• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Texas A&M Forest Service
  • Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostics Laboratory
  • Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
  • Texas A&M AgriLife Research
  • Texas A&M College of Agrculture and Life Sciences
West Texas Rangelands
West Texas RangelandsWe hope to provide a variety of information from current news stories, prescribed burning, wildfires, brush control, and cow-calf management!
  • Menu
  • Home
  • About and Contact
  • Articles and Publications
  • Events
  • Range Resources
    • Published to Pasture
    • Range Concepts
  • Fire Resources

Archives for June 2016

More than just wildfire

June 20, 2016 by morgan.treadwell

Today, as the grass grows, the days get warmer, and we begin summer my mind drifts to what is to come.  I promise I am not a negative or pessimistic person. However, I do believe that we as land stewards, managers
of all things range, we have an obligation to be proactive in what is sure to be an impressive fire year.  Three years ago on June 28th, the Yarnell Hill Fire wreaked havoc and heartache on the west side of highway 89 in Arizona.  Fast-forward to June 8th, 2016 the Tenderfoot Fire burned over 4,000 acres on the east side of the Yarnell Hill Fire scar on the opposite side of highway 89 forcing another evacuation of Yarnell, Arizona.  As Texans, you are probably wondering what the hell does this have to do with us.  Easy…it could happen to us.  Impressive spring precipitation was a blessing, but fast-forward a couple of weeks and our outlook will change tremendously.

As we ramp up for summer prescribed burns and wildfires.  Please, take the time to read “Honor the Fallen – The Big Lie” by Mark Smith.  Whether you belong to an agency, burn association, or you just like to carry a torch, please take a moment to honor and learn from those making the same high-risk decisions you make everyday.

On another note, Dad (in the feature picture) has decided to keep fighting the good fight this summer and is on a Type 2 IMT in Idaho, Jake, my brother, helps out when needed for Type 2 crews and engines in Arizona.

These are the men that I honor.  They are apart of our fire community…even in Texas.

vxfx

Filed Under: Prescribed Burn Associations, Prescribed Burning Tagged With: fire community, prescribed burning, wildfire

Dormant Season Burns Paired with Abundant Spring Rainfall – Did you Do that?

June 3, 2016 by morgan.treadwell

If you were one of the lucky landowners that burned during early/late winter, I am sure you are pleasantly pleased with the post-fire results you are seeing from these spring/early summer rains! The opportunities that fire reveals are not only inspiring, but make for gorgeous and productive rangelands! Hats off to you landowners that light the match out of faith and reap the blessings and bounty soon after!01b5ccef040adeb235a2c902f8f9e9b834c4b3f8e5 01cdebb89768087e1dfa187df49e6f0a778ee9e76e 01fee7e543eac40f34a2654e497449c433b0827477 016eda4e5cc20112f561dcc1163235fbff6508faba 0105a2e1b4f36ec2abd022fcd8b4b320d86f8567b7

Filed Under: Brush Management, Prescribed Burn Associations, Prescribed Burning Tagged With: grass production, rangelands, rxfire

Fire Appreciation Day

June 1, 2016 by morgan.treadwell

A HUGE thank you to Dr. Dale Rollins for organizing Fire Appreciation Day at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch on May 24th!  We had over 80 participants and a healthy mix of stakeholders, agencies, and Prescribed Burn Association members!  Thank you to Dr. Robin Verble-Pearson, Zac Wilcox, Lloyd LaCoste, Matt McEwen, Mark Moon, Chris Ellis, Kent Mills, Barrett Koennecke, Brad Kubecka, Seth Pearson, Ethan McJames and all the other others who helped put this show on!  Thank you for your support in prescribed burning! Click here for more information on the talks presented at Fire Appreciation Day! And check out this link for the radio broadcast presented by Texas Farm Bureau!

DSC_0745DSC_0751
DSC_0760 DSC_0757DSC_0762
DSC_0765 DSC_0766 DSC_0767 DSC_0771
DSC_0778 DSC_0779 DSC_0781

Filed Under: Brush Management, Grazing Management, Prescribed Burn Associations, Prescribed Burning Tagged With: Big picture, prescribed burning, Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch, rxfire

Recent Posts

  • Conserving Texas: Quantifying Ecological Return on Investment
  • USDA funds Texas A&M AgriLife Extension West Texas Rangeland Conservation Projects
  • Rangeland Carbon Market Reports
  • Statewide Texas Landowner Survey Results
  • Rangeland Analysis Platform Virtual Training

Categories

  • 4-H Range Contests
  • Beef Cattle
  • Brush Management
  • Carbon Credits
  • Carbon Markets
  • Conservation
  • Conservation Practices
  • Drought Management
  • Events
  • Goats
  • Grazing Management
  • Meet A County Extension Agent
  • Plant ID
  • Podcast
  • Prescribed Burn Associations
  • Prescribed Burning
  • Publications
  • Range Concepts
  • RAP
  • Sheep
  • Soil
  • Targeted Grazing
  • Uncategorized
  • Why I Ranch
  • Wild Pigs
  • Wildfires
  • Youth Range Workshop

Archives

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M University System Member
  • Compact with Texans
  • Privacy and Security
  • Accessibility Policy
  • State Link Policy
  • Statewide Search
  • Veterans Benefits
  • Military Families
  • Risk, Fraud & Misconduct Hotline
  • Texas Homeland Security
  • Texas Veterans Portal
  • Equal Opportunity
  • Open Records/Public Information