John R. Weir

Contact Information Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management 303E Ag Hall Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074 (405) 744-5442 E-mail: john.weir@okstate.edu

Employment Oklahoma State University, 11/2006-present Research Associate Oklahoma State University, 8/1990-10/2006 Research Station Superintendent Texas Tech University, 6/1988-7/1990 Research Assistant Education M.S. Range Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 1990 B.S. Plant Science, Cameron University, Lawton, OK, 1986 Awards and Honors Henry Wright Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Fire Ecology, 2015 Publication and Creativity Award for Conducting Prescribed Fires: A Comprehensive

Manual, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society, 2011 Outstanding Oklahoma Citizen, Oklahoma Representative Richard Morrissette for

work on Redcedar Initiative, 2010 Trailboss Award, Oklahoma Section of Society for Range Management, 2009 Excellence in Rangeland Management Award, Oklahoma Section of Society for

Range Management, 2009 Publications Books Weir, J.R., 2009. Conducting Prescribed Burns: A Comprehensive Manual,

Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX 194 p. Journal Articles and Fact Sheets Scasta, J.D., J.L. Talley, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, J.R. Weir, D.M. Debinski.

Accepted. Restoring interactive fire and grazing processed to mitigate parasitic flies of cattle. Rangeland Ecology and Management.

Weir, J.R., D. Twidwell, C.L. Wonkka. Accepted. From grassroots to national alliance: the emerging trajectory for landowner prescribed burn associations. Rangelands.

Scasta, J.D., J.R. Weir, M.C. Stambaugh. Submitted. Drought cycles and wildfires: ecological and management implications. Rangelands.

Scasta, J.D., E.T. Thacker, T.J. Hovick, D.M. Engle, B.W. Allred, S.D. Fuhlendorf, J.R. Weir. 2015. Patch-burn grazing (PBG) as a livestock

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management alternative for fire-prone ecosystems of North America. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Pages 1-18.

Twidwell, D., C.L. Wonkka, M.T. Sindelar, J.R. Weir. 2015. First approximations of prescribed fire risks to other management techniques used on private lands. PLoS ONE 10(10):e0140410.

Weir, J.R. 2015. Fire and livestock production. Pages 125-128 in D. Lalman and D. Doye, (eds.). Oklahoma Beef Cattle Manual, 6th edition. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Stillwater, OK, USA.

Weir, J.R., R.L. Stevens, T.G. Bidwell. 2015. Prescribed Burn Associations. NREM-2880 Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 4p.

Weir, J.R., R.S. Coffey. 2015. App: RxBurnTracker. NREM-2898 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 2p.

Weir, J.R., D. Twidwell, C.L. Wonkka. 2015. Prescribed burn association activity, needs, and safety record: a survey of the Great Plains. GPE publication 2015-6, Great Plains Fire Science Exchange. 19p.

Scasta, J.D., J.R. Weir, D.M. Engle. 2015. Assessment of experiential education in prescribed burning for natural resource managers. Fire Ecology 11(1) 88-105.

Weir, J.R., J.D. Scasta. 2014. Ignition and fire behavior of Juniperus virginiana in response to live fuel moisture and fire temperature in the Southern Great Plains. International Journal of Wildland Fire 23(6) 839-844.

Weir, J.R., R.L. Stevens. 2014. Managing Brush Piles. NREM-2894 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 4p.

Scasta, J.D., J.R. Weir, D.M. Engle, J.D. Carlson. 2014. Combustion of Cattle Fecal Pats Ignited by Prescribed Fire. Rangeland Ecology and Management 67:229-233.

Weir, J.R., R.F. Limb. 2013. Seasonal variation in flammability of Quercus marilandica and Quercus stellata leaf litter burned in the laboratory. Fire Ecology 9 (3): 80-88

Weir, J.R., J.D. Scasta, R. Stevens, T.G. Bidwell. 2013. Burn Plan for Prescribed Burning. NREM-2893 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 20p.

Twidwell, D., W.E. Rogers, S.D. Fuhlendorf, C.L. Wonkka, D.M. Engle, J.R. Weir, U.P. Kreuter, C.A. Taylor, Jr. 2013. The rising Great Plains fire campaign: citizens’ response to woody plant encroachment. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 11:64-71.

Gourley, A., D. Elmore, M. Porter, R. Stevens, J. Weir, T. Bidwell. 2013. A Practical Guide to Food Plots in the Southern Great Plains. E-1032 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 65p.

Weir, J.R., T.G. Bidwell, R. Stevens, J. Mustain. 2012. Firebreaks for Prescribed Burning. NREM-2890 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 6p.

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Scasta, J.D., D.M. Engle, J.L. Talley, J.R. Weir, J.C. Stansberry, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.N. Harr. 2012. Pyric-herbivory to Manage Horn Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) on Cattle. Southwestern Entomologist 37:325-334.

Weir, J.R, A.M. Reid, S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2012. Wildfires in Oklahoma. NREM-2888 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 4p.

Weir, J.R., D.M. Engle. 2011. Cedar Control by Individual Scorched-tree Ignition Following Fire. NREM-5053 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 2p.

Limb, R.F, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, J.R. Weir, R.D. Elmore, T.G. Bidwell. 2011. Pyric-herbivory and cattle performance in grassland ecosystems. Rangeland Ecology and Management 64:659-663.

Gourley, B., J. Weir, D. Elmore, K. Allen. 2011. Fire and the Land Around Us. L-353 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. 20p.

Weir, J.R., D. Elmore, R.F. Limb, D.M. Engle, B.W. Allred, T.G. Bidwell, S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2011. Burning in the Growing Season E-1025. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 12 p.

Weir, J.R., R.F. Limb. 2011. Use of Waste Oil as an Alternative Fuel in Drip Torches. Fire Management Today. 71:12-14.

Elmore, R.D., T.G. Bidwell, J.R. Weir. 2011. Perceptions of Oklahoma residents to prescribed fire. Pages 55–66 in K.M.Robertson, K.E.M. Galley, and R.E. Masters (eds.). Proceedings of the 24th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: The Future of Prescribed Fire: Public Awareness, Health, and Safety. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

Weir, J.R. 2011. Prescribed burning associations: landowners effectively applying fire to the land. Pages 44–46 in K.M.Robertson, K.E.M. Galley, and R.E. Masters (eds.). Proceedings of the 24th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: The Future of Prescribed Fire: Public Awareness, Health, and Safety. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

Weir, J.R. 2011. The best time of year to conduct prescribed burns NREM-2885. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 4 p.

Weir, J.R. 2011. Are weather and tradition reducing our ability to conduct prescribed burns? Rangelands 33:25-30.

Allen, K. P., R.D. Elmore, J. R. Weir, S. Lancaster. 2010. Assessment of 4-H Range Management Programs in the United States. Rangelands 32:32-36.

Reid, A.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, J.R. Weir. 2010. Weather variables affecting the size of Oklahoma wildfires. Journal of Rangeland Ecology and Management. 63:599-603

Weir, J.R., T.G. Bidwell, R.D. Elmore, K.R. Hickman, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle. 2009. Weed control on Rangelands NREM-2882. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 8 p.

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Fuhlendorf, S.D., D.M. Engle, C.M. O’Meilia, J.R. Weir, D.C. Cummings. 2009. Does herbicide weed control increase livestock production on non-equilibrium rangeland? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 132:1-6.

Weir, J.R., D. Elmore, T.G. Bidwell, D.M. Engle, J.D. Carlson, S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2009. Oklahoma Prescribed Burning Handbook. E-1010. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 58 p.

Weir, J.R., J.D. Carlson. 2008. Smoke Management for Prescribed Burning. E-1008. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 13 p.

Weir, J.R. 2008. Prescribed Fire Education at Oklahoma State University: Training Our Future Pyros. In: Narog, M.G., technical coordinator. 2008. Proceedings of the 2002 Fire Conference: Managing fire and fuels in the remaining wildlands and open spaces of the southwestern United States. December 2-5 2002, San Diego, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-189, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: pp. 23-27.

Cummings, D.C., T.G. Bidwell, C.R. Medlin, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, J.R. Weir. 2007. Ecology and Management of Sericea Lespedeza. NREM-2874. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. 7 p.

Weir, J.R. 2007 Using Relative Humidity to Predict Spotfire Probability on Prescribed Burns. In: Sosebee, R.E., D.B. Wester, C.M. Britton, E.D. McArthur and S.G. Kitchen (comps). Proceedings: Shrubland Dynamics- Fire and Water; 2004 August 10-12; Lubbock, TX. Proceedings RMRS-P-47. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. pgs 69-72.

Weir, J.R., S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, T.G. Bidwell, D. Chad Cummings, D. Elmore. 2007. Patch Burning: Integrating Fire and Grazing to Promote Heterogeneity. E-998. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. 28 p.

Tyrl, R.J., T.G. Bidwell, R.E. Masters, R.D. Elmore, J.R. Weir. 2007. Oklahoma’s Native Plant Communities. E-993. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. 14 p.

Weir, J.R., T.G. Bidwell, K.R. Hickman, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D. Elmore. 2007. Fire Myths and Facts. L-321, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.

Weir, J.R. 2006. Prescribed Fire Equipment and Spot Fire Training Manual. Circular E-989, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. 22 p.

Weir, J.R., T.G. Bidwell. 2005. Prescribed Fire Associations. Fact Sheet F-2880. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. 2p.

Bidwell, T.G., D.M. Engle, J.R. Weir, R.E. Masters, J.D. Carlson. 2004. Fire Prescriptions for Maintenance and Restoration of Native Plant

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Communities. Fact Sheet F-2878. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. 8p.

Weir, J.R. 2004. Probability of Spotfires During Prescribed Burns. Fire Management Today 64:22-26.

Bidwell, T.G., J.R. Weir, J.D. Carlson, M.E. Moseley, R.E. Masters, P. McDowell, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, J. Waymire, S. Conrady. 2003. Using Prescribed Fire in Oklahoma. Circular E-927. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. 30p.

Bidwell, T.G., D.M. Engle, R.E. Masters, J.R. Weir. 2003. Fire Effects in Oklahoma. Fact Sheet F-2877. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. 12p.

Bidwell, T.G., J.R. Weir, D.M. Engle. 2002. Eastern Redcedar Control and Management – Best Management Practices to Restore Oklahoma’s Ecosystems. Fact Sheet F-2876. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. 4p.

Bidwell, T.G., J.R. Weir, D.M. Engle. 2002. Economics of redcedar control in forest and range management. In: B. Drake, and P. Todd, (chairs) A strategy for control and utilization of invasive juniper species in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, Oklahoma City, OK. p. 54.

Hendrix, J., M. Sams, J.R. Weir, M. Peek, H. Mayeux, C. O’Meilia, S. Harmon, D. Sebert, M. Moseley, B. Davis, C. Hise. 2002. Ecosystems, wildlife habitat and ecological issues. In: B. Drake, and P. Todd, (chairs) A strategy for control and utilization of invasive juniper species in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, Oklahoma City, OK. p. 54.

Engle, D.M., J.R. Weir. 2000. Grassland fire effects on corroded barbed wire. Journal of Range Management 53:611-613

Weir, J.R. 2000. A Gator™ for Rx fire. Rangelands 22:28-29. Roberts, K.W., D.M. Engle, J.R. Weir. 1999. Weather constraints to scheduling

prescribed burns. Rangelands 21:6-7. Weir, J.R., D.M. Engle. 1999. Brush management for deer hunter habitat on

the Cross Timbers Experimental Range. Rangelands 21:36-38. Engle, D.M., J.R. Weir, D.L. Gay, B.P. Dugan. 1998. Grassland fire effects

on barbed wire. Journal of Range Management. 51:621-624. Bodine, T.N., H.T Purvis II, M.T. Van Koevering, E.E. Thomas, D.L. Lalman, C.

Worthington, J.R. Weir, B.R. Karges. 1998. Effects of grazing system and stocking density on performance of summer stocker cattle grazing tallgrass prairie. Animal Science Research Report P-965, Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University. Pp. 155-161.

Bodine, T.N., H.T Purvis II, M.T. Van Koevering, E.E. Thomas, D.L. Lalman, C. Worthington, B.R. Karges, J.R. Weir. 1998. Effects of supplementation on late summer weight gain of stocker cattle grazing tallgrass prairie. Animal Science Research Report P-965, Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University. Pp. 162-167.

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Weir, J. R., 1996 (revised 1999, 2002, 2004). Prescribed Burning Equipment and Spotfire Attack Training Manual. Rangeland Ecology and Management Group, Oklahoma State University. 25 p.

Apps RxBurnTracker. 2015. Application for land managers to track the use and

impacts of fire on the land. IOS and Android. Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Handbook. 2012. Application for land managers to

have access to the information from the Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Handbook on computers and personal devices.

Experience Prescribed Fire Related Conducted 1,031 burns on 90,910 acres since 1988 Fire Boss on 981 burns Conducted prescribed fires in seven states, CO, FL, IA, KS, NM, OK, TX Conducted prescribed fires in 30 counties of OK Conducted prescribed fires in 10 of the 14 vegetation types of Oklahoma Conducted prescribed fire in 11 of 13 USFS fuel models (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11) Conducted prescribed fires in 5 types of improved pasture fuels Experienced with hand, terra-torch, DAIDS, and heli-torch ignition Member, Orlando, Oklahoma Volunteer Fire Department, 1998-present

Courses Taught Prescribed Fire, NREM 4783/NREM 5783, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater,

OK, 2000-present Advanced Prescribed Fire, NREM 4793/NREM 5793, Oklahoma State University,

Stillwater, OK, 2000-present Range Improvements, RLEM 4954, Equipment Use and Conducting Prescribed

Fire Lab, Oklahoma State University, 1991-2000 Introduction to Plant Science lab section. AGRIC 1214. Cameron University,

Lawton, OK, 1985 Schools/Workshops Taught U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Advanced Prescribed Fire Training

Course, Lake Texoma Project Office, Cartwright, OK 2015 USDA-NRCS National Technical Training Course, Burning in Tallgrasses,

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 1996-2006, 2010-2011, 2013, 2015, 2016

USDA-NRCS National Technical Training Course, Burning in the Growing Season, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2014, 2015

Noble Foundation Growing Season Prescribed Burn Workshop, Ardmore, OK 2014, 2015

Noble Foundation Prescribed Burn Workshop, Ardmore, OK 2014, 2016 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Prescribed Fire Training Course,

Lake Keystone Project Office, Sand Springs, OK 2014 Burning in the Growing Season Training, Stillwater, OK 2013

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Landowner Prescribed Fire Training Workshop, Stillwater, OK 2013 Landowner Prescribed Fire Training Workshop, Woodward, OK 2013 USDA-NRCS National Technical Training Course, Burning in Oak-Pine

Savannahs, Oklahoma State University, Clayton, OK, 2006, 2011, 2012 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Prescribed Fire Training Course,

Lake Texoma Project Office, Cartwright, OK 2010, 2012 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Advanced Prescribed Fire

Training Course, Tulsa, OK 2011 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Prescribed Fire Training Course,

Eufaula Project Office, Enterprise, OK 2010, 2011 Backfiring Operations, 10th Annual Bob Smith Wildfire Roundup, McAAP

McAlester, OK 2010 USDA-NRCS National Technical Training Course, Burning in Southeastern Pine

Forests, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL, 2010 Southeastern Colorado Prescribed Fire Training, Rocky Mountain Bird

Observatory and Colorado NRCS-CIG, Kim, CO, 2009 Nebraska Prescribed Fire Council Fire School, Central City, Calloway, Curtis

and Chadron, NE 2006 Arbuckle Restoration Association Prescribed Fire Workshop, Ardmore, OK

2004 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service In-Service Technical Training Course,

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2004 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service and The Nature Conservancy

Prescribed Fire Workshop, Pontotoc Ridge Preserve, Fittstown, OK, 2003

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Technical Training Course, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 1999-2001, 2003

USDA-NRCS State Technical Training Course, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2001

USDA-NRCS Prescribed Burn Workshop, Frederick, OK, 2001 Online Training Courses Basic Prescribed Fire Training Course for landowner and agency use, 2012,

http://campus.extension.org/course/view.php?id=720, currently 363 students enrolled

Introduction to Southeastern Prescribed Fire Training Course for landowner and agency use, 2013, http://campus.extension.org/course/view.php?id=979 currently 209 students enrolled

Courses Attended Assessing Wildfire Hazards in the Home Ignition Zone, Firewise and National

Wildland/Urban Interface Program, Little Rock, AR 2008 ICS-300 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents, Mulhall,

OK 2008 ICS-200 Incident Command System for Single Resources and Initial Action

Incidents, Stillwater, OK 2007

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ICS-100 Introduction to the Incident Command System, Stillwater, OK 2007 SCBA Training, Orlando VFD, Orlando, OK 1999-2007 CPR Training, Orlando VFD, Orlando, OK 1999-2007 IS-00700 National Incident Management System, Cashion, OK 2005 Wildland Fire Training, Orlando VFD, Orlando, OK 1999, 2002 Florida Inter-Agency Prescribed Fire Training Course, Osprey, FL1999 Wildland Fire Training conducted by wildland fire officers Monterrey County, CA, in

Stillwater, OK 1998 S-190 Introduction to Fire Behavior, Stillwater, OK 1994 S-130 Basic Firefighter Training, Stillwater, OK 1994 Councils/Committees/Advisory Boards Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils, Governing Board 2014-present Alliance of Prescribed Burn Associations, Chair 2013-present Great Plains Fire Science Exchange, Governing Board 2012-present Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association, Board of Directors, president 2011-

present Oak Woodland and Forest Fire Consortium, Governing Board 2011-present Southern Fire Exchange, Advisory Board 2010-present Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council, Board member 2007-2014, Chairman, 2010-

2014 Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils, Communication Committee, 2010 Mid-Contract Management Practices for CRP Committee, OK USDA-Farm Service

Agency, 2008 Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, State Smoke Management Plan

Committee, 2006-07 USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service. Oklahoma State Technical

Committee on Prescribed Fire, 2007 Quail Forever, State Technical Committee, 2006 USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service. Texas State Technical Committee

on Prescribed Burning and Prescribed Grazing, San Antonio, TX 2006 USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service, Oklahoma State Technical

Subcommittee Conservation Reserve Program, 2003 Redcedar Task Force, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, 2002 Subcommittees:

Ecosystems, Wildlife Habitat and Ecological Issues Economics of Redcedar Control in Forest and Range Management Wildland/Urban Interface Issues.

Legislative/Policy Provided wording for changes in county commissioner burn ban legislation to

HB2646 and SB1020, 2015 Provided information leading to development of stand alone national prescribed fire

insurance for landowners, agencies, and contractors, 2015 Provided wording for changes in county commissioner burn ban legislation to

HB1462, 2014

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NRCS-National prescribed fire policy, reviewer, 2014 NRCS-Oklahoma, Prescribed fire state guidelines review and revision, 2014 Oklahoma Senate, Interim study on prescribed fire, speaker and study planner,

2014 American Famers and Ranchers Insurance Policy committee, Safety record and

effectiveness of prescribed burn associations, OKC, 2013 Oklahoma House of Representatives, Eastern redcedar removal and use, interim

study, Speaker, 2013 NRCS-Oklahoma, Firebreaks for prescribed burning guideline review and revision,

2013 NRCS-Montana, Prescribed burning and prescribed grazing policy changes in

central Montana, 2009 Provide wording for changes in county commissioner burn ban legislation to

Senator Don Barrington, 2009 Oklahoma House of Representatives, Agriculture and Rural Development

Committee, interim study ISO-154 Statewide Eastern Redcedar Removal Program: Water Conservation and Wildfire Prevention Incentives Program, invited speaker, 2009

Oklahoma State Senate, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, Burn Ban Interim Study, invited speaker 2009

FSA-Oklahoma, CRP mid-management committee, provide input and information to get burning as a year-around practice for CRP, 2008

NRCS-Texas, provide information and input on changes in prescribed burning and prescribed grazing practices for Texas, 2006

Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Law Committee, 2001, 2003, worked with Senate Ag Committee on changing OK prescribed fire laws

Invited Speaker 6th National Conference on Grazing Lands, Prescribed Burn Symposium,

Prescribed Burn Associations in the Great Plains improve rangelands with fire, Grapevine, TX 2015

6th National Conference on Grazing Lands, Working Partnerships, Expansion of prescribed fire in the Central Great Plains – KS PFC, KS PBA and the APBA, Grapevine, TX 2015

3rd Annual Nebraska Prescribed Fire Conference, The Benefits of a State Burn Alliance: Experiences from Other States, Kearny, NE 2015

South Carolina Prescribed Fire Council Annual meeting, Prescribed Burn Associations: Landowners Effectively Applying Fire to the Land, Walterboro, SC 2015

ACE Basin Longleaf Strike Team, Developing Prescribed Burn Associations, Nemours Wildlife Foundation, Yemassee, SC 2015

Prescribed Fire Summit: Improving Communication About Prescribed Fire, Prescribed Burn Associations, Tall Timbers Research Station Tallahassee, FL 2015

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Rancher Roundtable: Facilitating the use of prescribed fire through grazing management. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Prescribed Fire Plans, Fire Strategies, Rancher Panel Discussion member, Abilene, TX 2015

Prescribed Fire Summit 12th Annual National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Southern Company Stewardship Partners Meeting, Getting More Fire on the Land Panel Member, Pensacola, FL 2015

Pennsylvania Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting, Prescribed Burn Associations: Landowners Effectively Applying Fire to the Land, State College, PA 2015

Georgia Prescribed Fire Council Annual meeting, Prescribed Burn Associations: Landowners Effectively Applying Fire to the Land, Tifton, GA 2014

Oklahoma Quail Symposium, Using Fire to Manage the Land, OKC, OK 2014 19th Annual Inter-Tribal Environmental Council Conference, Oklahoma’s Green

Dust Bowl, Tulsa, OK 2014 2nd Annual Nebraska Prescribed Fire Conference, Oklahoma Prescribed Burn

Association, Kearny, NE 2014 Oklahoma Wildlife Management Association Legislative Reception, Fire History

and Prescribed Burn Associations, OKC, OK 2014 Eastern Redcedar on Indian Lands, Eastern Region BIA, Oklahoma’s Green

Dust Bowl: What are We Losing, Muskogee, OK 2014 Prescribed Burn Alliance of Texas annual meeting, A History of Fire and Impacts

of Prescribed Burn Associations, Fredericksburg, TX 2013 North Florida Prescribed Fire Council annual meeting, Prescribed Burn

Associations: Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Tallahassee, FL 2013 Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council annual meeting, Prescribed Burn

Associations: Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Kissimmee, FL 2013 1st Annual Nebraska Prescribed Fire Conference, Burning Outside the Box and

Patch Burning for Diversity, Kearny, NE 2013 Western States Land Commissioners Association winter conference, A Biased

Perspective and History of Fire, Oklahoma City, OK 2013 Land, Water and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Opportunities for Private

Landowners and Professionals, NWTF and Noble Foundation, Using Fire to Manage the Land, Ponca City, OK 2013

Issues with Using Prescribed Fire in Oklahoma, Noble Foundation Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Law, Liability and Burn Bans, A Biased Perspective and History of Fire, Ardmore, OK 2012

Quail Forever 89er Chapter annual banquet, A Biased Perspective and History of Fire, Oklahoma City, OK 2012

Land, Water and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Opportunities for Private Landowners and Professionals, NWTF and Noble Foundation, Using Fire to Manage the Land, Ardmore, OK 2012

Florida Grazing Lands Coalition 3rd Annual Workshop, Starting Prescribed Burn Associations, Kissimmee, FL 2012

Southwest Fire Ecology Conference, Restoring Fire as an Ecosystem Process in Grassland with Patch Burning: Managing for Resilience under Increased

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Climate Uncertainty and Multiple Stressors, Implementing Patch Burning on the Land, Santa Fe, NM 2012

Managing Drought in the Southern Plains: Wildfires, National Weather Service Webinar, Questions about Using Prescribed Fire during the Drought, Norman, OK 2012

Missouri Natural Resource Conference, Sharing Fire Information from throughout the Midwest workshop, Burning Issues: The Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council and Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association, Osage Beach, MO 2012

Linn and Bourbon County Prescribed Fire meeting, Using Fire to Manage the Land, Considerations for Conducting Prescribed Burns, Burning Outside the Box, Firebreaks, and Prescribed Burn Associations, Bronson, KS 2011

Grand River Grasslands prescribed fire meeting, Using Fire to Manage the Land, Considerations for Conducting Prescribed Burns, Burning Specific Units, and Prescribed Burn Associations, Kellerton, IA 2011

Jewell County, Mitchell County and Cloud County Prescribed Burn Associations Meeting, Using Fire to Manage the Land, Burning Outside the Box, Considerations for Conducting Prescribed Burns, and Prescribed Burn Associations, Jewell, KS 2011

The Role of Fire in Sustainable Rangeland Ecosystems Symposium, Prescribed Burn Associations: Getting Landowners to Use Prescribed Fire, Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Billings, MT 2011

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center, A History and Perspective on Prescribed Fire, Austin, TX 2010

Kansas Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting, Burning outside the box, Wichita, KS 2010

National Association of County Agricultural Agents Annual Meeting, A History and Perspective on Prescribed Fire, Tulsa, OK 2010

Missouri Fire Summit, Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council and Prescribed Burn Associations, Columbia, MO 2010

Mississippi Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting, Prescribed Burn Associations: Landowners effectively applying fire to the land, Starkville, MS 2010

Environmental Defense Fund/Ranchers Stewardship Alliance meeting, Use of Prescribed Fire, Malta, MT 2009

New Mexico Prescribed Fire Council Formation Meeting, Starting prescribed burn associations, Albuquerque, NM 2009

Capital Ideas—Live! A live news conference for forest owners, Prescribed Burn Associations, Alabama Forest Owners Association, 2009

Eastern Colorado Prairie and Wetlands Focus Area, Lamar, CO. Using Fire to Manage the Land and Prescribed Fire Associations, 2007

New Mexico TNC and Grasslans Charitable Foundation, Using Prescribed Fire, Milenesand, NM, Why Burn? & Prescribed Burning Associations, 2005

Central Oklahoma Cattle Conference, Chandler, OK, Using fire to manage the land, 2005

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Forestry on the Grow Conference, Wagoner, OK, Conducting Prescribed Fires, Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Law and Managing Liability, 2005

Noble Foundation Prescribed Burning Workshop, Ardmore, OK, Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Law and Liability, 2004

Noble Foundation Prescribed Burning Workshop, Ardmore, OK, Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Law and Liability, 2003

Agriculture Air Quality Task Force, Stillwater, OK, Effects of Eastern Redcedar on Livestock Performance, 2003

Noble Foundation Prescribed Burning Workshop, Ardmore, OK, Law and Liability Considerations for a Burn, 2001

Presentations/Field Tours 3rd Annual Nebraska Prescribed Fire Conference, Bringing Prescribed Burners

Together Panel Discussion member, Kearny, NE 2015 Prescribed Fire Seminar, Prescribed Burn Plans, Wes Watkins Technology

Center, Wetumka, OK 2015 Cimarron Range Improvement Association and Woods County Conservation

District Growing Season Burn Workshop, Why burn in the growing season and hands on training, Camp Houston, OK 2015

ODWC Commissioners meeting, OPBA updates, Oklahoma City, OK 2015 Rogers County Cattlemen’s Association meeting, Using Fire to Manage the Land

and Prescribed Burn Associations, Claremore, OK 2015 Environmental Science Honors Class Jenks High School, Fire History in

Oklahoma, Jenks, OK 2015 Oklahoma Section Society for Range Management Field Tour, Season of Burn

Effects and Cedar Mortality, Stillwater, OK 2015 Prescribed Fire Seminar, Using Fire To Manage The Land And Considerations

For Conducting Prescribed Fires, Wes Watkins Technology Center, Wetumka, OK 2015

Prescribed Fire Day at Capitol, Prescribed Fire Use in Oklahoma display, OKC, OK 2015

North Central Range Improvement Association meeting, OPBA updates, Morrison, OK 2015

Kingfisher County Extension/NRCS Prescribed Fire Workshop. Use of prescribed fire, hands on training, Hennessey, OK 2015

Mulhall-Orlando Lions Club meeting, A Biased Perspective and History of Fire, Orlando, OK 2015

Pawnee County Prescribed Burn Association meeting, OPBA updates, Pawnee, OK 2015

Roger Mills Prescribed Burn Association meeting, OPBA updates, Cheyenne, OK 2015

Big Pasture Prescribed Burn Association meeting, Using Fire To Manage The Land, Burning Outside The Box And Season Of Burn Impacts On Cedar Mortality, Meers, OK 2014

Longleaf Pine and Eastern Grassland Conference, Prescribed Burn Associations: Landowners Effectively Applying Fire to the Land, Mobile, AL 2014

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Pushmataha Forest Research and Demonstration Area Field Day, Clayton, OK, 2014

Woodward County Prescribed Burn Association training, Equipment And Spotfire Training And Live Fire Exercise, Mooreland, OK 2014

Beaver County Extension meeting, Forming A Prescribed Burn Association, Beaver, OK 2014

NW Range Fire Management Association meeting, What can OPBA do for the local burn association? Vici, OK 2014

Woodward County burn association meeting, Forming a prescribed burn association and What OPBA can do to assist, Mooreland, OK 2014

Prescribed Fire Day at Capitol, Prescribed Fire Use in Oklahoma display, OKC, OK 2014

Canadian Rivers Prescribed Burn Association meeting, What can OPBA do for the local burn association?, Geary, OK 2014

Cimarron Range Preservation Association annual meeting, What can OPBA do for the local burn association?, Alva, OK 2014

Pawnee County Extension meeting, Forming a prescribed burn association, Pawnee, OK 2014

Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association meeting, What can OPBA do for the local burn association?, OKC, OK 2014

Playa Lakes Joint Venture board meeting, Burn Associations and OPBA, Concordia, KS 2014

Roger Mills PBA annual meeting, OPBA and PBA Burn Survey Results, Cheyenne, OK 2013

USDA-NRCS Central National Technology Support Center Webinar, Working with Prescribed Burn Associations, 2013

Eastern redcedar stakeholders meeting sponsored by Rep. Morrissette, OKC, OK 2013

Noble Foundation Summer Fire Field Day, Cedar mortality: dormant vs growing season burns, Marietta, OK 2013

USDA-NRCS webinar, Working with Prescribed Burn Associations, 2013 Southern Fire Exchange webinar, Prescribed Fire Techniques, Planning, and

Precautions in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas, 2013 Prescribed Fire Day at Capitol, Prescribed Fire Use in Oklahoma display, OKC,

OK 2013 Noble County Extension meeting, Burning outside the box, Perry, OK 2013 Okfuskee County Extension and NRCS meeting, Fire Effects and Starting a

Prescribed Burn Association, Okemah, OK 2013 Great Plains Fire Science Exchange Bridging the information gap between land

management and fire science, OKC, OK 2013 Okmulgee County Extension and NRCS meeting, Fire Effects and Starting a

Prescribed Burn Association, Okmulgee, OK 2013 Playa Lakes Joint Venture Board of Directors meeting, Status of Oklahoma

Prescribed Burn Association, Insurance, and Regional Burn Associations, Enid, OK 2013

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Prescribed Fire Issues in Oklahoma meeting, Status of Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association, Insurance, and Fire Law, Ardmore, OK 2012

Regional Prescribed Fire Association meeting, Status of the Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association and Regional Prescribed Fire Issues, Ft. Worth, TX 2012

Kansas Prescribed Fire Council annual meeting, Status of the Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council and Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association, Wichita, KS 2012

Payne County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, Starting a Prescribed Burn Association, Stillwater, OK 2012

Okmulgee County extension meeting, Starting a Prescribed Burn Association, Okmulgee, OK 2012

Oklahoma Chapter The Wildlife Society and Oklahoma Section Society for Range Management annual meeting, Findings from the Season of Burn Plots at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Pawhuska, OK 2012

Pushmataha Forest Research and Demonstration Area Field Day, Clayton, OK, 2012

OK Wildlife Expo, Landowner and NREM booth, Lazy E Arena, Guthrie, OK 2012 Preserving the Tallgrass Prairie: A National Treasure film, interview, Oak Grove,

KS 2012 Prescribed Fire Community of Practice meeting, planning, development and

chairman of meeting, Charleston, SC 2012 Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association and prescribed burn associations,

ODWC Commissioners meeting, OKC OK 2012 Prescribed Fire Liability, Payne County Pasture & Livestock Tour, Stillwater, OK

2012 Season of burn, patch burn and 51C tour, National Park Service Chickasaw

Recreation Area superintendent and regional FMO, Stillwater, OK 2012 Playa Country Radio, interview on using prescribed fire, Lafayette, CO 2012 Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council 2nd Annual meeting, Wichita Mountains

Wildlife Refuge, Indiahoma, OK 2012 Linn and Bourbon County Prescribed Fire meeting, Using Fire to Manage the

Land, Considerations for Conducting Prescribed Burns, Burning Outside the Box, Firebreaks, and Prescribed Burn Associations, Bronson, KS 2011

Major County Prescribed Burn Association meeting, Considerations for Conducting Prescribed Burns, Fairview, OK, 2011

Pushmataha Forest Research and Demonstration Area Field Day, Clayton, OK, 2011

Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association meeting, Burning Outside the Box, Vinita, OK 2011

OK Wildlife Expo, Landowner and NREM booth, Lazy E Arena, Guthrie, OK 2011 Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association meeting, Burning Outside the Box,

Stillwater, OK 2011 Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association meeting, Burning Outside the Box,

Lawton, OK 2011

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Noble Foundation intern tour, tour fire research and demonstration areas, Stillwater, OK 2011

Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council annual meeting, Planned and set-up meeting and tour, Sulphur, OK 2011

Prescribed Fire Day, State Capitol, OKC, OK Prescribed Fire in OK booth, 2011 Alfalfa County Extension Meeting, Starting a prescribed burn association,

Cherokee, OK 2010 The Wildlife Society, Oklahoma Chapter Annual Meeting, Patch Burning and

Conducting Prescribed Burns, Stillwater, OK 2010 OK Wildlife Expo, Landowner and NREM booth, Lazy E Arena, Guthrie, OK 2010 Tennessee Center for Native Grassland Management tour, Season of Burn plots,

Patch Burning and Cross Timbers Restoration site, Stillwater, OK 2010 Summer Fire Field Day, Burning Outside the Box, Carneiro, KS 2010 Summer Fire Field Day, Using Prescribed in the Growing Season, Cheyenne, OK

2010 45th Infantry Agriculture Development Team training, Conducting Prescribed

Burns, Stillwater, OK 2010 Roger Mills County Prescribed Burn Association annual meeting, Burning outside

the box, Cheyenne, OK 2010 Fire and Wildlife Extension meeting, Considerations for conducting prescribed

burns, Pawnee, OK 2010 Adair County Cattleman’s Association annual meeting, Prescribed Burn

Associations, Westville, OK 2009 Indian Territory Prescribed Burn Association Fire and Wildlife Talks,

Considerations for conducting prescribed burns, Claremore, OK 2009 Cameron University Fire Effects class, season of burn, patch burn and fire

equipment, OSURR Stillwater, OK 2009 Indian Territory Prescribed Burn Association Fire and Wildlife Talks,

Considerations for conducting prescribed burns, Afton, OK 2009 Indian Territory Prescribed Burn Association Fire and Wildlife Talks,

Considerations for conducting prescribed burns, Kansas, OK 2009 Fire and Forestry Tour, Prescribed burn considerations and burn associations, JT

Nickel Preserve Tahlequah, OK 2009 Pushmataha Forest Research and Demonstration Area Field Day, Clayton, OK,

Prescribed Fire and Grazing Management, 2009 OK Wildlife Expo, Conducting prescribed burn seminar, Lazy E Arena, Guthrie,

OK 2009 OK Wildlife Expo, Landowner and NREM booth, Lazy E Arena, Guthrie, OK 2009 Sunup TV show, Summer burning, 2009 Oklahoma 4-H Roundup, Using prescribed fire in Oklahoma, Stillwater, OK 2009 Summer Burn Field Day, Season of burn plots, conducting summer burns, fire

effects of summer burns, Stillwater, OK 2009 Payne County Cattlemen’s Pasture Tour, Fire Effects on Native Plants, Stillwater,

OK 2009 Payne County Commissioners meeting, Prescribed Burning and Burn Bans,

Stillwater, OK 2009

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Okfuskee County Prescribed Burn Association meeting, Starting a Prescribed Burn Association, Okemah, OK 2009

Cimarron Range Preservation Association meeting, Considerations for conducting prescribed burns, Freedom, OK, 2009

Kim-Branson Prescribed Burn Association meeting, Burn Associations and Prescribed Fire Training, Kim, CO 2009

USDA-Farm Service Agency State Committee meeting, Fire effects and Season of burn plots in tallgrass prairie, Stillwater, OK, 2008

Prescribed Burning Workshop, Considerations for conducting prescribed burns, Woodward, OK, 2008

Pushmataha Forest Research and Demonstration Area Field Day, Clayton, OK, Prescribed Fire and Grazing Management, 2008

4th Annual Oklahoma Wildlife Expo, Guthrie, OK, Booth on Prescribed Fire and Natural Resource Ecology and Management, 2008, 38,600 people in attendance

National 4-H WHEP Contest Field Day, Stillwater, OK Conducting Prescribed Burns and Prescribed Fire Demonstration, 2008

Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts and Oklahoma Conservation Commission, Conservation Day at the Capital, OKC, OK, Promoting Prescribed Fire and Burn Associations, 2008

Jewell County Kansas Prescribed Burn Association meeting, Mankato, KS, Using Fire to Manage the Land, Considerations for Conducting Prescribed Burns and Burning the Unit, 2008

Livestock and Forages Initiative Team In-Service Training, Stillwater, OK, Patch Burning and Livestock Performance, 2008

Roger Mills Prescribed Burn Association meeting, Cheyenne, OK, Planning a Prescribed Burn, 2008

Wildlife Research Techniques Class, Stillwater, OK, Conducting Prescribed Fires, 2007

Oklahoma Wildlife and Prairie Heritage Alliance Burning Workshop, Camargo, OK, Planning for a Prescribed Burn, 2007

OCES In-Service Training, Pawhuska, OK, Best management practices for controlling eastern red cedar, 2007

Concepts and Applications of Rangeland Health When Managing for Wildlife, Woodward, OK, Fire in Sand Sagebrush Research and Demonstration Plots, 2007

Bollenbach Wildlife Symposium and OK Chapter of The Wildlife Society Meeting, Woodward, OK, Fire in Sand Sagebrush Research and Demonstration Plots, 2007

Pushmataha Forest Research and Demonstration Area Field Day, Clayton, OK, Prescribed Fire and Grazing Management, 2007

3rd Annual Oklahoma Wildlife Expo, Guthrie, OK, Booth on Prescribed Fire and Natural Resource Ecology and Management, 2007, 50,000 people

Indian Territory Chapter of Quail Forever, Big Cabin, OK, Starting a Prescribed Fire Association, 2007

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Environmental Science and Math Educational Talent Search, Stillwater, OK Prescribed Fire in Oklahoma, 2007

USDA-NRCS Comanche County, Pasture Management Meeting, Lawton, OK Managing the Land in Oklahoma, 2007

OCES In-Service Training, MKRRS, Bessie, OK, Benefits of Patch Burning, 2007 OCES In-Service Training, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Pawhuska, OK, Benefits

of Patch Burning, 2007 Quail Habitat Improvement, J.T. Nickel Preserve, Tahlequah, OK, Using Fire to

Manage Quail Habitat, 2007 4-H Round-up, Stillwater, OK, The Use of Prescribed Fire, 2007 Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts and Oklahoma Conservation

Commission, Conservation Day at the Capital, OKC, OK, Promoting Prescribed Fire and Burn Associations, 2007

Orlando Volunteer Fire Department, Orlando, OK, VFFP Lesson 2a-b, Organization and Safety, 2007

Canadian Rivers Prescribed Burn Association, Geary, OK, Starting a Prescribed Burn Association, 2007

Orlando Volunteer Fire Department, Orlando, OK, VFFP Lesson 1 Fire Behavior, 2007

Wildlife Research Techniques Class, Stillwater, OK, Conducting Prescribed Fires, 2006

Natural Resource Orientation UNIV 2510, Prescribed Fire Education at Oklahoma State University: Training our future pyros, 2006

Society for Range Management, Oklahoma Section Annual Meeting, McAlester, OK, Burning in the Oak-Pine Forest, 2006

2nd Annual Oklahoma Wildlife Expo, Guthrie, OK, Booth on Prescribed Fire and Natural Resource Ecology and Management, 2006, 35,000 people

Alabama Farmers Federation Beef Tour, Stillwater, OK, Patch Burning and Season of Burn in Tallgrass Prairie, 2006

Payne County Cattleman’s Association Pasture Tour, Stillwater, OK, Patch Burning, 2006

Northern Pottawatomie County Prescribed Burn Association, Tecumseh, OK, Starting a Prescribed Burning Association, 2006

Plant and Soil Science Graduate Seminar, Stillwater, OK, A History and Perspective of Fire, 2006

Northwestern Oklahoma Cattle Conference, Alva, OK, Firebreaks, 2006 South Canadian Prescribed Burn Association, Putnam, OK, Starting a Prescribed

Burning Association, 2005 Tall Timbers 23rd Fire Ecology Conference, Bartlesville, OK, Season of burn on

Cross Timbers field tour, 2005 Northeast Oklahoma Angus Association, Tulsa, OK, Prescribed Fire and Burn

Associations, 2005 1st Annual Oklahoma Wildlife Expo, Guthrie, OK, Booth on Prescribed Fire and

Rangeland Ecology, 2005, 43,000 people 4th Bollenbach Quail Symposium, Stillwater, OK, Patch Burning, 2005

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Using Prescribed Fire as a Management Tool in Nebraska, Kearney, NE, Creating Diversity with Fire and Grazing, 2005

Payne County Pasture Tour, Stillwater, OK, Prescribed Burning Associations, 2005

Science in Ag Workshop, Stillwater, OK, Fire Ecology and Prescribed Fire at Oklahoma State University, 2005

New Mexico TNC and Weaver Ranch Sand Shinnery Oak Tour, Cheyenne, OK, Use of Prescribed Fire in Sand Shinnery Oak Communities, 2005

Cimarron Range Preservation Association, Freedom, OK, Starting a Prescribed Burning Association, 2005

Salt Creek Burn Association, Konawa, OK, Starting a Prescribed Burning Association, 2005

Wildlife Research Techniques Class, Stillwater, OK, Conducting Prescribed Fires, 2004

Texas Chapter, The Nature Conservancy, Coastal Prairie Ecoregion Group, Stillwater, OK, Patch Burning for Livestock and Wildlife, 2004

Oklahoma Section Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Pawhuska, OK, Prescribed Fire Associations, 2004

Oklahoma County Extension Agents Association Annual Meeting, Stillwater, OK, Patch Burning for Livestock and Wildlife, 2004

Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meeting, Stillwater, OK, Creating Diversity with Fire and Grazing, 2004

2nd Annual Range and Brush Management Workshop, Cameron University, Lawton, OK, Fire Frequency and Using Fire to Create Diversity, 2004

Science in Ag Workshop, Stillwater, OK, Fire Ecology and Prescribed Fire at Oklahoma State University, 2004

Fire in the Southern Plains Conference, Denton, TX, Prescribed Fire Education at Oklahoma State University: Training Our Future Pyro’s, 2004

Fire in the Southern Plains Conference, Denton, TX, Fire, Grazing and Grassland Birds, 2004

Cross Timbers Prescribed Fire Association meeting, Chandler, OK, Firebreaks and Spotfire Probability During Prescribed Fires, 2004

Prescribed Fire Association Meeting, OCES and NRCS, Perry, OK, Starting a Prescribed Fire Association, 2004

Prescribed Fire Association Meeting, OCES and NRCS, Chandler, OK, Oklahoma Fire Law and Starting a Prescribed Fire Association, 2004

Science in Agriculture Workshop, Stillwater, OK, Fire Ecology and Prescribed Fire at Oklahoma State University, 2003

Oklahoma Chapter The Wildlife Society, Annual Meeting, Stillwater, OK, Prescribed Fire Education at Oklahoma State University: Training Our Future Pyro’s, 2003

NW Range Fire Management Association, Inc. Annual Meeting. Taloga, OK, Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Law and Liability, Fire Breaks, Spotfire and Spotfire Prevention, 2003

Big Pasture Prescribed Burning Association Annual Meeting, Lawton, OK, Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Law and Liability, 2003

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Big Pasture Prescribed Burning Association Annual Meeting, Lawton, OK, Spotfires and Spotfire Prevention, 2003

Oklahoma Section Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Ardmore, OK, Oklahoma’s Prescribed Fire Laws, 2002

Black Kettle National Grassland Field Tour, Cheyenne, OK, Prescribed Burning in Sand Shinnery Oak Communities, 2002

Bollenbach Quail Symposium, Kingfisher, OK, Display-Use of Prescribed Fire in Oklahoma, Field Tour- Prescribed Fire Safety, 2002

Weed Science Seminar, Plant and Soil Science Department, Stillwater, OK, Rx Fire History and Why Burn?, 2002

Big Pasture Prescribed Burning Association, Annual Meeting, Indiahoma, OK, Considerations for Conducting Prescribed Fires, 2001

The Program for the Restoration of Prairie and Cross Timbers Habitats, Zink Ranch Sand Springs, OK, Prescribed Fire Classes at OSU, 2001

The Program for the Restoration of Prairie and Cross Timbers Habitats, Stillwater, OK, Prescribed Fire Classes at OSU, 2001

Beef Research Field Day, Stillwater, OK, Oklahoma Law and Fire Associations, 2001

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Prescribed Fire Field Day, Woodward, OK, Conducting a Prescribed Fire and The Effects of Fire on Fencing, 2001

Southeastern Student Conclave, OSU Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Stillwater, OK, Prescribed Fire Equipment and Fire Effects, 2001

Bollenbach Quail Symposium, Kingfisher, OK, Prescribed Fire Safety, 2001 Oklahoma Range and Wildlife Ecology Youth Camp, Stillwater, OK, Use of

Prescribed Fire Equipment, 2000 Payne County Pasture and Livestock Tour, Stillwater, OK, Prescribed Fire and

Early Intensive Stocking, 2000 St. Gregory’s University, Wildland Fire Class, Stillwater, OK, Conducting

Prescribed Fires, 1999 Argentina Rancher’s Tour, Stillwater, OK, Cattle Grazing and Use of Fire, 1999 Oklahoma Range and Wildlife Ecology Youth Camp, Use of Prescribed Fire

Equipment, 1999 Payne County Pasture and Livestock Tour, Stillwater, OK, Effects of Fire on

Fencing, 1998 Oklahoma 4-H Roundup, Stillwater, OK, Use of Prescribed Fire Equipment, 1998 Oklahoma Range and Wildlife Ecology Youth Camp, Use of Prescribed Fire

Equipment, 1998 Oklahoma Section, Society for Range Management, Annual Meeting, Stillwater,

OK, Cattle Grazing and Fire in the Cross Timbers, 1997 Oklahoma Range and Wildlife Ecology Youth Camp, Use of Prescribed Fire

Equipment, 1997 Pawnee County Cattleman’s Association Tour, Stillwater, OK, Cattle Grazing and

Fire in the Cross Timbers, 1997 Grady County Prescribed Fire Workshop, Chickasha, OK, Use of Prescribed Fire

Equipment, 1997 Oklahoma Range and Wildlife Ecology Youth Camp, Use of Prescribed Fire

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Equipment, 1996 Oklahoma Range and Wildlife Ecology Youth Camp, Use of Prescribed Fire

Equipment, 1995 Prescribed Burning Associations/Fire Councils Formation Arbuckle PBA, Davis, OK 2015 Beaver County Prescribed Burn Association, Beaver, OK 2014 Woodward County Prescribed Burn Association, Mooreland, OK 2014 Pawnee County Prescribed Burn Association, Pawnee, OK 2014 Alliance of Prescribed Burn Associations, Edmond, OK 2013 Okmulgee County Prescribed Burn Association, Okmulgee, OK 2013 Twin Rivers Prescribed Burn Association, Okemah, OK 2013 Creek County Prescribed Burn Association, Drumright, OK 2012 Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association, Watonga, OK 2011 Gloss Mountains Range Management Association, Fairview, OK 2010 Missouri Prescribed Fire Council, Springfield, MO 2010 Coldwater Prescribed Burn Association, MS, 2010 Pontotoc Ridge Prescribed Burn Association, Ada, OK 2010 New Mexico Prescribed Fire Council, Albuquerque, NM 2009 Kim-Branson Prescribed Burn Association, Kim, CO 2009 Jewell County Prescribed Burn Association, Mankato, KS 2008 Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council, Stillwater, OK 2007 Indian Territory Burn Association, Big Cabin, OK 2007 Canadian Rivers Prescribed Burn Association, Geary, OK 2007 Northern Pottawatomie County Prescribed Burn Association, Tecumseh, OK 2006 South Canadian Prescribed Burn Association, Putnam, OK, 2005 Cimarron Range Preservation Association, Freedom, OK, 2005 Salt Creek Burn Association, Konawa, OK 2005 North Central Range Improvement Association, Perry, OK, 2004 Cross Timbers Prescribed Burning Association, Chandler, OK, 2004 Pontotoc Ridge Prescribed Burning Association, Fittstown, OK, 2003 Big Pasture Prescribed Burning Association, Frederick, OK, 2001 Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Sonora, TX, 1997 Developed guidelines and assisted with formation of Western Payne County

Prescribed Burning Cooperative, Stillwater, OK, 1997 Video Production Prescribed Burning: Research with Season of Burn Plots. 2013. Co-Producer.

Kansas State Research and Extension, Manhattan, KS. 4:52 minutes. Prescribed Burning: Check Plots. 2013. Co-Producer. Kansas State Research

and Extension, Manhattan, KS. 6:17 minutes. Prescribed Burning: Grazing Burned Areas. 2013. Co-Producer. Kansas State

Research and Extension, Manhattan, KS. 4:11 minutes. Prescribed Burning: Controlling Sericea Lespedeza. 2013. Co-Producer. Kansas

State Research and Extension, Manhattan, KS. 3:36 minutes.

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Prescribed Burning: Controlling Brush. 2013. Co-Producer. Kansas State Research and Extension, Manhattan, KS. 4:00 minutes.

The Effects of Fire VT-1139. 2012. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK.

Using Prescribed Fire in Oklahoma VT 112. 2007. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK.

Web Sites/Apps RxBurnTracker app, fire effects monitoring app for IOS and Android, 2015 Development of Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Handbook as mobile web page

http://factsheets.okstate.edu/e1010/, 2014 http://campus.extension.org/course/view.php?id=720 eXtension Prescribed Fire Community of Practice, leader and content developer,

2010-present Designed and developed content for NREM Fire Ecology web site 2007

www.fireecology.okstate.edu Designed and developed content for Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council web site

2007 www.oklahomaprescribedfirecouncil.okstate.edu Prescribed Fire Promotional/Educational Items Designed bumper stickers “Prairie Fires Prevent Forests” and “Burn Earth First

We Will Get The Other Planets Later”, 2014 Designed bumper sticker “Take me to your cedar”, 2012 Natural Resource Ecology and Management coloring page, 2008 printed and

handed out 7,500 copies to date Crayon box for prescribed fire awareness, 2008 Designed two key tags for prescribed fire awareness, 2008 Designed magnet for Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council web site information

2007 Designed silicone bracelet for awareness of prescribed fire “Support Wildlife-

Conduct Prescribed Fires” Designed poster “Fire in Oklahoma”, 2007 handed out 5,000 copies Designed matchbooks using fire for deer and quail management 2007 handed

out 5,000 to date Designed business cards for Fire Ecology and Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council

web sites, 2007 Designed bumper sticker “Oklahoma is Native America-Support Prescribed

Burning” 2005 printed and handed out over 10,000 copies to date Designed and printed fire ecology matchbooks 2005 handed out 5,000 to date Funded Grants and Contracts Changing Fire Regimes and Management Strategies. 2014. M. Shafer, A. Hays,

B. Hays, and J.R. Weir Co-PI’s. South Central Climate Science Center Research Program. $195,000 2-years.

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eXtension Prescribed Fire Community of Practice continuing development grant, 2014, $10,000 for 1 year PI-J.R. Weir

Davis, C.A., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and J. Weir. 2013. Monitoring Biological Community Response to Prescribed Burning of WRP Wetlands. USDA-NRCS: $207,554.56 for 4 years.

Oklahoma Conservation Commission Prescribed Fire Training Grant, 2012, $38,000 for 1 year, PI-J.R. Weir

eXtension Prescribed Fire Community of Practice development grant, 2012, $50,000 for 1 year PI-J.R. Weir and D. Elmore

Demonstrating fire as a tool to manage woody encroachment on the shortgrass prairie ecosystem to promote rangeland health and effective wildlife habitat. 2008-2010. Colorado NRCS CIG Natural Resource Grant. Tammy VerCautern RMBO, PI, co-PI’s include J. Weir. $150,000.

Ecosystem and Conservation Management Team Initiative Proposal: Development of a Research and Demonstration Area for the Management and Conservation of Cross-Timbers and Prairie Ecosystems. 2006. Sam Fuhlendorf (PI), co-PI’s include J. Weir. DASNR Internal Funding for three years.

Unfunded Proposals Unmanned Airborne Systems for Wildfire Response and Mitigation. 2014.

National Science Foundation. PI-Jamey Jacob, Co-PI’s include: J. Kidd, C. Bunting, E. Kirtley, C. Reed, B. Hoskins, D. Gill, S. Hallgren, A. Matthews, P. Weckler, J.D. Carlson, J.R. Weir. $2,845,905 over 4 years.

Changing Fire Regimes and Management Strategies. 2013. M. Shafer, A. Hays, B. Hays, and J.R. Weir Co-PI’s. South Central Climate Science Center Research Program. $225,000 2-years.

Sustaining Production Systems on Rangelands in the Southern Great Plains. 2012. Co-PI. AFRI grant. $1.6 million for 5 years.

Post-fire understory vegetation succession and surface fuel response along overstory density gradients in a forest-prairie ecotone. 2011. S. Hallgren, PI, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and J.R. Weir, co-PI’s. Joint Fire Sciences Program, $311,223 for 3 years.

Juniper slash pile burning: Combustion dynamics and above- and belowground post-fire impacts 2011 K.R. Hickman (PI), J.R. Weir and G.W.T. Wilson. Joint Fire Sciences Program, $476,013 over 3 years

Fire Ecology: An Educational Workshop for 7-12 Grade Teachers, Environmental Protection Agency K. Allen (PI), D. Elmore and J.R. Weir $35,827

Training Agricultural Professionals to Develop Community-Based Prescribed Fire Cooperatives. Southern Region SARE. John R. Weir (PI), Dwayne Elmore and Terrence G. Bidwell. $72,128 for 2 years.

Planting techniques and impacts of herbivory on cottonwood restoration. 2010. National Wild Turkey Federation Research Proposal. Rodney Will (PI), Dwayne Elmore, John R. Weir and Mark Gregory. $323,190 over 3 years.

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