland fire/climate policy review, review of modeling outputs for vegetation community change related to climate and summarizing the state of the knowledge regarding climate impacts for park managers.</span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222"><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b>Erin Lane:
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Works for the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station. She coordinates both the USDA Northeast Climate Hub and the North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange.
Erin's career, based in firefighting and fire ecology, has recently shifted to focus on climate change. Erin is passionate about collaboration and applying to science to find solutions to management issues on working lands. Her current research is about sequestering
soil carbon.</span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Webinar presented by</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="https://www.appalachianfire.org/about-consortium-of-appalachian-fire-managers-scientists" title="https://www.appalachianfire.org/about-consortium-of-appalachian-fire-managers-scientists"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Consortium
of Appalachian Fire Managers & Scientists</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">,
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="https://oakfirescience.com/" title="https://oakfirescience.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Oak Woodlands
& Forests Fire Consortium</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">,
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://lakestatesfiresci.net/" title="http://lakestatesfiresci.net/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Lake
States Fire Science Consortium</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">,
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/" title="https://www.fs.usda.gov/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">USDA US Forest
Service</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">,
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://www.tposfirescience.org/" title="http://www.tposfirescience.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Tallgrass
Prairie and Oak Savanna Fire Science Consortium</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">,
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="https://www.firesciencenorthatlantic.org/" title="https://www.firesciencenorthatlantic.org/">North
Atlantic Fire Science Exchange</a></span></span></span></p>
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