CLIMAS: Fire and Climate in the Southwest 2001

•	Bring together regional decision makers, information providers, researchers, and managers concerned about climate implications for management of forest fire hazards and prescribed burns, and fuel load management, more generally.

•	Evaluate the 2000 fire season. What went wrong? What went well?

•	Present the 2001 climate forecasts, discuss issues regarding interpretation of long-range climate forecasts and forecast uncertainty.

•	Revisit the action plan developed during the February, 2000 workshop and identify next steps.

•	Establish a process for sustaining interactions between fire managers, researchers, and climate forecasters to assure timely and appropriate provision of climate information.

•	Discuss potential new approaches to assessing climate impacts on wildfire regimes and related forest and wildland management.