Preparing for the Next Big Wildfire Season:
Managing Fuels to Reduce Wildfire Risk in the Southern Great Plains

Workshop Hosted by the Rangeland Technology and Equipment Council (RTEC)

Society For Range Management
66th Annual Meeting
February 2 - 6, 2013
(Oklahoma City, OK)

Co-Organizers:
Mike Pellant, USDI BLM, Boise, ID
Robert Cox, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

The Rangeland Technology and Equipment Council (RTEC) is an informal organization of land managers, engineers, academia and private industry representatives interested in developing

new rehabilitation equipment and stategies. The roots of RTEC go back to 1946 when the need

for new site preparation and seeding equipment to increase forage production on western USA rangelands was a priority. Today RTEC emphasizes innovative technology and strategies to

improve land treatments on western rangelands through the supporting functions of equipment development and application of innovative technology.

This year's annual workshop is focused on practical approaches to managining fuels in the
Southern Great Plains to reduce the impacts of damaging wildfires. The presentations will focus
on "how to" use livestock, mechanical, herbicide, and prescribed fire (and combinations of
these treatments) to efficiently and economically manage fuels to reduce the likelihood of wildfire spread and damage to human and natural resources. Workshop participants will be encouraged
to ask questions and share their experiences on this topic. At the end of the workshop a short
RTEC business meeting will be held to organize the 2014 RTEC workshop.

Lessons Learned from the Great Basin: Land of Big Fires and Multiple Fuels Management Strategies
Mike Pellant, USDI BLM, Boise, ID

Wildfires in the Southern Great Plains

Grazing Strategies to Strategically Reduce Fuels

Fire Resistant Seedings to Reduce Wildfire Threats

Prescribed Fire to Manage Fuels

Mechanical Manipulation of Fuels

Herbicides to Meet Fuel Management Objectives

For more information regarding RTEC or this workshop, contact:

             Mike Pellant or Robert Cox