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The Student Conservation Association. changing lives through service to nature. Kassy Theobald, FIREMON Project Leader – Coeur d’Alene Tribe. T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org. Who we are. Conservation organization - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
The Student Conservation Association
changing lives through service to naturechanging lives through service to nature
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
Kassy Theobald, FIREMON Project Leader – Coeur d’Alene Tribe
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
Who we are
• Conservation organization– Founded 1957 by Liz
Titus Putnam
• Cooperate with and aid land management agencies
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
What we do• Provide agencies with
the man power and knowledge
• Provide young people with professional development experience
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
Organization
• Conservation Interns• Crews• Urban• Corps
• Wildland Fire Corps• FIREMON• FireEd• Landfire
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
FEC Tasks
• Home Assessments• Community Events• Local Media• Environmental Ed• Interpretive and
Cultural Materials• Prevention Plans
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
FEC Tasks Continued
• FireWise• Fuels
Reductions• Prescribed
Burns• Fire
Suppression
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
FIREMON• Role of FIREMON
• History
– National Fire Plan
– CSKT in Montana
– 2005
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
Where FIREMON is today• Coeur d’Alene Tribe• Nez Perce Tribe• Zuni Agency• Mescalero Apache Tribe
and Agency• Eastern OK Region• Concho Agency and
Horton Agency• Minnesota Agency• Great Lakes Agency
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
Requirements for an SCA crew• Fuels specialist has attended a FIREMON
training
• A detailed work plan has been submitted
with the application
• The respective Reservation has a fire/fuels
management plan in place
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
What we provide• Project leader and
team
• Data collection
– FIREMON
– Technology
– Intern training
• Extras…
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
What Agency/Tribe Provides• Local Staff member
– Introduction– Ecology– Progress reports
• Work Plan– Locations– Plots– Equipment– Additional training
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
The Data• FIREMON Database• SCA collects:
– Plot description– Tree Data– Fuel Load– Species Composition
• Flexibility
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
How we do the work
• Field Skills– Plot set-up
• ArcPad and Trimble Recon– Data entry in the field
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
Where does the data go?
• Input to the FIREMON database
• Presented to the Tribe or Agency
• Utilized by the Tribe or Agency for
management decisions
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
Outcome
• Quality work done by enthusiastic young
people
• Standard data collection and analysis
across Tribal lands
• Lasting relationships
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org
Contact your BIA representative and check us out at: www.thesca.org
T H E S T U D E N T C O N S E R V A T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N, I N C. www.thesca.org