Curriculum
Canadian prairie land managers have traditionally used prescribed fire to manage aspen encroachment, manage grazing animal distribution, reduce fire hazards, keep shrubs at bay, and control invasive weeds. Concerns around liability and safety have made it difficult for new practitioners to take up the practice.
This webinar is designed for ranchers, pasture managers, and land managers interested in utilizing prescribed fire on their land. – The webinar features insights from: Dale Gross, Ecologist with Saskatchewan Parks, on the effects of prescribed fire and how to obtain burn permits. Ken Morrice and Zane Fredbjornson from the Association of Manitoba Community Pastures (AMCP), who share their experience using fire on AMCP-managed lands. Sam Morrison, Pasture Manager for Aberdeen Pasture, who discusses his experience implementing prescribed fire in collaboration with the Canadian Prairies Prescribed Fire Exchange (CPPFE), including the discussions leading up to the burn. Roy Vera-Velez, the CPPFE’s prescribed fire science coordinator, concludes the webinar with a brief overview of post-fire monitoring and how CPPFE partners with land managers to promote the use of prescribed fire across the Prairies.
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“Patch-burn grazing 2.0: Benefits of prescribed fire for livestock production in the Northern Great Plains”
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“Ruralization of Wildland Fire in the Pyrocene”
How do you resolve the need for more people to be involved in wildland fire in remote and rural places across our province and country? By collaborating and working with like-minded researchers, producers, wildland fire practitioners, and paradigm shifters to develop a program that both empowers and increases local capacity and resources to support provincial and territorial agencies as well as to support the application of good fire on the land. Join us in this dynamic presentation from the tip of the torch in the land of fire and ice!
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Dr. Sonja Leverkus PhD PAg RPF RPBio is a prescribed fire specialist and the founder of Shifting Mosaics Corporation and Northern Fire WoRx Corporation. She has been a member of the BCIA for almost 2 decades and is thankful for her roots in agriculture and rangeland management from her time at the BC Forest Service as the Range Agrologist for the Fort Nelson Forest District from 2006 – 2012. Agrology is a foundation for the services she and her team deliver to all their clients from across the province, country, and continent!
Nadia Mori PAg MSc is an independent agrologist with a specialization in forage and pasture management as well as knowledge extension. Nadia is the Coordinator for the Peace River Forage Association of BC and the Extension Coordinator for the Peace Region Living Lab. She also owns SquigglyThings, a microgreens and market garden business. She earned her MSc from the University of Saskatchewan and has spent over a decade in producer extension. On the creative side, Nadia also holds a fine arts degree in acting and lends her skills to Fastfield Productions, a northern BC focused media production company.
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