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Grazing Management: Patch Burning Research

Oklahoma Grazing Lands Conservation Association

This week on Playa Country, prescribed burning. Oklahoma State University's Dept. of Natural Resource Ecology & Management is researching effects of limited prescribed burning or "patch burning" to create a mosaic of patches across the landscape.

Early research findings indicate better forage grasses and increased biodiversity. This episode of Playa Country first aired in August, 2013 and was repeated January 21, 2014. This episode also aired as part of the grazing management series on 3/11/14.