The Coastal Bend Prescribed Burn Association (CBPBA) is holding a 2 day Prescribed Burn Workshop January 24 and 25, 2007 in Victoria, Texas. Workshop topics include burn laws and regulations, fire weather, fire suppression, developing burn plans, and planning and conducting prescribed burns on private land. 

Day one consists of classroom work at the Patty Dodson Center in Victoria.  The second day will be a hands-on prescribed burn at the Angerstein Ranch in Victoria County (directions provided day one).  Lunch is included both days.  Four CEU credits will be available for pesticide applicator license holders on completion of the workshop. 

The cost is $25 per person.  For more information or to register contact CBPBA Board member Chris Lindquist at (361) 572-8711 ext. 302.  You may also register at the door the day of the workshop.

The CBPBA is a cooperative of landowners and interested parties in 12 Coastal Bend Counties, including Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, and Victoria.  Additional counties may be added dependent on interest in those Counties.  Members share manpower and resources to help each other burn on their properties.  The Association has a burn trailer available for rent at a very nominal fee that includes most of the equipment needed to conduct safe burns, including radios, drip torches, and fire suppression equipment.

Prescribed burning is one of the most effective and cost effective methods of brush management and wildlife habitat enhancement available to landowners. Many plants in Texas are highly burn adapted and respond very positively to burning. Burning was nature’s way of maintaining a healthy and dynamic environment until man decided fire was bad.  Reduced wild fires have produced uncontrolled brush expansion, degraded wildlife and livestock habitat, and reduced the quantity of useful forage available to wildlife and domestic animals.

Prescribed burning is a safe and economical habitat management tool when applied by knowledgeable people.  CBPBA provides prescribed burn training opportunities and encourages the safe use of fire in the Texas Coastal Bend.  Join CBPBA at the workshop, or send your check for $25 (annual dues) along with your complete contact information to CBPBA, P. O. Box 447, Beeville, TX 78104. To join and attend the workshop pay $50.

When:  January 24-25, 2006, beginning at 9:00am both days

Where:  Day 1- Patty Dodson Center, 2805 N. Navarro St., Victoria, TX

              Day 2- Angerstein Ranch in Victoria County (map provided day 1)

Cost:  $25 Make checks payable to CBPBA