The Fire Resources Prescribed Burn grant in partnership with the forest service.  Areas covered during the 2012 burn season included:

1. Boss Island is a unit in the Cache River State Natural Area and Cache River-Cypress Creek COA,
2. Collier Glade Nature Preserve is a limestone glade system in the Eastern Shawnee COA
3. Prairie Ridge State Natural Area (PRSNA) is the core unit in the Prairie Ridge Landscape COA
4. Pyramid SP is the core unit  in the Pyramid Arkland COA
5. P&E Refuge L&WR is high quality barrens in the Eastern Shawnee COA
6. Wildcat Hollow and Hanging rock NA’s are also satellites of Prairie Ridge

Burn assistants, overseen by certified burn bosses, play a valuable role in the completion of the prescribed burns.  Assistants are required to have complete online training and participate in an in-person field test, prior to beginning work.

If you are interested in becoming a prescribed burn assistant, you can complete the online training here.  After you complete the training, contact us to schedule a field training.  We look forward to welcoming you to the program.