Important Upcoming Training:

• THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE!!! CONTACT CHARLOTTE FOR INFORMATION AT 501-614-5085

• The Council will be conducting its annual Prescribed Fire as a Management Tool workshop for natural resource professionals at Camp Robinson, September 27-October 1.  Registration will be made available through here at a later date. You may contact us through this site for additional information, as well.

• News/Articles:
• Carbon footprint effects of prescribed fire article
• Check out this prescribed fire video released from Farm Bureau!
• AY magazine published an article by TNC's Jay Harrod on why we burn in Arkansas
• Tall Timbers Research article on fire effects on many bird species (including turkeys and quail!) in southern forests
• Information about the Arkansas Field Office of The Nature Conservancy's prescribed burn season can be found on the ARFO Burn Crew Blog site.
• The Nature Conservancy-Arkansas Field Office's fire restoration page contains info on how fire is being used for ecological restoration across the state.
• Other Publications that can provide useful information on fire management from Arkansas and other areas of the country:
• Arkansas Forestry Commission Prescribed Burning Guidelines
• Fire Effects in Oklahoma
• Fire Prescriptions for Maintenance and Restoration of Native Plant Communities
• Prescribed Burning Manual - Indiana
• Benefits of Burning on Private Land - Minnesota
• Use of Prescribed Fire - Missouri
• Prescribed Burning In Arkansas Forest
• Prescribed Fire Associations
• Find out where state and federal partners have prescribed burns planned, the wildfire danger rating for any county in the state, or where county burn bans have been placed by visting the AFC fire info site.

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