Fire & Wildlife Mangement
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Channel: Outdoor Oklahoma · 2013 · Science & Technology
This show was produced in 2000, however the principles of utilizing prescribed burning (burning in a safe and controlled manner) for the purposes of wildlife and forest management are still very valid today. Beginning in the early 1980s, the Pushmataha Wildlife Management Area in southeast Oklahoma has been used as an outdoor laboratory to conduct prescribed burning experiments. On this show, you'll hear the findings of those experiments from Dr. Ron Masters (former biologist with the ODWC and Professor at O.S.U. Stillwater) who now is the Director of Research with the Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy based in northern Florida and Southern Georgia. Many of the prescribed burning treatments identified in the show (particularly burns of 3 yr. intervals) are widely used by ODWC biologists on Oklahoma's Wildlife Management Areas to benefit whitetail deer, wild turkey, quail and a host of other wildlife species. Rich Fuller, Sr. Producer "Outdoor Oklahoma" show # 2408
