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26 Jun 2020 . DIF Jalisco . DIF Jalisco y Secretaría de Seguridad estatal implementarán modelo para atender a personas menores de edad víctimas de violencia familia.
Kristalina Georgieva, Chief Executive Officer, World Bank, Washington DC capture during the Session: Implementing Strategies for Inclusive Growth at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2018
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Thanachaiary
A page from the PDF document.
AC Wharton, Jr. with Memphis & Shelby County Government.
A collaboration of MCA Students:
Myself & Katie Benjamin — Logo & Digital Implementation Plan
Eric Huber — Packaging
Bryan Rollins — CD Layout
James Hart — Broadside Design
El pasado 29 de noviembre y 1 de diciembre de 2017 se llevó a cabo la Cátedra de la Paz dirigida por la Docente Ana Elsy Vidal Rengifo la cual consistía en que los estudiantes socializaran los trabajos como producto de una investigación de información que realizaron durante el semestre 2017-2 en la asignatura Gestión Básica de la Información.
From 15th to 18th of July 2013, a workshop was held in Accra, Ghana to set EAF (ecosystem approach to fisheries) implementation baselines for 13 countries in the CECAF-south area.
Southern Regional Fuels Program recognized for implementing prescribed fire over 1.3 million acres this year
Wildfire season has intensified with “mega fires” becoming the norm across western landscapes. The Regional Fuels Program acknowledged it’s not “if,” but “when” the south will have to face similar wildfire seasons. Forests across the Southern Region applied prescribed fire on a regional record-high 1.3 million acres of federal lands. All of this was completed during a pandemic and a new budget modernization process.
The last decade, the U.S. wildfire season has intensified year after year with “mega fires” becoming common place across the western landscape. The Southern Regional Fuels Program acknowledged it’s not “if,” but when the south will have to face similar wildfire seasons as climate change continues making its mark. This Region accomplished implementing prescribed fire to more than 1.3 million acres in FY21, during a pandemic, and following a new budget modernization process.
Forest Service employees carried out the program of work while putting their trust in Regional leadership that the funding and needed resources would be provided. Every Ranger District executed its best effort on all burn days, managing the team's safety while meeting the objectives outlined in the interdisciplinary approved burn plans.
The Forest Service improved water quality, air quality, and carbon sequestration as it reduced the wildfire threat to local communities throughout the south, including Puerto Rico. Our employees embody the skills necessary to perform at a high level to accomplish the mission and communicate the benefits of their work to external audiences. This monumental feat would not have occurred without thousands of Southern USDA Forest Service Employees dedication and strong work ethic.
The success of the Regional Fuels Program was dependent on several individuals for their leadership and ability to communicate to make this year’s historic accomplishment possible.
Mike Ward has been at the helm of fuels management, overseeing suppression, aviation, and coordination functions to acquire the necessary resources and not overextending fire suppression needs. Ward coordinated with Air, Archeology, Biology, Budget, and Timber program managers to ensure a desired outcome by all.
Jason Demas has managed budget concerns and balanced fire suppression needs. Mike Seaton managed the surge modules stationed all around the Southern Region. Seaton communicated daily inside and outside the Geographical Area to keep a workforce available to meet Regional needs. Nancy Ellsworth was a critical contributor to streamlining the ordering process and troubleshooting with the National Interagency Coordination Center to improve the process.
Shardul Raval helped navigate the process to keep the Regional Leadership Team informed, while addressing concerns promptly. He had the bigger picture insight that led to the great success for all of our lands treated with prescribed fire.
Malusi Gigaba, Minister of Finance of South Africa capture during the Session: Implementing Strategies for Inclusive Growth at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2018
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Thanachaiary
“Transport Decarbonisation: Driving Implementation” project members meeting at the ITF in Paris, France, to help identify ways to cut CO₂ emissions in three hard-to-decarbonise areas of transport: aviation, shipping and heavy-duty road freight. Their successful transition to a low- and ultimately zero-carbon operation is vital to achieving the international community’s climate goals.
Galbiati Group recently implemented the construction and the mechanical machining as per third parties of naval gearbox housing intended to be mounted on ships for the command dredgers.
En un verdadero atractivo para los amantes del deporte y del público en general se convertirá durante esta temporada estival la Playa del Deporte 2013, hermoso recinto deportivo al aire libre que por sexto año consecutivo implementó la Municipalidad de Viña del Mar, a través de la Casa del Deporte.
La Playa del Deporte, situada frente al Club de Campo Las Salinas, fue oficialmente inaugurada este lunes por la alcaldesa Virginia Reginato, quien en compañía de los concejales Mafalda Reginato, Jaime Varas y del director de la Casa del Deporte, Javier Aravena además de invitados especiales y deportistas procedieron al tradicional corte de cinta.
Durante la ceremonia la primera autoridad comunal junto con mostrarse complacida por entregar a la comunidad esta nueva alternativa veraniega, hizo un llamado a la ciudadanía y a los miles de turistas que visitan Viña del Mar a concurrir a la Playa del Deporte para disfrutar de las diversas canchas que fueron habilitadas para la ocasión.
“La Playa del Deporte, se ha convertido durante sus seis temporadas en una experiencia muy positiva y enriquecedora para los habitantes de Viña del Mar y los turistas, que hacen de la actividad física y la recreación momentos relevantes en sus vacaciones. Al habilitar nuevamente este emblemático espacio de recreación, sana convivencia y espíritu deportivo, reiteramos nuestro compromiso con el deporte para todos los grupos etáreos de la comunidad, mostrando un nuevo rostro, pues ahora se complementada con la Quinta Etapa del Parque Borde Costero, donde existen modernas máquinas para hacer ejercicios, permitiendo una continuidad y mayor presencia de público en las actividades y talleres”, dijo la alcaldesa Virginia Reginato.
Por su parte el vicepresidente de la Federación de Tenis de Chile, José Santelices, a nombre de las diversas entidades que estarán presente durante el verano en la Playa del Deporte, destacó la iniciativa implementada en Viña del Mar, además de su continuidad resaltando el gran trabajo deportivo que se ha realizado en diversos sectores de la comuna.
Terminadas sus palabras el dirigente del tenis chileno, le obsequió a la jefa comunal una paleta de tenis beach.
Finalmente el director de la Casa del Deporte, Javier Aravena indicó que “en la Playa del Deporte se llevaran a cabo una serie de eventos entre los que destacan el Torneo de Rugby 5, el Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Playa ANFP, el Sudamericano de Voleibol, el Torneo Gol Iluminado, las clínicas de Tenis Beach, Bodyboard y Surf además de los talleres de Tai Chi Kung, Baile Entretenido, Pilates, Taekwondo y gimnasia aeróbica por nombrar algunos.
CARACTERÍSTICAS
La Playa del Deporte habilitada sobre una superficie de 15 mil metros cuadrados, consta de una cancha de fútbol, una de rugby, tres de vóleibol y dos de beach tenis, además de un muro de escalada y un área de slake line.
La Playa del Deporte estará habilitada hasta marzo del presente año, dependiendo de las condiciones del tiempo.
Visite nuestro portal en www.ciudaddeldeporte.com y nuestras redes sociales
Azman Mokhtar, Managing Director, Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia capture during the Session: Implementing Strategies for Inclusive Growth at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2018
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Thanachaiary
Alessandra Galloni, Global News Editor, Thomson Reuters, Canada capture during the Session: Implementing Strategies for Inclusive Growth at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2018
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Thanachaiary
Part of the "Quick Impact Skills Development for Adolescents Affected by the Syrian Refugee Crisis," Project, Implemented By ANERA, supported by UNICEF and Funded by the German Bank for Development, a health training was held in Beqaa, Lebanon, gathering more than 33 trainers from Wavel Palestinian Refugee Camp in the Beqaa, around Youth related health issues and water, hygiene and Sanitation.
Dima Zayat and Nadine Abdallah, ANERA's Health Team, conducted an interactive training with visual aids, case studies, activities, and open discussions around adolescence, physical and mental changes and challenges, hygiene and Sanitation, where participants show big interest in the topics and initiated debates, specially around mental health and medical intervention.
Maryam Charawne, an English teacher at the Bilal Ben Rabah educational center, took part of the training, where she highlighted the importance of health component in the educational sector, saying: "Today we learned the importance of health awareness in the life of adolescence, and I think we need to have a health specialist in each educational facility," adding "Last year, one of the girls aged 12, dropped out of school, where she was facing bullying and harassment due to the physical changes she was passing through, and students started commenting badly on her skin, Health awareness will definitely help us avoid school drop outs."
The Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, JMEC says the greatest challenge facing the implementation of the peace agreement is inclusivity.
Speaking at the opening of a JMEC plenary meeting in Juba on 8 February 17, Festus Mogae said factions within the SPLM in opposition and inadequate representation of opposing voices in the peace process had undermined progress in the establishment of key institutions and mechanisms provided for in the peace agreement.
The JMEC chairperson also condemned continued fighting and reports of revenge killings, sexual violence and human rights abuses in parts of the country. Mogae said recent fighting around Malakal and in Renk of Upper Nile constitute a violation of the ceasefire agreement and said ceasefire monitors have opened investigations into the attacks.
Mogae also urged the swift deployment of the 4-thousand strong Regional Protection Force as approved by the UN Security Council to bolster security in Juba and its surrounding areas.
Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy
A training of trainers of a South Sudan’s soon-to-be unified army concluded today, 4 October, with a graduation ceremony at the Military Training Centre in Luri near Juba.
The event marks a significant step forward for the implementation of the country’s revitalized peace agreement, signed in September last year.
Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar, Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, described the project of training the nation’s unified forces as one with “tremendous implications for national integrity and security”. He called the graduating instructors “pioneers” with a “huge responsibility” to carry after having received just ten days of training.
“Whatever you do, however you act, is going to affect the soldiers who you train, so I implore you to be conscious of your actions, because you set the trend of the forces of South Sudan,” the Force Commander said.
Lieutenant General Tinaikar also stressed the importance of looking forward rather than backward.
“You have to forget your past, from where you come and your past affiliations, to work together for your young nation, for the state of South Sudan,” he said, reiterating his faith in the diligence and capacity of the instructors to train the unified forces properly.
A lack of qualified trainers has been slowing down the capacity building of units of the united armed forces in 35 cantonment sites across the country, making the readiness of instructors such a vital sign of progress.
To enable the establishment of a Transitional Government of National Unity on 12 November, the few hundred graduates will need to capacitate some 83,000 soldiers, the troops being merged from the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition.
Photo: UNMISS / Eric Kanalstein
Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, India capture during the Session: Implementing Strategies for Inclusive Growth at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2018
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Thanachaiary
El viernes 11 de mayo se inauguró en el campus Gustavo Galindo Velasco el Laboratorio de Automatización Industrial de la ESPOL, un laboratorio universitario implementado con equipos de última tecnología, resultado de las relaciones institucionales con la empresa americana Rockwell Automation.
Deva Das at Bijanegere Village. Located outside of Raichur in Karnatarka, India the Government Primary and Secondary school in the village is benefitting from the IKEA Social Initiative, implemented in conjunction with UNICEF, by identifying child labourers and getting them out of working on farms and into school..
UNICEF India/2010/Graham Crouch.
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la Corporación Síndrome de Down ha implementado convenios con diferentes universidades y organizaciones donde, bajo la figura de responsabilidad social, los jóvenes desempeñan tareas dentro de los diferentes departamentos de estas instituciones.
La Universidad el Bosque, la Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieros Julio Garavito y el INCODER, Instituto Colombiano de Desarrollo Rural son las instituciones que han abierto sus puertas a jóvenes de la Corporación Síndrome de Down.
11 September 2011. Doha (Qatar): UNAMID JSR and Joint Chief Mediator Ibrahim Gambari (right) and Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud at the inaugural Meeting of the Implementation Follow-Up Committee (IFC) for the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) at the Ritz Hotel in Doha (Qatar).
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
A training of trainers of a South Sudan’s soon-to-be unified army concluded today, 4 October, with a graduation ceremony at the Military Training Centre in Luri near Juba.
The event marks a significant step forward for the implementation of the country’s revitalized peace agreement, signed in September last year.
Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar, Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, described the project of training the nation’s unified forces as one with “tremendous implications for national integrity and security”. He called the graduating instructors “pioneers” with a “huge responsibility” to carry after having received just ten days of training.
“Whatever you do, however you act, is going to affect the soldiers who you train, so I implore you to be conscious of your actions, because you set the trend of the forces of South Sudan,” the Force Commander said.
Lieutenant General Tinaikar also stressed the importance of looking forward rather than backward.
“You have to forget your past, from where you come and your past affiliations, to work together for your young nation, for the state of South Sudan,” he said, reiterating his faith in the diligence and capacity of the instructors to train the unified forces properly.
A lack of qualified trainers has been slowing down the capacity building of units of the united armed forces in 35 cantonment sites across the country, making the readiness of instructors such a vital sign of progress.
To enable the establishment of a Transitional Government of National Unity on 12 November, the few hundred graduates will need to capacitate some 83,000 soldiers, the troops being merged from the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition.
Photo: UNMISS / Eric Kanalstein
El Gobernador del Estado, Carlos Lozano de la Torre, recibió de manos del Secretario de Gobierno, Sergio Reynoso Talamantes, el plan de acciones y estrategias que Protección Civil implementará con motivo de las fiestas de fin de año
Con la finalidad de reforzar las medidas preventivas y que la población de Aguascalientes goce de unas fiestas de fin de año con seguridad y tranquilidad, la Coordinación Estatal de Protección Civil elaboró ya el plan que integra las acciones y estrategias a implementar durante el 31 de diciembre y el 1 de enero, mismo que fue entregado al Gobernador del Estado, Carlos Lozano de la Torre por el Secretario de Gobierno, Sergio Reynoso Talamantes.
Este plan integra un operativo especial de vigilancia y supervisión en caminos y carreteras de la entidad, mismo que ya estaba contemplado dentro del Plan Estatal de Contingencias por Temporada de Invierno, y en el que se exhorta a los aguascalentenses que pongan en práctica la autoprotección, con lo que se garantiza que todos tengan un cierre de año seguro.
El operativo ha estado activo desde el 27 de diciembre y concluirá el 7 de enero, pero será el 31 de diciembre y el 1 de enero cuando se intensifiquen los recorridos de supervisión en el que participan las once Unidades Municipales de Protección Civil, y todos los Servicios de Emergencia, enfatizando que se mantendrán atentos a las carreteras, debido al incremento de la afluencia vehicular en ellas durante estas fechas.
La Coordinación Estatal de Protección Civil ha solicitado a la ciudadanía que durante estas fechas conduzcan con precaución, sin haber ingerido bebidas alcohólicas y que respeten los límites de velocidad.
También existen recomendaciones para quienes pasarán las fiestas de fin de año fuera de sus casas, como desconectar todos los adornos navideños eléctricos, cerrar el paso de gas L.P. y notificar a un vecino de confianza que la casa estará sola; aunado a esto, se le recuerda a la población que el 9 10 20 20 de Locatel y el 066 se encuentran disponibles las 24 horas para que se reporte cualquier emergencia.
Implementos y herramientas usadas por viejos mineros y pirquineros de Andacollo: Máquina para lavar oro con harnero y peinecillo, cascos, lámpara a carburo, challa, combo, capacho, pala y chuzo.
Content description: Stone arrowhead from Georgia or North and South Carolina
Local identifier: 029_02_00_014
Type of resource: three dimensional object
Genre/form: artifacts
Physical description: 1 artifact; stone: .50 x .10 cm
Digital origin: reformatted digital
General notes: Original object was digitized in 2016 as a TIFF image.
Acquisition notes: Donated by Dr. Charles F. Walcott to the Cambridge Public Library sometime in the 1970s
Description standard: dcrmg
Subject headings:
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Arrowheads
Stone Implements
Host collection: Charles F. Walcott Archaeological Collection, circa 1960-1970
Physical location: Cambridge Public Library
Rights: No copyright--United States
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection: [Identification of item], Charles F. Walcott Archaeological Collection, circa 1960-1970, 29, [Box#, Folder title], Cambridge Room, Cambridge Public Library Archives and Special Collections.
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A page from the PDF document.
AC Wharton, Jr. with Memphis & Shelby County Government.
A collaboration of MCA Students:
Myself & Katie Benjamin — Logo & Digital Implementation Plan
Eric Huber — Packaging
Bryan Rollins — CD Layout
James Hart — Broadside Design
The Implementation Force (IFOR) was a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995/6)
Brooklands Military Vehicles Day
November 18, 2010 - "Roles for Third Parties in Improving Implementation of EPA's and OSHA's Regulations on the Management of Low-Probability, High-Consequence Process Safety Risks" - Penn Program on Regulation, in conjunction with the Wharton Risk Management Center, hosted a conference regarding the usage of third party auditors in the enforcement of regulatory safety measures in high risk industries. Industries which experts call "Low-Probability, High-Consequence," such as nuclear reactors, oil refineries, or chemical processing plants, are specifically hoped to be improved by third party inspections safety. The conference brought together numerous participants from a variety of fields, including from government, industry, insurance, academia, and non-profit sectors. The conference consisted of a day-long discussion spread over three separate panels. Over the course of the conference, participants stressed the importance of implementing a third party system to effectively and thoroughly audit industry despite lack of adequate funds and resources. Other potential scenarios offered for enacting effective third party auditing included making sure that these third party auditors were completely independent from the industries they would be inspecting so as to eliminate bias or a conflict of interest. Another issue to consider is the question of whose authority would the third party auditors be under and what kind of enforcement power would they have to enforce industry change. One of the panel discussions brought up the potential linkage of third party audits with insurance companies so as to provide an incentive for industry to decrease safety risks in order to pay lower insurance premiums. Workshop participants included Isadore "Irv" Rosenthal, a Senior Research Fellow at the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center; Howard Kunreuther, James G. Dinan Professor of Business and Public Policy at Wharton and Co-Director of the Wharton Risk Center; Laurie Miller, Senior Director of Environment and Process Safety at the American Chemistry Council; Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan, Managing Director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center; Scott Berger, Executive Director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Don Nguyen, a Principal Process Safety Management Engineer at Siemens Energy, Inc.; Mike Marshall, Process Safety Management Coordinator at the Directorate of Enforcement Programs at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) within the United States Department of Labor; Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Director of the Penn Program on Regulation; Bob Whitmore, Former Chief of OSHA Division of Recordkeeping at the United States Department of Labor; Jim Belke, Chemical Engineer at the Office of Emergency Prevention and Member of the Office of Chemical Preparedness within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); William Doerr, FM Global Research Area Director; Manuel Gomez, Director of Recommendations at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board; Tim Cillessen, Manager of Sales and Marketing at Siemens Energy, Inc.; Mike Wright, Director of Health, Safety, and Environment at United Steelworkers; Jennifer Nash, Affiliated Researcher of Nanotechnology and Society Research Group at Northeastern University and the Associate Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Executive Director of Regulatory Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Michael Perron, Senior Vice President of Willis Re New York.
Festus G. Mogae, Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), met with the Group of 10 (former detainees), members of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), and members of the Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) on 22 December 2015. During his welcoming remarks, Mr. Mogae said the return of SPLM/A-IO indicates their commitment to restoring peace and implementing the Agreement in South Sudan. “Your return is not the end of the road, but the start of another important journey,” he stressed.
He also mentioned his appreciation of the Government for enabling the first group of the SPLM/A (IO) to return, and urged both parties to plan for the expeditious return of the second and third groups, in accordance with the proposed plan. In remarks aimed at the greater South Sudanese population, he said “in this season of hope, forgiveness and renewal … this Christmas, 2015, is the last celebrated in a context of conflict.”
The main purposes of the meeting were: a) to ensure the timely establishment of the main pre-transitional institutions, b) to hear from the leadership of the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) about their activities, challenges and how best to support their efforts in future, c) to hear from the Parties on the status, to date, of the cantonment of forces and d) to move forward with the other processes necessary to establish the Transitional Government of National Unity, as required by the Compromise Peace Agreement.
The superficial markings of the highlighter, which are somewhat difficult to see in visible light, are clearly visible. Due to the shallow penetration of ultraviolet light, however, highlighter ink itself was largely obscured by almost every implement tested.
A training of trainers of a South Sudan’s soon-to-be unified army concluded today, 4 October, with a graduation ceremony at the Military Training Centre in Luri near Juba.
The event marks a significant step forward for the implementation of the country’s revitalized peace agreement, signed in September last year.
Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar, Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, described the project of training the nation’s unified forces as one with “tremendous implications for national integrity and security”. He called the graduating instructors “pioneers” with a “huge responsibility” to carry after having received just ten days of training.
“Whatever you do, however you act, is going to affect the soldiers who you train, so I implore you to be conscious of your actions, because you set the trend of the forces of South Sudan,” the Force Commander said.
Lieutenant General Tinaikar also stressed the importance of looking forward rather than backward.
“You have to forget your past, from where you come and your past affiliations, to work together for your young nation, for the state of South Sudan,” he said, reiterating his faith in the diligence and capacity of the instructors to train the unified forces properly.
A lack of qualified trainers has been slowing down the capacity building of units of the united armed forces in 35 cantonment sites across the country, making the readiness of instructors such a vital sign of progress.
To enable the establishment of a Transitional Government of National Unity on 12 November, the few hundred graduates will need to capacitate some 83,000 soldiers, the troops being merged from the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition.
Photo: UNMISS / Eric Kanalstein
Flooding of the Marsaki Wadi (28th of August and 1st of October 2019) and the impacts of the flood on the Marsaki dyke that was constructed to protect the communities of the Marsaki area of Tadjourah city from the floods.
Learn more about UNEP's work on adaptation: www.unep.org/explore-topics/climate-change/what-we-do/cli...
Photo credit: Ministry of Habitat, Urbanism and Environment, Djibouti
Implementation of anti-corruption reforms in Ukraine: stock-taking event, by the delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Accession Committee.
Strategies for Ensuring Successful Implementation and Dissemination of Intervention research, January 27-28, 2014 at the University of South Florida College of Nursing
Southern Regional Fuels Program recognized for implementing prescribed fire over 1.3 million acres this year
Wildfire season has intensified with “mega fires” becoming the norm across western landscapes. The Regional Fuels Program acknowledged it’s not “if,” but “when” the south will have to face similar wildfire seasons. Forests across the Southern Region applied prescribed fire on a regional record-high 1.3 million acres of federal lands. All of this was completed during a pandemic and a new budget modernization process.
The last decade, the U.S. wildfire season has intensified year after year with “mega fires” becoming common place across the western landscape. The Southern Regional Fuels Program acknowledged it’s not “if,” but when the south will have to face similar wildfire seasons as climate change continues making its mark. This Region accomplished implementing prescribed fire to more than 1.3 million acres in FY21, during a pandemic, and following a new budget modernization process.
Forest Service employees carried out the program of work while putting their trust in Regional leadership that the funding and needed resources would be provided. Every Ranger District executed its best effort on all burn days, managing the team's safety while meeting the objectives outlined in the interdisciplinary approved burn plans.
The Forest Service improved water quality, air quality, and carbon sequestration as it reduced the wildfire threat to local communities throughout the south, including Puerto Rico. Our employees embody the skills necessary to perform at a high level to accomplish the mission and communicate the benefits of their work to external audiences. This monumental feat would not have occurred without thousands of Southern USDA Forest Service Employees dedication and strong work ethic.
The success of the Regional Fuels Program was dependent on several individuals for their leadership and ability to communicate to make this year’s historic accomplishment possible.
Mike Ward has been at the helm of fuels management, overseeing suppression, aviation, and coordination functions to acquire the necessary resources and not overextending fire suppression needs. Ward coordinated with Air, Archeology, Biology, Budget, and Timber program managers to ensure a desired outcome by all.
Jason Demas has managed budget concerns and balanced fire suppression needs. Mike Seaton managed the surge modules stationed all around the Southern Region. Seaton communicated daily inside and outside the Geographical Area to keep a workforce available to meet Regional needs. Nancy Ellsworth was a critical contributor to streamlining the ordering process and troubleshooting with the National Interagency Coordination Center to improve the process.
Shardul Raval helped navigate the process to keep the Regional Leadership Team informed, while addressing concerns promptly. He had the bigger picture insight that led to the great success for all of our lands treated with prescribed fire.
Plaque on the front of F.L. Sankot Case Implement, 807 13th Street, Belle Plaine, Iowa. The Sankot Motor Company, also known as the Sankot Garage, is a historic building located on the Lincoln Highway. The historical significance of this building is its association with the increase in all-season travel and the development of businesses like this one to serve them along the Lincoln Highway, the United States's first transcontinental route. It is a brick front building with side walls of clay tile that was constructed on a concrete foundation. The west half of the building was added in 1927. It was operated by O.B. Charles and Sid Sankot until 1937. They also sold Chryslers. Gasoline was sold from 1920 to 1944. F.L. Sankot bought the business in 1937. In addition to vehicle repair, he sold Case and Oliver tractors and implements. William and Jerry Sankot purchased the business in 1985, and limited it to passenger, commercial and agricultural vehicle repairs. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It was included as a contributing property in the Belle Plaine Main Street Historic District in 2013.