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State-wide Prescribed Burn Partnership
Workshop
May 27, 2011
Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center
7887 U.S. Highway 87 North
San Angelo, TX 76901
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“Confluence” of Interests
1998-2009 - State leaders expand concept to
other regions in the state
1997 - Concept of
Association
Trans-Pecos Prescribed
Burn Association
2003 – Mort Kothmann and others
begin to form idea of an “Alliance”
2006 – Initial meeting was held in
Brownwood by EPPBA
2010 - Meeting with
Butch Taylor, John
Walker, Neal Wilkins,
and Roel Lopez
2010 – Jim
Kenton & others
Re-visit the idea
of an “Alliance”
NRCS-Conservation
Innovation Grant
Proposal Submitted and
Funded
Texas
Panhandle
Prescribed Burn
Association
South Central
Texas
Prescribed
Co-Op
Coastal Bend
Prescribed Burn
Association
Hill Country
Prescribed
Burn
Association
North Central
Texas
Prescribed
Burn
Association
Pineywoods Prescribed Fire
Cooperative
(planning stage)
Northeast
Texas
Prescribed Fire
Initiative
Brush
Country
Prescribed
Burn
Association
May 27, 2011 Workshop/Meeting of
Association Leadership to
discuss Alliance concept
Tri-Canyon
Prescribed Burn
Association
Edwards Plateau
Prescribed
Burning
Association
South Texas
Prescribed
Burn
Association
Western Navarro
Bobwhite
Recovery Initiative
Association Leadership
Opted to form a
“State-wide Alliance”
(Initial support will be
provided by Texas
AgriLife and Texas A&M
Inst. of Renewable
Natural Resources)
NRCS-Conservation Innovation Grant
 Goal: Increase prescribed fire use through a
community-based alliance of burning associations,
and integration of web-based technology, particularly
for education and training.
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Texas Alliance of Prescribed Burning
Associations (TAPBA)
 9 out of the 11 pre-identified PBAs were
represented at the San Angelo Workshop.
 PBA Leadership unanimously supported the
idea to establish a state-wide alliance.
 Benefits of the alliance
– Unified approach to increase the use of
prescribed fire & support landowners.
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TAPBA Goals
 Promote fuel reduction and address wildfire
prevention.
 Promote the use of safe prescribed fire practices.
 Fire mitigation through the use of prescribed fire
to reduce the risk to residential and commercial
areas.
 Address long-term sustainability of prescribed fire
uses across the landscape.
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TAPBA Website
http://pfire.tamu.edu
– Alliance Header
– Horizontal navigation
– Picture rotator
highlighting
events.
– Viewing and reporting of
p-fire burns
– Adding on-screen
digitizing feature.
– New and Events
tab, archive/date
stamp
– Log-in page,
access to other
website features
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Prescribed Burn Associations in Texas
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Current TAPBA Status
(as of 10-2011)
 A draft Constitution has been drafted and is in the
process of being finalized.
 PBAs have nominated members to serve on the TAPBA
Steering Committee.
 Four Work Groups were formed to address:
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Alliance Structure/Organization and Alliance Constitution and/or charter
Finances
Education and Training
Umbrella Prescribed Fire Insurance
 PBA Leadership will reconvene within the next two
weeks to further discuss the establishment of the
TAPBA.
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