The goal of the communications summit is to:
- Understand the current state of prescribed burning in the Southeast on private lands,
- Discuss the known impediments to burning on private lands and ways to overcome these obstacles,
- Develop communication strategies and appropriate messaging for landowners and consultants,
- Establish possible objectives for participants to consider when developing future efforts, and ultimately,
- Increase the use of prescribed burning in fire maintained ecosystems on private lands through more effective, coordinated communications.