(Return matching records with ALLANY of these words.)    ................................................................ state Choose State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illiniois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississipi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming District of Columbia    regions Choose region Pacific Southwest Midwest Southeast Northeast Mountain-Prairie Alaska California-Nevada All Regions    ................................................................ ................................................................ Journal Entry   Back Service AssistsCertified Prescribed Burn Manager School Southwest Region, December 3, 2008 Print Friendly Version On December 3, 2008, John Hughes of the West Texas Suboffice assisted in the development and implementation of a certified prescribed burn manager school held at Wildcat Bluff Nature Center in Amarillo, Texas.  Cooperators included Wildcat Bluff Nature Center, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Panhandle Prescribed Burning Association, and Llano Fire Management, LLC.  The school included a review of fire ecology on the Southern Great Plains, presentations on rules and regulations pertaining to prescribed fire, and S-130 and S-190 National Wildfire Coordinating Group coursework.  The field exercise portion of the school consisted of a 145 acre prescribed burn on Wildcat Bluff Nature Center property cost-shared in part by the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program.  Mr. Hughes gave a presentation on the use of prescribed fire as a habitat management tool, and its applicability to the restoration of habitats for declining species.    A total of 15 students enrolled in the school. Contact Info: Tom Cloud, 817-277-1100, tom_cloud@fws.gov Send to: From: Notes: ..........................................................................................

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