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- A total of 267 participants attended from nine states.
- Of those, 100 took the evaluation, although not everyone responded to every question.
- Seventy-three percent rated the workshop as very or extremely valuable to their work. The keynote, breakout on prescribed fire, breakout on smoke, and Indigenous stewardship panel were most frequently noted as highly impactful.
- Twenty-six percent of respondents strongly agreed with the statement “I feel equipped to support fire adaptation in my community/ies” before the workshop, and 43% strongly agreed afterward.
- Seventy-four percent of respondents said they made new connections.
- Insights included:
- Inspiration and appreciation from seeing so many other people working on wildfire adaptation.
- Importance of collaborating with others.
- The idea of working at useful/realistic scales and spheres of control.
- Common actions that participants reported wanting to take after the workshop:
- Reconsider and adapt their outreach and engagement methods.
- Start new partnerships, particularly prescribed burn associations.
- Rethinking how they and others frame their relationships with fire.
- Resources that participants wished for included:
- Future similar workshops
- Proceedings from this workshop
- Consistent peer learning opportunities to remain connected beyond workshops or webinars.
- Considerations for future events included:
- A desire for interaction and “workshopping.”
- A hands-on and local field activity to augment sense of place and learning.
- Interest in including more voices from private landowners, industry, local fire districts, and government agencies.