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April 2021
Wildfires and Air Quality: Two-Part Webinar Series (Part 1)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a two-part webinar series on Wildfires and Air Quality, addressing wildfires and air quality impacts. These webinars are part of the EPA Environmental Justice Webinar Series for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples - to build the capacity of tribal governments, indigenous peoples, and other environmental justice practitioners, and discuss priority environmental justice issues of interest to tribes and indigenous peoples. Registration Details: Register for the April 8, 2021, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (PT),…
Find out more »Wildfires and Air Quality: Two-Part Webinar Series (Part 2)
Register Now: Wildfires and Air Quality: Two-Part Webinar Series The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a two-part webinar series on Wildfires and Air Quality, addressing wildfires and air quality impacts. These webinars are part of the EPA Environmental Justice Webinar Series for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples - to build the capacity of tribal governments, indigenous peoples, and other environmental justice practitioners, and discuss priority environmental justice issues of interest to tribes and indigenous peoples. Registration Details: Register for the…
Find out more »May 2021
Fighting fire with fire: Rx toolbox to combat identified social barriers
To ensure fire management reform is broadly adopted on private land in the western states, the attitudes of stakeholders towards the use of prescribed fire as a wildfire reduction tool need to be clearly understood. For more information and to register, click here
Find out more »Fighting Fire with Fire Prescribed Burn Webinar
Texas A&M experts to discuss latest information, challenges facing prescribed burns The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present a webinar, “Fighting Fire with Fire: Rx Fire Toolbox to Combat Identified Social Barriers,” at noon on May 6. Urs Kreuter, Ph.D., a Texas A&M AgriLife Research rangeland scientist and professor in the Department of Ecology... To register, click here
Find out more »Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Course
Location: Nacogdoches, TX- Alazan Bayou WMA- Outdoor Classroom When: May 17-20, 2021 (8:00 am to 5:00 pm) Cost: Free (seating limited) This Prescribed Burn Manager Training will be held May 17-20, 2021 at TPWD's Alazan Bayou WMA near Nacogdoches, TX. The course will be open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Due to current social distancing recommendations, 9 student slots are available and priority will be given to students who meet the experience requirements for TDA certification. Students who…
Find out more »Landowner Prescribed Fire Workshops
Workshops are 1-day events. Landowners can choose to attend either day (May 25th or May 26th.) Focus of the workshops will be to instruct landowners and others on prescribed fire planning and implementation and will cover everything from preparing a written burn plan to preparing the fire unit to implementing the fire in a safe and effective manner. Key concepts will be human and equipment resources, timing, objectives, communications, and SAFETY. This class will offer no specific certifications, rather it is…
Find out more »June 2021
Kansas Range Youth Camp
WHY ATTEND? The Kansas Range Youth Camp is designed to give the students a basic understanding of what rangeland is, the components of rangeland ecosystems, and management of those systems. Students selected to participate should have a serious interest in rangeland management, rangeland ecology, or grazing animals. For more information, check the attached flyer.
Find out more »Nebraska Range Short Course
Register by May 15, 2021 Registration fee $325; includes educational materials and field trip transportation. https://agronomy.unl.edu/nebraskarangeshortcourse 16 SRM CEUs are available. College credit is available. Agenda attached. The Nebraska Range Short Course is designed to provide people who have backgrounds in range management, natural resources, or agriculture an opportunity to increase their knowledge and capacity in the field of range management. Consisting of a series of classroom and field sessions, it focuses on principles of range management for efficient,…
Find out more »July 2021
Field Day: Grass Management School
The SD Grassland Coalition and partners will be hosting the 2021 Grassland Management School as two, 1-day workshops, July 27 & 28. See attached flyer for details and directions To register contact Jan Rounds at Janice.rounds@sdstate.edu or call her at 605-882-5140 to register for either of the one day workshops.
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