Prescribed burns are used to maintain wildland ecosystems and decrease fuel loads and
associated wildfire hazard. Prescribed burns may produce enough smoke to cause adverse …

Fire is a naturally occurring process in the Great Plains and was anthropologically applied
first by Native Americans and now by a diverse group of landholder types. Fire is a critical …

By 1985, approximately 400,000 ha of the keystone species Shinnery oak's (Quercus
havardii) historic distribution had been eliminated for agricultural purposes across the …

Prescribed fire provides a valuable tool for habitat management and restoration. Practitioner
networks in Oklahoma and North Carolina are compared using government and nonprofit …

As wildfires become more frequent and severe in the face of global environmental change, it
becomes crucial not only to assess, prevent, and suppress them but also to manage the …

Fire can be a powerful tool for the management and conservation of remaining grasslands in
the northern Great Plains. Extensive modification of northern prairies driven by persistent …

Species that arrive first influence community assembly. This “priority effect” has been
extensively applied in ecological restoration through the removal of invasive plants and …

Prescribed burning, the intentional application of fire to the landscape is used for meeting
land management goals like grassland rejuvenation and nuisance species removal. While …

Abstract Woody Plant Encroachment (WPE) is the shifting in dominance of herbaceous to
woody species resulting in the degradation of grassland ecosystems. WPE has widespread …

In the digital age, Christian business leaders are a minority who are commonly expected to
change their leadership priorities to fit within the secularized culture. These expectations for …