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Ranchers Rediscover Burning

Roger Mills, Prescribed Fire Association

Biologist Peter Berthelsen 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.

PARTICIPANTS:

Tom Hartman
Scotia Nebraska rancher
Grand Island, NE

Peter Berthelsen
Sr. Field Coordinator
Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever
Elba, NE

John R. Weir
Research Associate
Dept. Natural Resource Ecology & Management
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

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