HILLSDALE, Ind. — Do you have Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) fields or other native warm-season grass stands on your property? Interested in learning about prescribed fire and other grassland management tools? This workshop will cover CRP and Mid-Contract Management options, including herbicide, interseeding, and disking, as well as prescribed fire planning, safety, equipment and a demonstration burn at Ernie Pyle Elementary School Tallgrass Prairie (weather permitting).
When: October 20, 2018
Where: Salem United Methodist Church, 10500 IN 63, Hillsdale, IN 47854
Registration: Eventbrite Registration Learn-to-Burn
Flyer: Learn-to-Burn Grassland Management Workshop
Sponsors included: Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) – Vermillion County, Purdue Extension, Quail Forever, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).
Resources:
Effective Firebreaks for Safe Use of Prescribed Fire, Got Nature?, Purdue Extension-FNR
Prescribed fire: 6 things to consider before you ignite, Got Nature?
Renovating native warm-season grass stands for wildlife: A Land Manager’s Guide, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
On-line Basic Prescribed Fire Training, Extension, USDA and NIFA
Publications Focus on Plan, Safety of Prescribed Burns, Iowa State Extension
eFIRE, North Carolina State Extension
Firebreaks for Prescribed Burning, Oklahoma State University Extension
Related Files
— Phil Cox, Extension Educator-Agriculture & Natural Resources, Purdue Extension and Jarred Brooke, Extension Wildlife Specialist, Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resource
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