Prescribed Fire

Learning fire behavior will help burn managers predict potential impacts of a burn before it is conducted.

Anyone can become a burn boss with time and patience.

Fire is an important process in the ecology of most native plant and animal communities, especially in uplands. Most plant and animal communities in the Great Plains and eastern forests evolved with...

Woody plants are encroaching rangelands in the Southern Great Plains.

Fire creep in the context of prescribed burning can be defined as unnoticed smoldering of plant material that is thought to be extinguished. The buildup of thatch along the fireline can cause fire to "creep" across the firebreak, which can result in an escaped fire.

Understanding the habitat requirements for the animals you want to promote and manage is key to providing a good wildlife habitat.

Several things drive native plant communities: sunlight, soils, water, herbivory, fire and rest. We could learn a few things by paying attention.

Burns conducted during the summer months can be very beneficial for improving wildlife habitat, livestock forage and brush management.

If I could have only four tools to conduct prescribed burns or fight wildfires, they would be matches, a drip torch, an accurate weather forecast and a power sprayer with a water tank transported by a vehicle.

Currently, 17 associations exist in Oklahoma for prescribed burning, and more will be formed with assistance from the Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association.