Videos
Smoke management from prescribed fires is a big concern for metropolitan areas. Learn how Kansas developed a smoke management plan and developed tools for burners to use to protect air quality while meeting land management objectives.
Read MoreWatch Sam Fuhlendorf describe why fie is an integral part of range management and how that perspective can advance the field. This was a recorded address for the plenary session of the Society for Range Management’s 66th annual meeting in Oklahoma City.
Read MoreWatch Tom Swetnam describe how fire management is changing in response to climate change. This was a recorded address for the plenary session of the Society for Range Management’s 66th annual meeting in Oklahoma City.
Read MoreWatch Dale Rollins describe how fire in rangelands has changed. This was a recorded address for the plenary session of the Society for Range Management’s 66th annual meeting in Oklahoma City.
Read MoreThis is a recorded presentation by a team of Kansas State University partners involved in the development and implementation of the Flint Hills smoke management plan. This presentation was sponsored by the Oak Woodlands Fire Consortium and Great Plains Fire Science Exchange.
Read MoreLandowner discussion panel at the Patch Burn Grazing Annual meeting, Elmdale, KS, August 28-29, 2012. Landowner panel:Jane Koger, Bill Sprouls, and Ed Koger. Panel moderated by Brian Obermeyer.
Read MoreAlternative Burning Strategies and their Effects on Cattle Performance, Grassland, and the Environment.
Read MoreThis recent study explores the effects of burning and grazing on local reptile and amphibian populations. Danelle Larson, Ph.D., a post-doctoral researcher at Idaho State University, applied fire only, grazing only, and a combination of fire and grazing treatments to an area of land to observe the effect on herpetofauna (local populations of reptiles and amphibians). She also included sections of land that had been burned or grazed in the previous year to see how herpetofauna populations changed. This study was performed on tallgrass prairie, but most of the species of reptiles and amphibians studied are common to ecosystems managed by fire and/or grazing throughout North America. Larson concluded that in order to conserve herpetofauna, both fire and grazing should be used to create a variety of patch types.
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