Friday

Registration, conference opens, silent auction begins/booth set-up (8:00 AM)

Welcome - Joanne Roubique, District Ranger Truckee RD (9:00 AM)

Introduction to Conference from FFLA Chair - Keith Argow, Chairman

"Once there were 8,000" - Video by Matthew Geer

State of the Lookouts on the Tahoe and Eldorado NF - Denise McLemore,
Archaeologist Tahoe/El Dorado NF

Fire Lookouts on the Sierraville District - Sam Wilbanks, DR Sierraville

Lookouts In Partnership - John Henshaw, USFS Legacies Program

The Resurrection of Signal Peak Lookout, Sierra National Forest - Smiley Tierney,
Sierra National Forest

Round Table/Panel Discussion - How Can We Save Our Lookouts?
- Exploring Options. (reps from Tahoe NF, El Dorado NF, Plumas NF, Tahoe
- Basin Management Unit, Sequoia NF, CDF, FFLA, Signal Peak, Martis
- Peak, and Hi Mountain Condor Lookout Project)

NHLR Awarding of Certificates
     

Friday Evening (5:00PM - until?)

Sunset at Martis Peak Lookout
- History of Martis Peak - Mike Twirilliger, Truckee Donner Fire Dept

Rehabilitation of Martis Peak - A Story of Partnership - Dean
- Levonian, CDF Captain
- Wildland Urban Interface and Communities at Risk - How To Protect
- Your Home From Catastrophic Wildfire - Tina Rose
- Story Telling

Saturday (Begins 8:00AM)

Board of Directors Meeting (open meeting - the public and non-board members
invited to attend).

"So You Want to be a Lookout?" Learn about what it is like to be a lookout, how to
find a job as a lookout and view a short training video - Current Lookouts

"Looking Out for America's Lookouts" - Keith Argow, FFLA Chair

"Condors and a Lookout: The Story of Hi Mountain Lookout" - Hi Mt Lookout Project.

Stories and slide presentation of Lookouts in Northern California - Dave Bula, FFLA
Western Director and Mark Swift, USFS Archaeologist and FFLA Historian

State of the Lookouts on the Plumas NF- Marie Hall, Northern CA FFLA Director

Panel Discussion - Lookout Empowerment/Personal Safety/Public Relations -

Fire Lookouts and Wildland Urban Interface - Helping to Save Your Community at
Risk. Tentative

The Donner Party - A presentation of the Donner Party's struggle to head West -
Carrie Smith, Truckee Archaeologist.

Break - Reconvene at Donner Party site for a field trip/interpretive program on way to dinner.

Saturday Night (6:00 pm - 10:00pm)

Happy Hour/Dinner/Silent Auction/Story Telling - Sierra Valley Lodge, Calpine
(This historic lodge is located 30 miles north of Truckee in beautiful Sierra Valley.)

Sunday

Lookout Tours -- Choices from following

1. Long day to Tahoe NF lookouts - Babbitt Peak, Calpine, Sardine Peak, Mills Peak, and Sierra
Buttes (take lunch for all day)

2. Short day to Calpine or Sardine Peak then to the Big Bend Visitor Center (Personalized tour of the museum and interpretive display of Red Mtn, the first fire lookout in California)

3. Long day to Plumas NF lookouts (good for those heading north)

4. Long day to Eldorado NF lookouts (good for those heading south)

5. Short to moderate day to Angora Lookout (good for those wanting to go to S. Lake Tahoe)

Note: Sign up for tours on Friday and Saturday during the conference at the Veteran's Hall. We will most likely be meeting at the Truckee Forest Service Ranger Station on Sunday morning to begin the tours.