Free Noble Foundation Agricultural Division Event is Open to the Public
Once rain returns to Oklahoma and North Texas, prescribed burning can again serve as a valuable tool for land management. However, many landowners who are interested in prescribed burning as a management tool need more information about the proper way to plan and conduct burns.

The most important issues involved in using prescribed burns to achieve forage management and wildlife habitat goals will be covered at the Noble Foundation Agricultural Division's prescribed burning seminar on Thursday, Jan. 26.

The free public event will be held at the Southern Oklahoma Technology Center at 2610 Sam Noble Parkway in Ardmore. Event check-in begins at 12:30 p.m. and the seminar will conclude shortly after 5 p.m. Attendees should pre-register.

Noble Foundation wildlife and forage specialists will discuss these topics during the seminar:

• legal and liability considerations for a burn,
• equipment used in controlled burns,
• techniques for managing fire,
• environmental considerations for prescribed fire,
• grazing management and prescribed burning,
• prescribed burning plan, and
• burn planning exercise.

Handout materials will be available. This is a no-cost seminar and open to the public.

For more information or to pre-register, call Melissa Castleman at (580) 224-6411.

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News Release Issued: Jan. 15, 2006

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (www.noble.org), headquartered in Ardmore, Okla., is a nonprofit organization conducting agricultural, forage improvement and plant biology research; assisting farmers and ranchers through educational and consultative agricultural programs; and providing grants to nonprofit charitable, educational and health organizations.