Great Plains Fire Science Exchange

2023 NE-MW Regional Prescribed Fire Workshop
2023-08-29 - 2023-08-31 | Madison Concourse Hotel, 1 W Dayton Street, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
All wildland fire managers are welcome at the Northeast-Midwest Regional Prescribed Fire workshop in Madison, WI!
Make sure to register on their website! https://www.northeasternwildfire.net/resilient-landscapes/2023-ne-mw-regional-prescribed-fire-workshop/

Fighting Fire with Fire Workshop
2023-10-18 09:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | 259338 E County Road 885 Greenfield, OK
Firefighters, landowners, emergency planners, anyone interested in controlling wildfire fuels loads are encouraged to attend.
Learn how to use prescribed fire to reduce wildfire risk and improve the land.
See the flyer for more details and how to RSVP.

Wildlife and Prescribed Fire on Your Property
2023-11-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
This program will discuss activities landowners can implement to prevent and prepare for a wildfire on their property.
Additionally, what to expect when a wildfire is on your property, how you can help responders during the fire, and what happens next after the fire is controlled.
Finally, the program will close with information to know about prescribed burning and professionals who can assist you.

Prescribed Burn Association Organizational Meeting
2023-11-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Grace Community Church, Overbrook, KS
Receive Guidance on Establishing a PBA Board of Directors & Membership!
Learn the answers to questions on:
Why do we need a Prescribed Burn Association?
How are PBAs structured and organized?
Membership Driven – Neighbors helping Neighbors

Woody plants and fire in the Southern Great Plains of the USA
2023-11-03 | Kansas State University, 114 Burt Hall, Manhattan, KS
Woody plants and fire in the Southern Great Plains of the USA: Social barriers and opportunities for using prescribed fire
Urs Kreuter, Texas A&M

Fall 2023 Training Workshops for OK-FIRE
2023-11-16 08:00 - 2023-12-16 17:00 | Stillwater, OK, Stillwater, OK, United States
Free trainings workshops will be offered this fall for both new and experiences users of OK-FIRE, the statewide weather-based decision support system of the Oklahoma Mesonet for wildland fire management with applications to wildfire, prescribed fire, and smoke.

See flyer for more details and how to register.

2023 Nebraska Prescribed Fire Conference
2023-12-05 09:30 - 17:00 | Kearney, NE
Please join us for our 8th Annual Nebraska Prescribed Fire Conference. This virtual conference aims to bring landowners and fire professionals together to facilitate the discussion of challenges and successes associated with prescribed burning.
Check out the event website for more details!

Fighting Fire with Fire Workshop
2023-12-08 | Chester, Oklahoma
Learn how to use prescribed fire to reduce wildfire risk and improve the land.
Check out attached flyer for more information.

Missouri Prescribed Fire Council Spring Meeting
2024-02-06 - 2024-02-08
MPFC Spring Meeting at MNRC
Our Spring Meeting at MNRC which is Feb 6-8th 2024 at Margaritaville/Tan-Tar-A Estates at Lake of the Ozarks!

Southern Missouri Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX)
2024-03-04 08:00 - 2024-03-15 17:00
We invite you to participate in the Southern Missouri TREX, where putting good fire on the ground will be just as important as providing quality training opportunities for participants. See attached flyer for more details.

Loup TREX
2024-03-17 08:00 - 2024-03-30 17:00 | Loup River Valley, Nebraska
The Loup TREX is accepting registrations through January 31, 2024. The Loup TREX is an intensive two-week, community-based live fire training event held in central Nebraska. This event draws in fire practitioners representing many agencies and organizations.

Women-in-Fire Prescribed Fire TREX
2024-04-22 08:00 - 2024-05-03 17:00 | Niobrara Valley Preserve, Johnstown, Nebraska
Join us for twelve days of hands-on burning and learning at The Nature Conservancy’s Niobrara Valley
Preserve! We will explore the growing role of women in fire management, conduct prescribed fire operations designed to advance formal qualifications, and engage in workshops and dialogue on fire ecology and effects, communications and outreach, prescribed fire policy and planning, and tools for empowering a more diverse and thoughtful fire workforce.

Deadline is January 19th
Link for more information and to apply:
Women-in-Fire Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WTREX)

Talking Fire Webinar Series: Learning from the Media
2024-04-24 12:00 - 13:30
Fire practitioners are increasingly involved in working with the media to communicate about fire. Whether covering the aftermath of a destructive wildfire or helping local audiences understand the purpose of prescribed fire, it can be challenging to understand how to work with media outlets to best transmit your message. This webinar series, presented by the Fire Learning Network & Fire Networks, will feature panel discussions with media and communications professionals as well as fire practitioners.

Russel, KS Prescribed Burn Plan Trainings
2024-05-15 08:00 - 17:00

Marquette, KS Prescribed Burn Plan Training
2024-05-22 08:00 - 17:00

Burlington, KS Prescribed Burn Plan Training
2024-05-23 08:00 - 17:00

Fire and Fermentation
2024-05-23 18:00 - 20:00
Join NE Pheasants Forever for a fun and relaxing evening where we will be sampling local craft brews and discuss everything prescribed fire. Meet local experts and fellow burners, get in on fire trivia, and tour recently burned sites at Spring Creek Prairie. Light food and snacks will be available.

Talking Fire Webinar: Working with the Media
2024-05-30 12:00 - 14:30

Manhattan, KS Prescribed Burn Plan Training
2024-05-31 08:00 - 17:00

KS PBA Annual Meeting
2024-06-12 10:00 - 15:00 | Hutchinson Fire Training Center, 3201 E 4th Ave, Hutchinson, KS, United States
The KS Prescribed Fire Council and KS Prescribed Burn Association will be having a joint annual meeting on June 12th in Hutchinson at the Hutchinson Fire Training center. 3201 E 4th Ave, Hutchinson, KS 67501.
The KS Prescribed Fire Council meeting will start at 10:00 in the morning.
The KS Prescribed Burn Association meeting will start at 1:00 pm. -Meeting should be concluded by 2:30 pm.
Meeting times are split for individuals who are in both associations or interested in attending the other association meeting.
Lunch will be served at noon. -Individuals attending the 1:00 pm KS Prescribed Burn association only can have lunch with the group before the 1:00 PBA meeting.

70th TSSRM Youth Range Workshop
2024-06-16 08:00 - 2024-06-21 17:00
June 16-21, 2024 is the 70th Youth Range Workshop. Spend the week at the Texas Tech Center near Junction, Texas on the banks of the Llano River, nearby ranches and the Kerr WMA exploring and learning all about rangeland ecosystems, the plants, animals and people that thrive there and depend upon these rangelands for survival. 65% of Texas is rangeland, over 100 million acres! Focusing on science, stewardship, and leadership while building a network of contacts sure to last a lifetime!

Knox Co Rangeland, Fire and Wildlife Tour
2024-06-21 09:00 - 14:00 | The Barn at God’s Country, Center, NE, United States
Tour to local sites benefitting from recent prescribed burning along with other grazing and habitat improvement practices. Lunch provided. Co-sponsored with Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the Verdigris-Bazile Rangeland Cooperative.

SD Range Management Workshop
2024-06-25 - 2024-06-27 | Sturgis, Sturgis

Talking Fire Webinar: Crisis Communications
2024-06-26 12:00 - 13:30

FREE SD Grassland Coalition tour- Oak Lake Field Station
2024-07-17 10:00 - 12:00
July-17.

FREE SD Grazing tour- Redfield Area
2024-07-19 10:00 - 12:00

FREE SD Grazing tour- Lower Brule Wildlife office
2024-07-22 10:00 - 12:00

NE Grazing Conference
2024-08-06 - 2024-08-07 | Kearney, NE
NebraskaGrazingConfSched2024

Prescribed Fire Seasonality and Frequency
2024-08-27 08:00 - 17:00
Come see how fire seasonality and frequency affect grassland systems. Site will include fall, spring, and summer burned units with the potential of live fire demonstration, weather permitting.

Fire Seasonality and Frequency Tour
2024-08-27 10:30 - 14:30 | Linwood, NE, 2490 Road 45, Linwood, NE, United States
Fire Seasonality and Frequency Tour

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