FREE Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Course

Presented by: Texas A&M Forest Service & regional Partners
Location: Huntsville, TX

When: May 20-23, 2024 (9:00 am to 5:00 pm)
Cost: FREE (if all seats fill then priority given to experienced burners)

This TDA Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Course will be held May 20-23, 2024 (1/2 day on the 23rd) in Huntsville, TX (address to be determined).  

The course will be open to the public, but pre-registration is required.

 
Six Continuing Fire Training Credits are available on 5/20/24

To register for the course follow the instructions and fill out the registration form located HERE.

FREE Prescribed Fire Demonstration Workshop

Howdy folks!

TPWD will be holding a FREE Prescribed Fire Demonstration workshop at a private property just east of Woodville Tx. If you are interested in how to implement prescribed fire on your property or are uncertain about burning on your land, this is an opportunity for you to come out and see one in action!

Those willing and interested are encouraged to help participate in the burn. This is also an opportunity to connect with like-minded landowners and your local TPWD biologists if you have any questions about anything that goes into implementing a prescribed fire on your property.

If you are interested in attending the information for the workshop is below. And as always, feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

• When:
• The actual burn day is VERY weather dependent. Therefore, we are targeting a window of January 28^th – February 14^th.  If you register to attend with will send out a 24hour notice when the weather aligns up with our prescription. That actual burn day can land on any day within our target window.
• Where:
• A private property between Woodville and Spurger Tx. The exact location will be sent out to those that register ahead of time.
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• What:
• This will be a live hands-on prescribed fire. You will learn about implementation, planning, execution, and management considerations of prescribed fire in East Texas.
• Those registered for the workshop will be required to sign a liability release as well as review a Job Hazard Analysis form.
• Topics Covered:
• History of fire in Texas
• Why you would want to consider utilizing prescribed fire
• How to safely and effectively conduct a prescribed fire
• Wildlife benefits from prescribed fire
• Much more
• How to RSVP:
• RSVP HERE:
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TVZBZDT
• LIMITED TO 40 SPOTS

Inaugural Meeting

The inaugural meeting of the East Texas Prescribed Burn Association was held on January 5th despite the rain.  It was well attended by 50 plus individuals. 

Meeting Update

We have had an outstanding response/RSVP to the East Texas Prescribed Burn Association Inaugural Meeting, January 5th at 1:00 pm at Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area (WMA). More than 50 Land Owners, Agency and NGO partners have responded.  

If you need  additional directions to Alazan Bayou WMA, Nacogdoches, TX (8096 FM 2782),  here is a link:

https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/wma/find_a_wma/list/?id=26&section=directions

We are excited about this Inaugural Meeting  and look forward to seeing  you all, we have lots to cover so please try to be on time.