Planning: FIRE-PLAN: Building Wildland Fire Science Capacity in Alaska Through The University of Alaska Fairbanks Rural Campuses

阿拉斯加的景观有一个复杂的荒地火灾历史，需要一个动态的火灾管理计划。农村和阿拉斯加原住民居民参与火灾科学研究、火灾管理和消防队员在阿拉斯加是独一无二的关键，因为他们对自己居住的土地了如指掌。该项目将促进在费尔班克斯的阿拉斯加内陆校区和贝瑟尔的Kuskokwim校区的阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯农村和社区发展学院内举行一系列"知识交流"会议。这些会议将探讨1）野火的基础知识，2）目前的战略，以适应不断变化的野火环境，以及3）未来的教育和职业道路的愿景。该规划项目促进的对话将成为受野火威胁的阿拉斯加社区、学术研究单位和州/联邦机构合作伙伴之间有意义、持久的伙伴关系的基石。通过这些知识交流会议确定的过程和成果将与解决阿拉斯加各地发生的野火相关劳动力短缺的战略相关。作为NSF EPSCoR管辖范围内的少数族裔服务机构，UAF是支持这一举措的理想条件。该项目将促进阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯（UAF）农村和社区发展学院内的一系列“知识交流”课程。位于费尔班克斯的阿拉斯加内陆校区和贝瑟尔的Kuskokwim校区。这些会议将探讨1）野火的基础知识，2）目前的战略，以适应不断变化的野火环境，以及3）未来的教育和职业道路的愿景。这个规划项目促进的对话将形成阿拉斯加之间有意义的，持久的伙伴关系的基石。每个校区的广泛关注将针对每个地点的不同参与者的共同制作而量身定制，每个项目年将包括两个校区的会议。第一年的会议将侧重于探索土著知识和融入野火研究，野火管理和阿拉斯加消防，而第二年的会议将建立在第一年的反馈和知识交流的基础上。从这些会议，合作项目，以促进荒地火灾科学可能会被确定。该提案涉及NSF 22 - 122中确定的五个新兴主题中的两个：该项目由GEO/地球科学领导力发展机会（GOLDEN）计划，刺激竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）计划，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Alaska's landscape has a complex wildland fire history that needs a dynamic fire management plan. The participation of rural and Alaska Native residents in fire science research, fire management, and on fire crews is uniquely critical in Alaska, given their intimate knowledge of the lands on which they live. This project will facilitate a series of "knowledge exchange" sessions within the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) College of Rural and Community Development at the Interior Alaska Campus in Fairbanks and the Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel. These sessions will explore 1) the foundational knowledge of wildfire, 2) the current strategies to adapt to a changing wildfire environment, and 3) the vision for education and career pathways of the future. The conversations facilitated by this planning project will form the building blocks for meaningful, long-lasting partnerships between Alaskan communities threatened by wildfire, academic research units, and state/federal agency partners. Processes and outcomes identified through these knowledge exchange sessions will be relevant for strategies addressing the wildfire-related workforce shortages occurring across Alaska. As a minority-serving institution within an NSF EPSCoR jurisdiction, UAF is ideally placed to champion this initiative.This project will facilitate a series of "knowledge exchange" sessions within the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) College of Rural and Community Development at the Interior Alaska Campus in Fairbanks and the Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel. These sessions will explore 1) the foundational knowledge of wildfire, 2) the current strategies to adapt to a changing wildfire environment, and 3) the vision for education and career pathways of the future. The conversations facilitated by this planning project will form the building blocks for meaningful, long-lasting partnerships between Alaskan c The broad focus at each campus will be tailored for co-production from the different participants at each location, and each project year will include a meeting at each of the two campuses. The first-year sessions will focus on exploring Indigenous knowledge and integration into wildfire research, wildfire management, and fire fighting in Alaska, while the second-year sessions will build on feedback and knowledge exchanges made during Year 1. From these sessions, collaborative projects to advance wildland fire science will likely be identified. This proposal addresses two of the five emergent themes identified in NSF 22-122: the incorporation of social dimensions into wildland fire science research, and the development of convergent education to generate the researchers and practitioners of the future.This project is jointly funded by the GEO/Geoscience Opportunity for Leadership Development (GOLDEN) Program, the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program, and the EDU/Tribal College Undergraduate Program (TCUP).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.