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Oklahoma burn association members discuss the equipment they use to successfully hold prescribed fires.

Oklahoma burn association members discuss the equipment they use to successfully hold prescribed fires.

Oklahoma burn association members discuss the equipment they use to successfully hold prescribed fires.

Oklahoma burn association members discuss the equipment they use to successfully hold prescribed fires

Oklahoma burn association members discuss the equipment they use to successfully hold prescribed fires.

Oklahoma burn association members discuss the equipment they use to successfully hold prescribed fires.

There are numerous tools that are advantageous on a prescribed burn. For example, a leaf blower can be very useful when you have little or fine vegetative fuel. Check this video out for our complete rundown of prescribed fire equipment.

Burn day weather can be challenging to interpret sometimes. This video will help distinguish the important weather parameters to focus on in preparation for burn day.

Learn more about the 2017 Flame and Fortune Prescribed BurnSchool with this in-depth video showcasing the participants’ experience with the field burn demonstration.

Watch this short introductory video showcasing the 2017 Flame and Fortune Prescribed Burn School held in San Angelo, Texas.

Curious what our goats are up to now? In the first Goat Pro, you saw plants that our doe was eating in May. This time, in August, she is grazing the regrowth from a patch that was burned 2 weeks earlier.

Prescribed fire can be used to help control woody vegetation.After fire, goats browsing can provide further control.

In North America, grassland birds are the most rapidly declining avian group due to tree encroachment and habitat fragmentation. Patch burn grazing is effective at controlling woody plants while also providing variation in habitat.

GPFSE is a network of landowners, managers, practitioners, and scientists interested in the fire-dependent grassland ecosystems of the Great Plains Region.

Oklahoma State University and Noble Research Institute Staff, conduct a growing season prescribed burn at the 2019 Summer Fire Field Day in Stillwater, OK.

You can log your burns with the Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association. Simply report the date, state and county of the burn.

Fire is a critical process in fire-dominated plant communities based on the historic fire return interval. Texas, on average, burned every 2-20 years depending on the ecotype. Check this video out for a brief rundown on the history of fire in Texas.

John Weir explains how best to prepare our homes and land from wildfires as plants enter dormancy.

Watch this video to see how west Texas ranch managers have successfully integrated prescribed fire into their management plan.

Burn units can be complex and challenging. Enhance your knowledge of ignition tactics to better meet your prescribed burn objectives and to safely maneuver through complex burn units.

Drones can be used during prescribed burns to monitor fire behavior. UAV’s (unmanned aerial vehicles), also known as drones, can be equipped with infrared cameras that show heat signatures.

OSU Extension Prescribed Fire Specialist John Weir discusses the importance of a burn plan at the Prescribed Fire for Wildlife and Livestock on January 15, 2019 in Marietta, OK.

John Weir presents "Liability: Prescribed Fires Scapegoat" at the 2018 Great Plains Fire Summit on October 1-3, 2018 in Ardmore, OK.

Ken Gee, retired Wildlife Research Specialist with the Noble Research Institute, discusses wildlife and prescribed fire at the Prescribed Fire for Wildlife and Livestock on January 15, 2019 in Marietta, OK.

Land cover is changing across the great plains. The sliding bar shows the land cover change from 1992 to 2011 in Union County, NM and Cimarron County, OK,