About Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium
The Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium is an exchange for fire science information. Funded by the Joint Fire Science Program, our goal is to increase the availability and consideration of credible fire science information to those making land management decisions.
Featured Events
Learn-N-Burn Woodland Prescribed Fire Workshop
This introduction to prescribed fire in woodlands covers benefits, safety, equipment, cost-share opportunities, and a prescribed fire demonstration (weather permitting).
POSTPONED, more info. coming soon!
Two Workshop Dates and Locations
— March 28, 2020, West Lafayette, IN
— April 18, 2020, Dubois, IN
Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Prescribed Fire Council
September 23-24, 2020
Natural Bridge State Park, Slade, KY
Glades, quail, and prescribed fire workshop in Arkansas
RESCHEDULED
October 6-7, 2020
Ash Flat, AR
JOIN US for this 1.5 day workshop in northern Arkansas. Co-hosted by the Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and The Nature Conservancy, this workshop will focus on using prescribed fire to manage glades for quail habitat.
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New publication reports that thinning and repeated #RxFIRE were found to greatly promote ground flora richness and diversity in mid-South oak forests:
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In oak-dominated communities throughout eastern North America, fire exclusion and subsequent woody encroachment has replaced the “glitter” of once robust and diverse wildflower and grass layers wi...Latest Tweets
July Driptorch Digest is now available! Check it out here: https://conta.cc/3iLwDzh
3Upcoming free virtual workshop July 27th— Fighting Fire with Fire: Rx Fire Toolbox to Combat Identified Social Barriers. Check it out! https://agrilife.org/westtexasrangelands/
Our full "Best of 2019" publications list, info about @SBR_TREX , http://Firescience.Gov funding opportunities and more in our latest newsletter: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/546cbcc7e4b06ce240c13156/t/5ef1590853bdf278e3ed6c66/1592875274779/Vol+10+Issue+2.pdf
#goodfire #healthyforests #SBRTREX #scicomm @nature_sc @usfs_nrs @usfs_srs
Please try to watch this compelling documentary about the need for more #RxFire in the US. Years in the making, "Wilder Than Wild" is only available to stream THROUGH TOMORROW. Take the time! Please share - https://vimeo.com/417284595/b4cbfe769b
This study might ease concerns that controlled burns would help invasive Tree of Heaven. Fire + herbicide killed 99% of Tree of Heaven trees in the study plots with no re-sprouting after 4 years. Fire alone was also effective in reducing the tree's numbers. #goodfire @usfs_nrs…
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