Articles & Publications

Extension Publications:

Benefits of Rangeland Prescribed Burning

Broomrape, a Noxious Parasitic Weed, is Back in Texas

Burn Severity Maps for the 2017 Panhandle Fire

Cut and Stuff Practices for Enhanced Cedar Control with Prescribed Fire

Exploring Texas 4H Rangeland

Fire and Grasslands

Fire Appreciation Day Abstracts Summaries and Abstracts from Fire Appreciation Day 

Effects of Fire on Wildlife

Grazing Principles for Profitable and Regenerative Resource Management Series: I. Ecological Concepts in an Economic Context

Grazing Principles for Profitable and Regenerative Resource Management Series: II. Grazing Management and its Effect on Plant Competition at Different Scales

Grazing Principles for Profitable and Regenerative Resource Management Series: III. Factors Affecting the Magnitude of Grazing Effects on Plant Responses and Forage Quality

Grazing Principles for Profitable and Regenerative Resource Management Series: IV. Stocking Rate: The Essential Concept for Profitable and Regenerative Grazing Management

Grazing Principles for Profitable and Regenerative Resource Management Series: V. Essential Concepts Necessary for Adaptive Multi-Paddock Grazing Management to Achieve Desired Livestock and Landscape Goals

Grazing Principles for Profitable and Regenerative Resource Management Series: VI. Using Essential Grazing Concepts to Properly Implement Successful Adaptive, Multi-Paddock Grazing Strategies

Integrated Pest Management for Woody Encroachment

Legal Barriers to Prescribed Burning

Managing Heat for Wildlife on Texas Rangelands

Managing Juniper (Cedar) with Goats

Managing Texas Juniper with Prescribed Burning

Mexican Feathergrass

Mexican Needlegrass

Native Plants for Edwards Plateau Landscapes

On Site Brush Pile Burning in Texas

Plant Response to Seasonal Fire in the Edwards Plateau, High Plains, and Rolling Plains

Pipeline Rupture Prescribed Burn

Popular Perennial Grasses of the Edwards Plateau

Prescribed Burn Communication Kits

Prescribed Burn Equipment

Prescribed Burning: Liability Considerations

Prescribed Burning Liability and Insurance Considerations

Prescribed Burning: Spotfires and Escapes

Prescribed Fire: A Tool for Landowners Large and Small

Prescribed Fire Checklist

Prescribed Fire: Understanding Liability, Laws, and Risk

Procedures for Evaluating Predation on Livestock and Wildlife

Range & Pasture Herbicide – Mode of Action Guide

Rangeland Analysis Platform

Rangeland Production Lost to Woody Encroachment in Great Plains Grasslands

Reducing Woody Encroachment in Grasslands

Remove, Reduce or Manipulate? Best Practices for Brush Management Conservation Standards in Great Plains Grasslands

Stocking Rates Infographic

Targeted Grazing with Goats and Sheep

Texas Open Burning Rules and Regulations

The New Wildfire Season

Safeguarding Against Wildfire

Understanding Native Perennial Grass Growth

Understanding Wildfire Response

Wildfire Behavior and Emergency Response

Wildfire: Preparing the Ranch and Farm

Wildfire Ready Checklist

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Refereed Journal Articles:

2017 American Journal of Botany (104 915-923) Phenology of Perennial, Native Grass, Belowground Axillary Buds in the Northern Mixed-Grass Prairie

A Process-Oriented Model of Decision-Making toward Landscape-Scale Prescribed Fire Implementation in Southern Great Plains, USA

Bermudagrass (Cynodon Dactylon) Response to Summer Prescribed Burning

Factors Influencing County Commissioners’ Decisions about Burn Bans in the Southern Plains, USA

Fire and Nitrogren Alter Axillary Bud Number and Activity in Purple Threeawn

Fire, Defoliation, and Competing Species Alter Aristida Purpurea Biomass, Tiller, and Aristida Purpurea Biomass, Tiller, and Axillary Bud Production

Fire Return Interval and Season of Fire Alter Bud Banks

Grass Bud Responses to Fire in a Semiarid Savanna System

Grazing Distribution and Diet Quality of Angus, Brangus, and Brahman Cows in the Chihuahuan Desert

Leveraging Social Science Research to Advance Contemporary Rangeland Management: Understanding the “New Faces” of Range Managers

Liability and Prescribed Fire: Perception and Reality

Old School and High Tech: A Comparison of Methods to Quantify Ashe Juniper Biomass as Fuel or Forage

Prosopis Glandulosa Persistence is Facilitated by Differential Protection of Buds During Low- and High-energy Fires

Saving Imperiled Grassland Biomes by Recoupling Fire and Grazing: A Case Study from the Great Plains

Season of Fire Manipulates Bud Bank Dynamics in Northern Mixed-Grass Prairie

Seasonal Timing of Fire Alters Biomass and Species Composition of Northern Mixed Prairie

Soil Heating in Fire (SheFire): A Model and Measurement Method for Estimating Soil Heating and Effects During Wildland Fires

The Impact of Affective Heuristics in Decision Making Regarding the Implementation of Prescribed Fire on Private Rangelands in the Southern Great Plains, USA

Utilizing Patch Burning to Enhance Vegetation Management in the Southern Great Plains