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area from the same time frame that was untreated when the fire Listings are often submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and passed through. locations with sponsor before making plans to attend. This spring, fire conditions were strained enough to implement Stage 1 fire restrictions on forest lands. On June 5, lightning ignitTrue Value Co. – Sept. 15-18, Fall Reunion show, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Co.; www.truevaluecompany.com. ed a fire near the Mammoth Creek Village east of Cedar City. Bode Mecham, Cedar City Ranger District fire prevention technician, and a few interagency firefighters responded as part of the initial International Conference on Timber Engineering & Wood Science – Sept. 16-17, online conference; www.waset.org. attack team. Most of the area hadn’t been treated yet and was LMC – Sept. 20-23, Leadership Summit, Sheraton Downtown Phoenix, still thick with 200 to 300 ponderosa pine trees per acre. Phoenix, Az.; www.lmc.net.

Over the course of a few days, the fire climbed dangerously Pacific Northwest Association of Rail Shippers – Sept. 21-22, fall high to the top of the trees and burned toward the village threatmeeting, Seattle Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Seattle, Wa.; www. ening 280 homes, encroaching on the narrow fire break near Tompnrailshippers.com. my Creek Canyon. With no way to safely manage the advance, National Hardwood Lumber Association – Sept. 21-23, annual Mecham shifted the bulk of his team from fire defense to help the convention & exhibit showcase, Huntington Convention Center, Garfield County sheriff’s office evacuate homes and preparing to Cleveland, Oh.; www.nhla.com. defend the first homes that would be impacted by the fire. Auburn Fall Home Show – Sept. 23-25, Gold Country Fairgrounds &

As fire moved down the Tommy Creek drainage, Meacham’s Event Center, Auburn, Ca.; www.auburnhomeshows.com. task force leader reported that the fire encountered the decade old Colorado Fall Home Show – Sept. 24, Colorado Convention Center, treatment area and the flames dropped rapidly from about 100 ft. Denver, Co.; www.coloradogardenfoundation.org. tall to around 5 ft. Meacham said the dramatic change shifted his team back to fighting the fire. They were able to control it quickly, the entire 700-acre fire completely contained in about 11 days. Western Roofing Expo – Sept. 24-26, presented by Western States Roofing Contractors Association, Paris Hotel, Las Vegas, Nv.; www. westernroofingexpo.com. More than three months after the Mammoth Fire the treated area on the right shows the resilience of forested areas following fires with intense flames that burn into treated areas. In addition American Wood Protection Association – Sept. 25-29, technical committee meetings, Omni Hotel, Providence, R.I.; www.awpa.com. to the health of the trees, regeneration of the area depends on Fastmarkets – Sept. 27-29, North American forest products how severely the soil was burned, the photo on the left shows an area that will likely take years to rebound. conference, Marriott Coronado Island, San Diego, Ca.; www. fastmarkets.com.

“When you look out there now, the area that was treated is the Timber Processing & Energy Expo – Sept. 28-30, Portland Exposition only area out there that is still green and growing,” said Mecham, Center, Portland, Or.; www.timberprocessingandenergyexpo.com.

Canyon County Fall Home Show – Sept. 30-Oct. 2, Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, Id.; www.canyoncountyfallhomeshow.com. who has been a wildland firefighter for 22 years. “[The defensible TecHome Builder Summit – Oct. 4-6, Phoenix Convention Center, space] was pretty crucial to this community allowing everyone Phoenix, Az.; www.techomebuilder.com. time to get out as well as saving all the homes here.” Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club – Oct. 7, golf tournament, Ukiah Valley Gold Course, Ukiah, Ca.; www.hoohoo.org/clubs/181. Shared Stewardship Enables POD Work The number of large fires in the last five years alone has states like Utah working to increase protection for residents. They are Southern California Hoo-Hoo Club – Oct. 7, Don Gregson Memorial Golf Tournament, Los Serranos Golf Course, Chino, Ca.; www. hoohoo117.org. building critical community support by entering into Shared Stewardship Agreements that help partners identify and achieve common land management and protection goals. San Jose Fall Home Show – Oct. 15-16, McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, Ca.; www.acshomeshow.com. Trees burned in high intensity flames lie across the ground on World Millwork Alliance – Oct. 16-20, annual convention & show, cothe south end of the Smith Fire Sept. 4, 2021. Cooperating agencies stood by to protect homes in the area while crews used strategic locating with GlassBuild America, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nv.; www.worldmillworkalliance.com. fire operations as weather allowed to help contain 100+-ft. flames. Green Industry & Equipment Expo – Oct. 19-21, Kentucky Exposition

In Oregon, partners used that common ground to develop Center, Louisville, Ky.; www.gie-expo.com. potential operational delineations or PODS. POD lines don’t follow West Coast Lumber & Building Material Association – Oct. 19-21 jurisdictional boundaries but follow roads, mountain ridges, fuel annual convention, San Diego, Ca.; www.lumberassociation.org. breaks and other land features firefighters can potentially use to National Association of Home Builders – Oct. 24-27, fall legislative conference & leadership meeting, Kansas City, Mo.; www.nahb.org.

Western Wood Preservers Institute – Oct. 30-Nov. 2, annual meeting, Maui, Hi.; www.wwpinstitute.org.

North American Building Material Distribution Association – Nov.

1-3, annual convention, Chicago, Il.; www.distributorconvention.org.

Pacific Logging Congress – Nov. 6-9, Marriott Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Az.; www.pacificloggingcongress.org.

ECI – Nov. 9-11, 2022 Connect Conference, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Aurora, Co.; www.ecisolutions.com.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association – Nov. 9-11, annual Traders Market Trade Show, Phoenix, Az.; www.nawla.org.

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