I haven't posted for a few weeks because I've been on vacation. I've just returned from beautiful Maui and was very happy to be gone. Just as I left, the Esperanza Fire was burning, killing firefighters and burning over homes. We did get a request to map it from the San Bernardino NF, but the BAER time constraints did not line up with our image acquisition dates. We ended up getting ASTER imagery, but haven't sent anything to the forest.
I'm on travel again next week. I'm attending a conference, the 3rd International Fire Ecology and Management Congress in San Diego. I'm giving a talk on Thursday about RSAC's support for BAER teams. It is a basic presentation and will be very easy to give. However, they only give us 15 minutes, including questions and transition time between speakers. I'll basically get to introduce myself and then have to sit down. The one nice thing is that I'm attending this conference for the whole week and will get a chance to actually sit back and relax and learn for most the week. I'm been to too many conferences where I show up for the day I'm presenting and don't really get to participate much in the rest of the proceedings. This may be a nice change.
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Thank you for this blog. It lets us all know what is going on with your life. I am happy that you get such great opportunities as the one you mentioned in this posting.
I quess someone else does your work when you are gone. It seems like you go to San Diego often. Is that just my mind working or it it right? What makes San Diego a place for such a conference instead of any other city?
Dad Clark
I'm not sure exactly why San Diego was chosen, but there was a whole track dedicated to the Southern California fires of 2003. Those were a crazy situation and I'm sure one of the intentions was to connect mega fires like those with global warming (another focus of the conference).
I've been to San Diego 5 times in 2 years for work and pleasure, so I'm ready for a new city.
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