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This app was designed to assist prescribed burners by allowing them to locate and enter multiple burn units, then choose weather parameters for each burn. The app will then notify you when your weather conditions are met for that burn up to 7 days in advance. We know weather forecasts are not accurate that far out, but this app should help with planning burns, especially for those trying to get multiple burns done, working with landowners or PBAs. It can be used anywhere in the US, and you can share your burn units with other PBA members, landowners, or whoever you choose, as long as they also have the app. It is free!
Land managers and practitioners in Wyoming, Montana, the western Dakotas, and surrounding areas now have two new tools to help address conifer encroachment on rangelands. The Reducing Conifer Encroachment in Western Rangelands Technical Guide and Pocket Guide provide science-based strategies to help identify early tree expansion and prioritize effective management actions.
These resources offer practical guidance to help protect rangelands, maintain forage production, and support wildlife habitat.
Check out this link to download the Technical Guide and Pocket Guide to learn more.
A panel discussion on growing PBAs in the Prairies, featuring perspectives from PBA members from across the United States and Canada. Featuring: Marcy Epperson: President – Cinco Chapter of Edwards Plateau burn Association and Vice president – Prescribed Burn Alliance of Texas Sheldon Fletcher : Water quality coordinator – Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and President – River Breaks Prescribed Burn Association Laura Reeves : President – Stuartburn Prescribed Burn Association Embers of Insight is a webinar series jointly hosted by the Canadian Prairies Prescribed Fire Exchange in Canada and Great Plains Fire Science Exchange in the United States. This series is dedicated to delivering high-quality fire science education to fire practitioners around the world.
Join John Weir, Senior Extension Specialist in the Natural Resource Ecology and Management Department at Oklahoma State University, for an engaging discussion on prescribed burn associations (PBAs) in the Great Plains. Drawing on his extensive experience in prescribed fire training and PBA development, John will share examples from across the Great Plains that demonstrate how PBAs reduce barriers to burning, build local capacity, and make prescribed fire a practical and effective land management tool.
John’s bio: John Weir is a senior extension specialist in the Natural Resource Ecology and Management Department at Oklahoma State University. He has teaching, research, and extension responsibilities. John teaches two prescribed fire courses and conducts fire ecology research across the Great Plains, focusing primarily on burning timing, fire effects, and patch-burn grazing. His extension responsibilities relate to prescribed fire training and prescribed burn associations. He teaches national and state NRCS prescribed fire courses, trains the US Army Corps of Engineers, and conducts numerous training programs for private landowners. His main passion is working with and forming prescribed burn associations. He has assisted in the formation of over 70 PBAs in OK, TX, CO, KS, NE, CA, NC, FL, SD, and MS. In the past 35 years, John has conducted over 1,500 prescribed burns in ten states and Canada.
Different fires in the same place can look, feel and behave differently. They can both be successful in different ways, ecologically and culturally. They can be received differently by practitioners and the larger community alike, and they can persist differently, giving hope to land productivity, conservation initiatives, and cultural practices. Ben will compare fire programs in the Great Plains, and share insights on how Nebraska PBAs build capacity, community support, and sustainability over the years. Embers of Insight is a webinar series jointly hosted by the Canadian Prairies Prescribed Fire Exchange in Canada and Great Plains Fire Science Exchange in the United States. This series is dedicated to delivering high-quality fire science education to fire practitioners around the world.