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CLOQUET FIELD TOUR 2018 EVALUATION

Conducted September 20, 2018

Please take a few moments to provide us feedback on the Cloquet Field Tour - Translating historical fire regimes into contemporary forest management - Hosted by the Fond du Lac Resource Management Forestry Program (FDL), the University of Minnesota - Cloquet Forestry Center (CFC), and the Lake States Fire Science Consortium (LSFSC). The information you provide will help us to plan and improve future field tours and trips, as well as to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of this field tour.
1.How did you hear about this Field Tour?
2.Was the overview presentation at the Cloquet Forestry Center helpful?
3.Please evaluate the overall effectiveness of this Field Tour.
1 = Not Effective 
2
3
4
5 = Very Effective
Organization and preparation
Style and delivery
Responsiveness to participants
Creating a learning environment
Content of the Field Tour
4.Please rate your knowledge of the following topics before and after attending the Field Tour using a 1-3 scale (1 = poor; 3 = excellent)
BEFORE

1 = Poor
Attendiing

2
Workshop

3 = Excellent
AFTER

1 = Poor
Attendiing

2
Workshop

3 = Excellent
Evaluating fire history/ fire regimes (CFC reserve stand of 1820s origin pine)
CFC red pine understory treatment (burn, mechanical, herbicide) (Gilmore/D'Amato project plots)
FDL Deadfish Lake - blueberry burns, and riparian management with fire (bonus discussion on FDL history and wild rice management)
FDL white pine shelterwood - three past understory burns, temporal regeneration expectations
Optional #5 site visit - CFC 1850s origin Rook sale + Firewise thinning
5.How much did this field tour provide you or your organization with information to meet your Applied Science Information needs as a Land Manager (1= Very Little, 5=Very Much)?
1 = Very Little

2

3

4
5 = Very Much
Applied Science Information needs met...
6.Do you plan to make any changes or take any actions in your work based on this Field Tour?
7.If your answer to the question above was “No” or “Not sure,” which best describes why?
8.Were there topics that were not covered or information you were hoping to get from this field tour? Are there other portions of CFC or FDL that you were hoping to see that we did not get to? Please briefly describe if you noticed a gap in information sharing. 
9.We are planning to hold future field tours: What content and topics, geography/ location, and audience would benefit the most from these future field tours?