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Ranchers Rediscover Burning

High Plains Public Radio | By Dale Bolton

Published January 14, 2014 at 10:54 AM CST

Biologist Peter Berthelson of Pheasants Forever took action to educate land managers how to burn and created burn trailers stocked with all the hardware required to safely conduct prescribed burns. Scotia, Neb. rancher Tom Hartman talks about using fire to control an Eastern Red Cedar invasion. This episode of Playa Country originally aired in September, 2013 and repeated January 14, 2014.