Burn workshop set for Feb. 10
(Posted 1/27/2010 08:28 am)
Central DeWitt Wildlife Management Association and Coastal Bend Prescribed Burn Association (CBPBA) will conduct a Prescribed Burn Workshop and demonstration burn Wednesday, Feb. 10, in Cuero. Five Continuing Education Credits will available to those attending.
The workshop will be held at the Friar Ag Center (501 Airport Road) in Cuero. The cost of the workshop is $15 which covers lunch and materials. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and the program begins at 8:30.
The morning’s classroom work will be followed by a demonstration burn that afternoon, weather permitting. Call the DeWitt County Extension Office at 361-275-0816 to reserve a space and assure that you have a meal. You may also register at the door. For more information and to view the agenda, visit the CBPBA website at http://www.prescribedburn.org.
The CBPBA is a non-profit association of land owners and managers in 12 counties of the Texas Coastal Bend. The Association promotes, trains, and assists members in the use of prescribed burning on their properties. Their goal is to enhance and protect the natural habitat of the Coastal Bend to benefit the wildlife, livestock, and the citizens of those counties. Member counties include Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, and Victoria.
The event is co-sponsored by CDWMA which is a non-profit wildlife management organization whose members work together to improve wildlife and wildlife habitat on their properties.
CBPBA will have a burn trailer on display and in use at the demonstration burn. The trailer is available for rent at a nominal fee and includes most of the equipment needed to conduct a prescribed burn. CBPBA members also assist member landowners in conducting burns. By providing the required equipment and manpower the Association removes two of the barriers many small landowners face when they want to use prescribed burning to improve their properties.
Why Burn? Because prescribed burning is the most economical way of enhancing the carrying capacity of rangeland for grazing, and also of restoring and maintaining habitat for most wildlife species. Texas ecosystems are fire dependent and not burning results in the degradation of those ecosystems. Prescribed burning is, quite simply, good land management.
(Posted 1/27/2010 08:28 am)
Central DeWitt Wildlife Management Association and Coastal Bend Prescribed Burn Association (CBPBA) will conduct a Prescribed Burn Workshop and demonstration burn Wednesday, Feb. 10, in Cuero. Five Continuing Education Credits will available to those attending.
The workshop will be held at the Friar Ag Center (501 Airport Road) in Cuero. The cost of the workshop is $15 which covers lunch and materials. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and the program begins at 8:30.
The morning’s classroom work will be followed by a demonstration burn that afternoon, weather permitting. Call the DeWitt County Extension Office at 361-275-0816 to reserve a space and assure that you have a meal. You may also register at the door. For more information and to view the agenda, visit the CBPBA website at http://www.prescribedburn.org.
The CBPBA is a non-profit association of land owners and managers in 12 counties of the Texas Coastal Bend. The Association promotes, trains, and assists members in the use of prescribed burning on their properties. Their goal is to enhance and protect the natural habitat of the Coastal Bend to benefit the wildlife, livestock, and the citizens of those counties. Member counties include Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, and Victoria.
The event is co-sponsored by CDWMA which is a non-profit wildlife management organization whose members work together to improve wildlife and wildlife habitat on their properties.
CBPBA will have a burn trailer on display and in use at the demonstration burn. The trailer is available for rent at a nominal fee and includes most of the equipment needed to conduct a prescribed burn. CBPBA members also assist member landowners in conducting burns. By providing the required equipment and manpower the Association removes two of the barriers many small landowners face when they want to use prescribed burning to improve their properties.
Why Burn? Because prescribed burning is the most economical way of enhancing the carrying capacity of rangeland for grazing, and also of restoring and maintaining habitat for most wildlife species. Texas ecosystems are fire dependent and not burning results in the degradation of those ecosystems. Prescribed burning is, quite simply, good land management.
